The shocking news from Ireland is an important reminder to Jews everywhere today. That’s our response to the commemoration event yesterday at Dublin, where Jewish attendees, including an Israeli-Irish woman, were physically dragged from an event meant to commemorate the six million murdered Jews. This came after Ireland’s tiny and beleaguered Jewish community pleaded that the country’s president, Michael Higgins, not speak at the event.

Ireland’s Jews have been warning for weeks that Mr. Higgins was an “inappropriate” pick for the event, due to his “grave insensitivity to Irish Jews.” The country’s chief rabbi, Yoni Wieder, cited Mr. Higgins’s depreciation of worries of antisemitism in his country as “a PR exercise.” In December, Israel closed its embassy, citing the “extreme anti-Israel policy of the Irish government.” Hezbollah and Hamas flags flew at Dublin on Sunday.  

One non-governmental organization that studies the representation of Jews in educational materials, IMPACT-se, has found that Irish textbooks “are often hostile towards Israel and include questions that imply Jewish values are not aligned with peace. Additionally, Judaism is portrayed as condoning violence to promote justice, contrasting with peaceful depictions of other religions.” Ireland stands out globally for its anti-Israel fervor.