Mexican jews

How a Mexican Jewish school is shaping young Jewish leaders

This relatively small Jewish community in Mexico City manages to maintain its identity, thrive economically and culturally, and raise a young generation that feels both Jewish and Mexican

AT YAVNE, being deeply Jewish and proudly Mexican are complementary aspects of a rich, multifaceted identity.
 Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum gestures as she speaks on the day she is certified as presidential candidate for the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party during a ceremony, in Mexico City, Mexico September 10, 2023.

Mexico on track to have its first Jewish, female president

 Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum

Former Mexican president calls leading Jewish politician a ‘Bulgarian Jew’

Cinema concept of vintage film reel with popcorn and movie tickets

How an encounter with Guillermo del Toro led to NYC’s first Mexican Jewish Film Festival


Israel and Mexico one year after the earthquake

Israel is guided by an important Jewish value of tikkun olam and we act upon it, with the intention of making a difference in the world through solidarity and commitment to help those in need, regardless of race and religion, in difficult times, anywhere in the world.

A woman stands amidst the remains of a house after an earthquake struck the southern coast of Mexico in Union Hidalgo in 2017.

17. Claudia Sheinbaum

A Mexican firebrand

Claudia Sheinbaum,a scientist and the first Jew as well as woman to be elected as mayor of Mexico City.

Will golden age of Israel-Mexico ties continue under Obrador?

Newly elected Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador presents a new situation for Mexico.

Mexico's next President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures to supporters, in Mexico City, Mexico July 1, 2018. Picture taken July 1, 2018.

Mexico City elects first Jewish, female mayor

Not only is Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo the first Jew, but she is also the first woman to be elected as mayor of Mexico City.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), offers a floral tribute to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the expropriation of Mexico's oil industry, next to Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, candidate for Mexico City Mayor by the National Regeneration

ZAKA recovers body of rabbi from rubble left by Mexico City earthquake

IDF Home Front Command unit: Even if we find one missing person alive, it means the world.

 ZAKA International Rescue Unit volunteers aid in Mexico’s ongoing recovery operation.

Jewish volunteers find body of missing rabbi in Mexico earthquake rubble

Rabbi Haim Ashkenazi was killed when the office building he was in collapsed, trapping him underneath the rubble.

ZAKA volunteers help victims of the Mexico earthquake

Israeli military, search and rescue organization set out to help Mexico recover

“It is impossible to describe the scope of the disaster. Millions of people are without power, there is great confusion and distress."

ZAKA volunteers help victims of the Mexico earthquake

PM: Public embrace received in Latin America a sign of Israel’s stature

“The leaders themselves are the best seismographs,” Netanyahu said. “They understand that not only does the public not have a problem with their public embrace of Israel, but it has benefits."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at an event for the Jewish community in Mexico City, September 14, 2017.

Mexican envoy who walked out on anti-Israel UNESCO debate honored

Wiesenthal Center awards diplomat for action during Temple Mount vote.

ANDRÉS ROEMER (second right) receives his award in Mexico City on Friday, flanked by Simon Wiesenthal Representative for Latin America Ariel Gelblung (right), Director of International Relations at SWC Shimon Samuels (second left) and Isaac Ajzen, director of Jewish news source diariojuido.com

Mexican diplomat to be honored for challenging UNESCO on anti-Israel vote

Andres Roemer, who is Jewish, will be awarded the International Sephardic Leadership Award at a ceremony on May 21 at the Center for Jewish History in New York.

UNESCO headquarters