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Opinion Our Synagogue’s Custodian Is A Member Of Our Family – And ICE Just Deported Him
A week before the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer told him he was going to a detention facility, Armando, our synagogue’s custodian for two decades, had come in to work on President’s Day to be there for my family as we held a small service to celebrate my son’s upcoming bar mitzvah. Afterwards, as we…
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Fast Forward Mexico Says It Will Stop Voting Against Israel At U.N.; Bibi Says ‘Gracias’
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted a message of gratitude to Mexico following its announcement that it would not vote against the Jewish state in upcoming votes at the United Nations. “Thank you President of Mexico @EPN and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Videgaray for refusing to go along with one…
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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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