This is the Forward’s coverage of the country of Mexico, home to a population of Hispanic Jews.
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Fast Forward What Jared’s Been Up To: Serving As A ‘Shadow Secretary Of State’?
Jared Kushner might have a bigger hand in keeping tensions down with America’s southern neighbor than previously anticipated: According to reports, the White House senior adviser along with Mexico’s foreign minister rewrote sections of President Trump’s January speech on constructing a border wall in order to make it more conciliatory. Trump delivered his January address…
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Fast Forward Bibi Says ‘Build the Wall’ Tweet Hasn’t Damaged Israeli-Mexican Relations
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would “explain and clarify” a tweet seen as supporting President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall at the Mexico border to keep out illegal immigrants. The tweet has caused a diplomatic uproar between Israel and Mexico since it was posted Saturday. “I take this…
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Fast Forward Mexico Reproaches Israeli Ambassador for Bibi’s Wall Tweet
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s ambassador to Mexico was summoned for a meeting with the country’s foreign minister over a tweet by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen as supporting President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall at the Mexico border to keep out illegal immigrants. On Monday, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray called on Netanyahu to…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu: Mexican Wall (and All Walls) a ‘Great Idea’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu weighed in on President Donald Trump’s proposal for a wall along the Mexican border, saying Israel’s fence along its Egyptian border proved that separation barriers to stop migrants from entering was a “great idea.” “President Trump is right,” Netanyahu said on Twitter on Saturday morning. “I built a…
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Fast Forward Mexican Jews Launch 24-Hour Crisis Hotline
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Mexican Jews have launched a 24-hour emergency hotline to request personalized support in case of attempted suicide, domestic violence, depression, eating disorders and other emergency cases. The 1118 line launched last week, the Enlace Judio news website reported Monday. “At first we thought of the number 911, but…
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Art Did Mexican Artists Produce the First Images of the Holocaust?
Velvet-black smoke pours out of a locomotive looming on the horizon, accentuating the train’s length. It ascends heavenward, but the smoke is no Exodus pillar of cloud guiding the Israelites. This ominous billowing form signals the train’s imminent departure, as armed Nazis herd people aboard. In the foreground, a burly soldier shines a lantern into…
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News Mexico’s Jewish Envoy Slammed by All Sides After UNESCO Vote Drama
October was a tough month for Andres Roemer — Mexico’s now former ambassador to UNESCO and a highly public, if controversial, member of Mexico’s Jewish community. Suddenly, last month, a rapid and complicated tangle of Middle East-related developments conspired to recast the 53-year-old star diplomat as a piñata, subject to severe whackings by both his…
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Opinion Donald Trump’s Plan for Immigrants Should Scare The Hell Out of Jews
This piece is part of a series about the issues in the 2016 presidential election. Donald Trump opened his presidential campaign by calling the United States “a dumping ground for everybody else’s problems.” He famously proclaimed that Mexico is not sending “their best” across the border, that Mexican immigrants are drug dealers, criminals and rapists….
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