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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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Fast Forward Mexican Beer Logo Shows Trump In Sombrero, Swastika
Mexican and American brewers came together this past month to bottle a New England IPA that also pokes fun at President Trump using Nazi imagery. The bottle’s label shows Trump dressed in traditional mariachi band attire, wearing a sombrero and a swastika belt buckle. The beer, called “Amigous Cerveza” (a deliberate misspelling of “amigos”), sold…
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Fast Forward Mexico City Mayor Trumpets Country’s Sephardic Heritage
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The mayor of Mexico City praised his country’s Sephardi heritage during the opening of the global biennial Erensya summit on Tuesday. “In Mexico we have history, we have inheritance, we have language that comes from Sephardi history,” Miguel Angel Mancera said. “We are proud to host this congress here and for…
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Fast Forward Sephardic Jews From 20 Countries Gather For Summit In Mexico
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Sephardic Jews from more than 20 countries will gather at a biennial summit in Mexico City. Coordinated by the Latin American Sephardic Federation, the Cumbre Erensya summit will bring together delegates from the Americas, Europe and Australia on June 5-7. Former meetings took place in Spain, Turkey and Bulgaria. “Erensya…
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Fast Forward ADL To Train Mexico’s 50 U.S. Consulates To Fight Harassment
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League will train the staff of Mexico’s 50 consulates in the United States on how to assist nationals who are victims of attacks and harassment. “Through our regional offices we are the first to be called in case of a hate crime. When a synagogue is defaced, when…
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Food How ‘Passover Paradise’ Turned Into A Holy Nightmare
Just back from a highly problematic Passover program in Cancun, a large group of weary travelers is creating cyber-support groups on Facebook, What’s App and Jewish community forums such as DansDeals.com. They are swapping war stories about what was supposed to be a luxurious Passover trip, run by a travel outfit called Passover Paradise. The…
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Breaking News Mexican Jewish Teen Challenged To Cook Non-Kosher Food On TV Reality Show
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A 13-year-old Jewish girl who cooked pork during a primetime reality show on Mexican TV said “my grandfather is going to kill me.” Batia Bresca was clearly uncomfortable cooking non-kosher food during the premiere of the Mexican edition of “MasterChef Junior 2017” last week and invoked Jewish law when a referee asked…
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Community I’m A Progressive Mexican Jew. Is There Space For Me In J Street?
I was not very excited to go to Washington DC: recent news from the capital was bleak, to say the least, and the idea of spending my time visiting sites felt like treason. In this country ruled a man who called us rapists and who was building a wall to keep us outside. Sure, I…
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