Mexico & moral courage: AndrĆ©s Roemerās international sephardic leadership award ceremony
In honor of this yearās Yom Yerushalayim, The American Sephardi Federation awarded its International Sephardic Leadership Award to former Mexican Ambassador to UNESCO AndrĆ©s Isaac Roemer Slomianski. The event, āMexico and Moral Courage,ā was...
Mexico City chooses for the first time in history a Jewish mayor, the scientist...
According to the first exit polls, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, candidate of the National Regeneration Movement won the election for the Head of Government of Mexico City on Sunday and did so with a wide...
Gilberto Bosques SaldĆvarās 125th Birthday
Today marks the 125th birthday of Gilberto Bosques SaldĆvar, the diplomat known as the āMexican Schindlerā who is said to have saved 40,000 lives during WWII while serving as Mexicoās Consul General in France.
Born...
WJC, LAJC delegation visit Guatemala City
World Jewish Congress CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Singer led a delegation of WJC and Latin American Jewish Congress officials this week for meetings in Guatemala with the leadership of the local Jewish...
Were Immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border Photographed with Numbers Written on Their Arms?
Less than a week after aĀ photographĀ of migrants fleeing tear gas at the U.S.-Mexico border attracted attention online, another image captured at a different port of entry stirred unpleasant historical references.
The latter photograph, depicting three...
Co-founder of MAC Cosmetics Julie Toskan will participate in Tijuana Innovadora TI 2020
Among the activities of Tijuana Innovadora 2020,Ā Julie Toskan, co-founder MAC Cosmetics, will give her online conference "Values Based Entrepreneurship" on Saturday October 10 at 9:00 am.
The president and founder of Tijuana Innovadora, Jose...
Hezbollah operatives being sheltered in Venezuela, hacker group claims
Hezbollah operatives are living freely in Venezuela under the protection of President NicolĆ”sĀ Maduroās government, according to a hacker collective aligned with the Venezuelan opposition.
In an operation the hackers said had been carried out...
Jewish journalist in Colombia forced to resign for refusing to cross herself on air
A Colombian Jewish journalist was forced to resign as anchor of a daily TV newscast after refusing to cross herself on air.
When Channel 1ās Cathy Bekerman was told by her newscast director to cross...
Carlos the Jackal: āI was the first-ever foreigner to join the Palestinian struggleā
Ilich RamĆrez SĆ”nchez, known as āCarlos the Jackal,ā is an international terrorist who for decades was the most wanted fugitive in the world. Born in Venezuela to a wealthy family, his father was a...
The Argentine Ahmadia Muslim Community Adopts the Definition of Anti-Semitism
In the framework of an activity organized by the Free Chair on Holocaust, Genocides and the Fight against Discrimination of the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires, the President of the Ahmadia...