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It’s practically a given in the life of any Mexico tourist. At some point you will ingest something disagreeable, maybe the tap water, or an insufficiently cleansed vegetable, or maybe some particularly potent poblanos, and for a few days you’ll be cursing the gods and making many an anguished trip to the bano.  I’ll spare […]

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Shortly after 10:00 on Wednesday, I set out for one of Mexico City’s three Yiddish schools — so-called because they retain a significant amount of Yiddish language and culture in the curriculum. My appointment was at 11, and an hour later we were still driving — first past Polanco, the more urban Jewish area where […]

The Wandering Jew touched down in Zacatecas yesterday evening and, before I even had a chance to drop my bags, found myself in the middle of a callejoneada, these street parties here that involve a mariachi band, a donkey wearing a sombrero, and liberal amounts of mezcal dispensed from water cooler jugs. They apparently happen […]

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