Louis Hemmings

poet, author, quixotic

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Dec 3, 2024, 8:16 PM

‘Israel is the apple of God’s eye,’ she boldly declared…

The entrance gate of Cornerstone Church was locked firmly shut, so I went down the side street, and entered by a side door. I came deliberately late to this ICEJ event, in order to miss the ubiquitous, over-triumphant, loud-and-proud...

Nov 23, 2024, 5:52 PM

Remembrance of Evangelical Exegesis Vs. an Anti-Semitic Screed

Remembrance Sunday ceremony in London CC BY-SA 4.0 "It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.” - Swift; satirist & Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral (1713 - 1745) Remembrance Sunday in...

Nov 16, 2024, 12:31 AM

Here Lies the Remains of an Unknown Jewish Soul

The new Ireland likes to see itself as inclusive and diverse towards migrants, which now make up a staggering 20% of our population. These people come from all nations and ethnicities. In the past, Ireland took in Russian Jews...

Nov 10, 2024, 12:05 AM

Is Ireland still the land of a hundred thousand welcomes?

Céad míle fáilte! (Kay-od mee-leh foyle-cha!) translated means, A hundred thousand welcomes! But if you are ethnically Jewish, an Israeli citizen, or a pro-Israel Irish citizen - perhaps that "welcome" doesn't extend to you... In the late 19th Century, after...

Nov 4, 2024, 7:20 AM

Reimagining the Jews of Ireland?

Reimagining the Jews of Ireland is the rather over-optimistic title of an academic book published by Trinity College, Dublin. The aforementioned book looks at key areas such as Irish Jewish historiography, communal traditions, antisemitism, nationalism (Jewish and Irish) and...

Oct 25, 2024, 6:38 PM

‘Is it because I is goyish’?

As part of my Journalism diploma research in Ireland last year, I pitched to some leaders of the Irish Jewish community. I wanted to represent their point of view, in the light of Oct 7th, and the worrying rise...

Oct 12, 2024, 4:35 PM

Corrie Ten Boom – protector of Jews, 1942 – 1944

“Thou art my hiding place and my shield…” - Psalm 119:114. There has been shocking news coming from Holland in past weeks. Some Dutch police are now ambiguous about protecting Jewish targets or events. Marcel de Weerd and Michel Theeboom,...

Oct 7, 2024, 6:14 AM

The Irish Vigil for October 7th victims and hostages in Dublin

photo: Louis HemmingsThe Irish Vigil for October 7th victims and hostages took place today, Sunday October 6th in Burlington Road, a south Dublin City side street, where the Israel Embassy resides. About 500 - 600 people attended to hear Ireland’s...

Sep 24, 2024, 12:50 AM

A supposedly ‘leaked’ letter from the Irish president

President Higgins of Ireland has very recently accused Israel of leaking a letter that he wrote to his new Iranian counterpart, congratulating him on his recent election. He says that he "doesn’t know how Israeli authorities would have obtained...

Jun 10, 2024, 3:00 PM

Washington Post’s ‘Protocols’ myth resurrected

Recently The Washington Post published an article, insinuating that American Jewish leaders conspired to influence the New York City mayor and police departments to crack down on protesters at Columbia University. The tenor of this sly suggestion has echoes...

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About Me

Louis Hemmings has been writing prose and poetry since 1972. Some of his work has been published in Poetry Ireland, The Irish Catholic, Forward (USA) and Books Ireland. He is a late-life journalism student in Dublin, Ireland. He is married 38 years, has two boys, buried a stillborn and holds an ecumenical Christian point-of-view.

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