This is the Forward’s coverage of the country of Mexico, home to a population of Hispanic Jews.
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News Exclusiva: ¿Sobrevivió la familia de Claudia Sheinbaum al Holocausto y lo mantuvo en secreto?
Una investigación del Forward descubre que la madre de la presidenta electa nació en Bulgaria, no en México
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News Exclusive: Mexico’s new Jewish president has not been telling the truth about her family’s Holocaust story
A Forward investigation finds the Jewish president-elect’s mother was born in Bulgaria, not Mexico, as she has claimed
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Fast Forward Mexico just elected a Jewish president. What other countries can claim Jewish heads of state?
Besides Israel, four other countries are led by Jews, or those with Jewish heritage
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Opinion I’m a Mexican Jew. I wish Claudia Sheinbaum would embrace the complexity of our shared heritage
Sheinbaum, who will be the first woman and first Jew to serve as Mexico's president, has rarely addressed her Jewishness in public
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News Claudia Sheinbaum elected president of Mexico, breaking barriers as woman and Jew
Sheinbaum’s election makes Mexico by far the biggest country to have a Jewish head of state
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Fast Forward Jewish liberal Claudia Sheinbaum likely to win this week’s Mexican presidential election, polls show
If Claudia Sheinbaum wins Mexico would become the largest country by far to have a head of state with a Jewish background
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Culture The most prominent Jew in Latin America wore a crucifix at a recent campaign event. Is that kosher?
People are divided about Claudia Sheinbaum, the Jewish woman aiming to become Mexico's next president, donning a rosary
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Fast Forward Claudia Sheinbaum is on track to become Mexico’s first Jewish and woman president
If elected next year, Sheinbaum would become the first Jew to lead a country with more than 50 million people
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