Bloomsday Without Blooms?

Bloomsday, the annual June celebration of James Joyce’s masterpiece, Ulysses, is always a big occasion in Dublin, where the novel takes place. This year, the 100th anniversary of the day detailed in the book, is expected to be a massive party. But a central theme of Leopold Bloom’s character is his Jewishness, and one can’t help but notice that the number of Jews in Dublin has been dwindling for decades. In fact, there are less than 2,000 left in the entire city.