Robert Bradlaw (born Reuven Brudno; 22 February 1840 – ?) was a dentist and prominent Jewish leader in

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Background

Bradlaw was born Robert Brudno in Smorgon, Belarus on 22 February 1840. He moved to

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in 1867 and then to Dublin, Ireland, in 1880.

Community work

Bradlaw was active in the Dublin Jewish community and was affectionately nicknamed "the prince of the immigrants". He established a

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at 7 St. Kevin's Parade (Machzikei Hadass orthodox congregation which more inline with the practices of the eastern european jews moving to Ireland in the late 19th century) in 1883 and a new

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and cemetery at

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in 1898 (where he himself was buried), replacing the

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reported that Bradlaw formed the synagogue to break away from the Dublin Hebrew Congregation which had reportedly denied him membership. He obtained donations of £300 to fund the chevra.Cormac Ó Gràda. Lost in Little Jerusalem: Leopold Bloom and Irish Jewry. Journal of Modern Literature, 27.4 (Summer 2004), pp. 17–26 Bradlaw participated in the foundation ceremony for the opening of Adelaide Road Synagogue in 1892.

Family

Bradlaw's grandson, Professor Robert Vivian Bradlaw (1905–1992), was a renowned dentist who founded the

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of the

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and served as Dean of the

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from 1959 to 1970. His son-in-law Dr George Selig Wigoder was a Talmudic scholar.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bradlaw, Robert Jews and Judaism in Ireland 1840 births Irish dentists Irish Jews People from Dublin (city) in health professions Year of death missing Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom Burials at Dolphins Barn Jewish Cemetery