This is the Forward’s coverage of the country of Mexico, home to a population of Hispanic Jews.
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Fast Forward 2 Ex-Presidents of Mexico Compare ‘Racist’ Donald Trump to Hitler
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s political rhetoric is “racist,” and evocative of Adolf Hitler, former Mexican President Felipe Calderon told reporters at an event in Mexico City on Saturday. “This logic of praising the white supremacy is not just anti-immigration,” Calderon said. “He is acting and speaking out against immigrants that have a different skin…
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Fast Forward Abducted Mexican Jewish Teen Freed After 40 Days
An Orthodox Jewish teenager kidnapped on November 12 in Mexico City was released after the family paid “a large ransom.” The 19-year-old youth named Shlomo was captured inside the apartment building where he lives after the criminals had no difficulty getting past the security guard. The parents were quickly contacted, but the negotiations lasted for…
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Fast Forward Mexico President Praises Jews for Giving ‘Their Best’ for Nation
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto declared that the Jewish community gives its best for the development of Mexico. Peña Neto was the keynote speaker at a dinner on Monday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs Institute of the American Jewish Committee. “I am pleased to be…
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Opinion Worst Way To Protest Gay Pride? It’s Called Jewish Ethnic Drag.
What’s the best way for Orthodox Jews to protest a bunch of gay drag queens? By transforming a bunch of Mexican laborers into ethnic drag queens — for a fee. That, apparently, is the belief of the Jewish Political Action Committee, supposedly a fringe group (see update below) of Brooklyn-based Hasids whose unusual protest strategy…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Hire Mexicans To Wear Tzitzit and Protest Gay Pride
An Orthodox Jewish group hired Mexican laborers to protest for them at the gay pride parade in New York. A reporter for The New York Times witnessed the group of Mexican men picketing for the Jewish Political Action Committee, a fringe Hasidic group based in Brooklyn, at Sunday’s parade in Manhattan. The hired protesters wore…
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Life Free Frida Kahlo!
Often, when a member of a marginalized group achieves fame in an area in which her group lacks representation, she becomes an icon. This is nearly inevitable, and continues to happen today to women like Lena Dunham and Hillary Clinton. Being an icon definitely has its perks. People love you. They want more of you…
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Fast Forward Israel Flops in 3-0 Soccer Friendly Loss to Mexico
Miguel Layun struck twice for Mexico who began their World Cup preparations with a 3-0 win over Israel at the Azteca stadium on Wednesday but also suffered a scare with goalkeeper Jesus Corona taken to hospital with a head injury. Corona collided with team-mate Francisco Rodriguez in the 69th minute and lay flat out before…
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Opinion Baghdad Ranked ‘Worst City in World’ to Live In
Boy aims toy gun at wreckage of a Baghdad car bombing, one of 9 across Iraq that killed 14 on March 5. And that wasn’t Iraq’s worst day in March. / Getty Images Mission Accomplished: Just in time for the 11th anniversary of America’s war to liberate Iraq, a leading global business consulting firm comes…
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