Bender, Philipp Philip Phineas
(c.1831–1901), Jewish minister and teacher, was born in Germany, and moved (c.1851) to Hull, England, where he was appointed minister to the Jewish community. He settled (1862) in Dublin and was appointed (1863–81) a preacher at…...
Brandt, Ruth
(1936–89), artist and teacher, was born 22 June 1936 in Dublin, eldest child of Frank Brandt, graphic designer, and the artist Muriel Brandt (qv) (née McKinley). She was educated at the Dominican convent, Santa…...
Feldman, Elaine (1916–2006), public
figure and founder of a secondary school for the Jewish community, was born on
31 March 1916 at 19 Kenilworth
Park, Harold's Cross, Dublin, the second child of
Maurice Freeman and his wife Ada
(née Price). Maurice Freeman had come to Ireland from…...
Lewy, Ernst (1881–1966), linguist, was born on 19 September 1881 in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), the youngest of ten children of Jacob Lewy, a merchant, and Julia Lewy (née Bielschowsky). The family background was Jewish. Lewy attended the König-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Breslau…...