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Mexican Jews

Claudia Sheinbaum on May 5, 2024, about a month before winning the Mexican presidential election. (Photo/Twitter @Claudiashein)
Posted inOpinion

I’m a Mexican Jew. I wish Claudia Sheinbaum would embrace the complexity of our shared heritage

by Ben Raab June 6, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Every year on Rosh Hashanah, my family serves gefilte […]

Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the 2024 closing campaign event in Mexico City, Mexico, May 29, 2024. (Photo/JTA/Brigette Reyes/ObturadorMX/Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Jewish liberal Claudia Sheinbaum likely to win this week’s Mexican presidential election, polls show

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer May 30, 2024
The best-selling pastrami at Mendl's Delicatessen is cured for two weeks before going into their rooftop smoker. (Photo/JTA-Rachael Narins)
Posted inWorld

Is North America’s best New York-style Jewish deli in Mexico City?

by Rachael Narins December 29, 2023
Angelina Muñiz Huberman is one of a few Jews in the prestigious Mexican Academy of Language.
Posted inBooks

Meet Angelina Muñiz Huberman, a Mexican writer whose novels explore Sephardic history and crypto-Judaism

Alan Grabinsky by Alan Grabinsky and JTA December 27, 2021December 27, 2021
Ariela Ronay-Jinich
Posted inBay Area, Education, Jewish Life, News

Jewish and Latino? This Bay Area educator has a new group for you.

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 22, 2021September 28, 2021
Naian González Norvind (left) and Christian Vázquez in "Leona." (Photo/Courtesy Fosforescente-Menemsha Films-Diana Garay)
Posted inFilm

Indie drama ‘Leona’ uses a forbidden romance to critique Mexico City’s Orthodox community

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA February 12, 2021February 12, 2021
Reb Irwin Keller
Posted inLocal Voice

My Irwin-ian ancestors: an amazing journey of tragedy and pride

Reb Irwin Keller by Rabbi Irwin Keller December 9, 2019December 17, 2019
(Courtesy of the artist and Art on the Underground, London; Anton Kern Gallery, New York/© Aliza Nisenbaum)
Posted inCulture

Mexican-Jewish artist Aliza Nisenbaum on her colorful portraits of ‘the other’

Alan Grabinsky by Alan Grabinsky and JTA November 7, 2019November 7, 2019
Consul General of Mexico in San Francisco Remedios Gómez Arnau addresses an audience at the "Building Bridges" forum organized by the American Jewish Committee on Oct. 7. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inNews

Mexico’s top diplomat in S.F. speaks to Jewish community

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 10, 2019October 10, 2019
People attend a candlelight prayer vigil in El Paso, Texas, near the scene of an attack that left 22 people dead, Aug. 5, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Mario Tama-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

As a Mexican-Jewish lawmaker, I feel doubly targeted by Trump’s hateful rhetoric

Alma Hernandez by JTA and Alma Hernandez August 13, 2019August 13, 2019

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