Book Review: Anti-semitism was part and parcel of life for young Corkman Lionel Cohen in the 1920s

"He notes that it was "the grander class" of Cork society that was more anti-Semitic than the working class as the lower orders were too busy getting on with their lives to indulge in discriminatory attitudes."
Book Review: Anti-semitism was part and parcel of life for young Corkman Lionel Cohen in the 1920s

Lionel Cohen: At the time of his birth, there were about 300 Jews in Cork.

  • Memoirs of an Irish Jew
  • Lionel Cohen 
  • Cork City Libraries, €15 

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