This is the Forward’s coverage of the country of Mexico, home to a population of Hispanic Jews.
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Fast Forward Israeli Volunteers Pull Rabbi’s Body From Rubble Of Mexico Earthquake
(JTA) — Volunteers from Israel’s ZAKA search and rescue organization recovered from a collapsed office building in Mexico the body of a local rabbi. Rabbi Haim Ashkenazi had been working in the office building when the 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck central Mexico on Tuesday afternoon, rocking the capital of Mexico City and causing hundreds of buildings…
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Fast Forward Israel Sends Search And Rescue Team To Mexico After Earthquake
A search and rescue team will leave Israel for Mexico in the wake of a severe earthquake in Mexico. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the operation and said it would leave for Mexico as soon as possible, his office said Wednesday morning in a statement. More than 200 people were killed when a 7.1-magnitude earthquake…
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Fast Forward Mexican Jews Welcome Netanyahu — Despite Backing For Trump’s Wall
Mexico’s Jewish community was caught in the cross-hairs this January when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the idea of the United States building a border wall along its southern frontier. But eight months later, the controversy has past, and the community is eagerly anticipating a visit from the Israeli premier. “It’s all in the…
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Fast Forward Israel Offers Aid To Mexico Following Severe Earthquake
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel will offer aid in reconstruction and any other assistance needed to Mexico in the wake of a severe earthquake. “Israel sends condolences to the families of the victims. We understand that these are difficult days for this country, for the Mexican people,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday during the…
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Fast Forward Leader Of Fringe Ultra-Orthodox Sect Reported Drowned In Mexico
(JTA) — The leader of a fringe haredi Orthodox sect suspected of abusing children has drowned in a river in Mexico, local media are reporting. Israeli-born Rabbi Shlomo Helbrans reportedly was found drowned in a river in the Mexican state of Chiapas on Friday. Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement issued Saturday…
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Fast Forward Valentin Pimstein, Jewish Pioneer Of Mexican Telenovelas, Dies At 91
(JTA) — Iconic Mexican telenovela producer Valentin Pimstein, whose serial dramas were dubbed and subtitled in dozens of languages and shown around the world, has died Pimstein died on Tuesday at the age of 91, reported Programa Hoy television show. Born in Chile, the Jewish producer was the seventh of nine children of a Russian family. His…
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Fast Forward Mexican Beer Logo Shows Trump In Sombrero, Swastika
Mexican and American brewers came together this past month to bottle a New England IPA that also pokes fun at President Trump using Nazi imagery. The bottle’s label shows Trump dressed in traditional mariachi band attire, wearing a sombrero and a swastika belt buckle. The beer, called “Amigous Cerveza” (a deliberate misspelling of “amigos”), sold…
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Fast Forward Mexico City Mayor Trumpets Country’s Sephardic Heritage
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The mayor of Mexico City praised his country’s Sephardi heritage during the opening of the global biennial Erensya summit on Tuesday. “In Mexico we have history, we have inheritance, we have language that comes from Sephardi history,” Miguel Angel Mancera said. “We are proud to host this congress here and for…
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