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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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Culture One jalapeno cheddar with schmear — inside Mexico City’s hand-rolled bagel renaissance
Remote workers, a long-standing Jewish community and COVID lockdowns sparked a bagel boom
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Culture Jewish refugees stranded in Hollywood, and 4 other books you need to know this month
Plus, an author's case for a standing cocktail hour
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Culture Was a Jewish soldier the only man to get out of the Alamo alive?
Louis Moses Rose: Coward or survivor? Fact or fiction? Jewish … or not?
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News Baja California cartel violence a rare threat for small but tightknit Jewish community
Cartel-fueled violence shut down Friday night services in Tijuana this past weekend, but services resumed Saturday
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Culture ‘A David and Goliath story’: The Jewish history of Cinco de Mayo
The 1862 Battle of Puebla paved the way for Mexico to become a haven for Jews fleeing persecution.
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Culture When Pancho Villa attacked the U.S. in 1916, he was after the head of this Jewish merchant
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…
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Culture Why ‘schlub’ seems to be the word of the year
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Fast Forward Uncommitted movement won’t endorse Harris, but tells followers to do nothing to help elect Trump
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