Tag: México
From a Catholic Mexican actress on Spanish TV to a Jewish educator in Israel
The teenage Mexican actress stumbled upon a YouTube clip one day by a Spanish-speaking rabbi talking about how to find happiness through the Bible.
The video that popped up on her computer in Mexico City...
Pro-Hamas activist destroys Netanyahu’s wax statue in Mexico
A pro-Palestinian activist vandalized a wax statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a museum in Mexico City on Tuesday.
Video footage of the incident circulating on social media shows the masked individual smashing...
Jewish Arizona state rep: ‘Stop with excitement to elect first woman Jewish president of...
Alma Hernandez, an Arizona state representative who is Jewish and of Mexican descent, urged against overstating the Jewish significance of Claudia Sheinbaum’s election as president of Mexico.
“Please stop with the excitement to elect the first woman...
Israel arrests former Mexican diplomat wanted on rape charges
Tel Aviv police on Monday arrested a former Mexican diplomat who is facing extradition on charges of rape.
Mexico filed an extradition request last year for Andrés Roemer and the State’s Attorney’s Office recently ruled...
The former Jewish head of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is the presidential candidate...
Sheinbaum seeks to become the first woman in the country's history to hold that position, facing the opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez.
Born on June 24, 1962, the granddaughter of Bulgarian and Lithuanian Jewish immigrants, Sheinbaum...
Giant Mexican mural at Ben-Gurion Airport tells the story of the Jewish people
A huge mural, 50 meters long and five meters high and titled "Am Yisrael Chai," celebrating 4,000 years of Jewish history, was unveiled at Ben-Gurion Airport on Tuesday.
The mural tells the story of the...
Mexican cops raid Lev Tahor compound, remove children
Mexican police raided the jungle compound of Jewish extremist sect Lev Tahor (“Pure Heart”) and removed minors from the site, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
Two adult members of the group, described by former members as a...
July 6, 1907: Frida Kahlo, considered one of Mexico’s greatest artists, was born
Artist Frida Kahlo was considered one of Mexico's greatest artists who began painting mostly self-portraits after she was severely injured in a bus accident. Kahlo later became politically active and married fellow communist artist...
Our special event for Mexican Jews: Yiddish-Meksikanish: Exploring Yiddish Poetry in Mexico
Yiddish-Meksikanish: Exploring Yiddish Poetry in Mexico.
Mexico City was a lively center of Yiddish culture, art, and education and it was the destination for tens of thousands of Ashkenazi, Sephardi, and Mizrahi Jewish immigrants in the...
A muzikalisher ovnt of Yiddish mit internatzionale zinguers
Listen and enjoy the quality and content of the world Yiddish music concert organized by Chivis Bialik with Bet-el México for everyone!
A muzikalisher ovnt of Yiddish mit internatzionale zinguers. A musical night in Yiddish...