Tag: México
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...
From China to Mexico, Message at Chabad Women’s Banquet Was Love
Two weeks ago to the day, as the COVID-19 coronavirus was rapidly spreading through the Chinese city of Wuhan, Rochel Kalmenson and her husband, Rabbi Yekutiel Kalmenson, co-directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Ningbo, China, and their three young children, boarded...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib compares U.S.-Mexico border situation to Gaza Strip
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) over the weekend compared the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border to that of Gaza and Israel.
“Do you know what I saw at the border? I saw Gaza,” said Tlaib, the...
Israeli company wins bid to help secure US border
Israeli defense electronics company Elbit Systems announced on Wednesday that its U.S. subsidiary has been awarded a $26 million contract by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to install a multi-sensor system to monitor...