"We are almost out of money," the federation's newly elected president announced. "We have no employees. Critical insurance has been canceled. We cannot fulfill the purposes for which the organization was founded."
The Montefiore Synagogue in New Mexico may be on the brink of being returned to the city’s small but thriving Jewish community.
When Pancho Villa and his troops raided Columbus, New Mexico in 1916—one of the only times in the 20th century that a foreign army ever invaded the continental United States— the famous Mexican revolutionary had only one goal: to bring back the head of a Lithuanian-born Jewish merchant named Sam Ravel. Villa’s men ransacked the…
Former CIA spy Valerie Plame Wilson is considering a run for the United States Senate in New Mexico, the Washington Examiner reported Friday. One early obstacle for Plame Wilson, should she choose to run, is an anti-Semitism controversy: She was criticized in September 2017 for tweeting links to anti-Semitic articles, including a column titled “American…
William Atchinson, a 21-year-old gas station attendant, entered Aztec High School in northern New Mexico on December 7 disguised as a student. He embarked on a shooting spree which killed two students and injured several others, before killing himself. Atchinson did not give a reason for his actions, but it was later revealed that had…
The body of a former White House chef last seen setting off for a hike alone more than a week ago near Taos, New Mexico, has been found, according to media reports. Searchers late Sunday found Walter Scheib, 61, dead in a forest near Taos Ski Valley on the fifth day of the search-and-rescue mission,…
When I tell East Coast Jews that I’m from New Mexico, the first question out of their mouths is invariably, “Are there Jews in New Mexico?” Once I’ve quashed the temptation to shoot back, “What do YOU think?” I go on to explain. Yes, there are Jews in New Mexico. Yes, there is a synagogue…
Fancy some green chili in your matzo brei on Passover? Then you should go to New Mexico. Here are six things about Jewish New Mexico you should know. 1) New Mexico is home to many of the last crypto-Jews, who claim that their ancestors fled to Mexico during the Spanish Inquisition to escape persecution. Over…
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