Irish Independent
"I Never Knew There Were Other Jews in Ireland"
By Lisa Jewell, September 10, 2004
When Valerie Lapin Ganley first came to Ireland from her native America, she was bemused to find the Irish Jewish Museum listed in her trvel guide. "Neither my husband or I knew there was a Jewish community in Ireland," she says. "So off we went for a visit..."
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http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/index.php3?ca=45&issue_id=11406
The Wild Geese Today – Erin’s Far Flung Exiles
“Review: 'Shalom Ireland' A Lively Look at Ireland's Jews
By Doug Chandler, February 2, 2004
"Shalom Ireland," director Valerie Lapin Ganley's documentary about Ireland's small but vibrant Jewish community, manages to convery a huge amount of information about the past, present and future of Ireland's Jewry, a community whose existence takes many by surprise. The film, showing in festivals around the U.S. in the coming months, creates a memorable, lyrical portrait of a people at a crossroads....
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http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/shalom2.html
Long Island Press
"Documenting the Diaspora Jewish Film Festival Fights to Squash Stereotypes"
by Kenny Herzog, June 10, 2004
Shalom Ireland, a documentary by Valerie Lapin Ganley, opens inside a spacious pub. Red-faced, pale-skinned locals are jovially downing pints of beer and chatting as traditional Irish music fills the smoky room. The scene switches to an elderly, white-haired man in a quiet study, sitting down with a smile on his face. The man, despite his thick Irish brogue, is Jewish....
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http://www.longislandpress.com/v02/i23040610/arts_01.asp
The Wild Geese Today – Erin’s Far Flung Exiles
“Director Fetes Two Cultures in 'Shalom Ireland'”
by Doug Chandler January 27, 2004
Valerie Lapin Ganley figured she developed a love of Irish culture from her Irish-American husband. But the connection seems deeper than that – she later learned her great-granparents were the first Jewish couple ever married in Waterford, Ireland. Intrigued, the California-based filmmaker set about documenting the history of Ireland’s Jews….
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http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/shalom.html
Jewish Bulletin of Northern California
“Jews in Ireland? Film transforms speculation into truth”
By Joe Eskenazi, July 18, 2003
They look just like your elderly Jewish relatives. They bake challah just like your elderly Jew relatives. But, me boy-o, they sure do not talk like any of your relatives….
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http://www.jewishsf.com/bk030718/etff25a.shtml
Limerick Leader
“Joe 85, stars in tv slot on city’s Jews”
by Denis O’Shaugnessy Saturday, September 23, 2000
A once-forgotten incident in the city's history, when the Jewish community in Limerick were attacked and boycotted in 1904, has in recent years been highlighted in television documentaries, plays, magazine and newspaper articles…
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http://www.limerick_leader.ie/issues/20000923/news10.html
