He celebrated his bar mitzvah in Adelaide Road synagogue and was educated at Wesley College in Dublin.<\/p>\n
Herzog Park<\/a> was named in 1995 in his honour, recognising the former Israeli president\u2019s local roots. He died in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1997.<\/p>\n Where is Herzog Park?<\/p>\n Herzog Park is located in Rathgar, in an area that has long been at the centre of Jewish life in Dublin. It is close to the only Jewish school in the country, Stratford College. The coeducational fee-paying school was founded in 1954 and stands on the junction of Zion Road and Orwell Road. <\/p>\n Is anything else in Dublin named after the Herzogs?<\/p>\n As the only higher-level institution teaching Jewish Studies in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin established the Herzog Centre in honour of Issac Herzog\u2019s legacy. The centre was founded to facilitate the engagement of students and the Irish public with Jewish and Near Eastern history and culture through academic programmes, public lectures and cultural events.<\/p>\n The Jewish Representative Council of Ireland is based in Herzog House, located beside the park and school in Rathgar.<\/p>\n [\u00a0Chief Rabbi: Move to erase Chaim Herzog\u2019s name and history is cruel hammer blowOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n Are the family politically involved today?<\/p>\n The Herzog dynasty remains strong in Israel, with two of Chaim Herzog\u2019s sons having served in prominent political positions. Yitzhak Herzog<\/a> is the current president of Israel<\/a>, while older son Michael recently ended his term as Israeli ambassador to the US.<\/p>\n Who suggested the park should be denamed?<\/p>\n A recommendation by Dublin City Council<\/a>\u2019s cross-party commemorations committee to remove the Herzog name from the park is to be put to councillors for approval on Monday evening.<\/p>\n The debate began last June, when a motion was submitted by Sinn F\u00e9in councillor Kourtney Kenny to rename the park Hind Rajab Park to commemorate a five-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by Israeli forces<\/a> on January 29th, 2024, along with six of her relatives.<\/p>\n Last December councillors agreed the issue should be referred to the council\u2019s commemorations committee, who decided a consultation process should be undertaken to determine an appropriate new name.<\/p>\n What is the argument for denaming?<\/p>\n
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Herzog Park in Rathgar. Photograph: Stephen Collins\/Collins Photos What has the response to the renaming proposal been?<\/p>\n