mexico

Jewish liberal Claudia Sheinbaum likely to win this week’s Mexican presidential election, polls show

Mexico would become the largest country by far to have a head of state with a Jewish background.

Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters during a rally

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

“I have a profound respect for the Jewish community,” Vicente Fox later wrote about Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City who is projected to be a presidential frontrunner.

President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Mexico’s president insists that a Jewish critic of his is ‘Hitlerian’

After a harsh response from local Jews, Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he has “very good friends in the Jewish community.”

Jared Kushner listens as President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press at the White House on September 9, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Politics

Jared Kushner is building the president a Mexico border wall

Global

At least 25% of applicants for citizenship in Spain under its Sephardic law of return are not Jewish

Sports

Largest Jewish sporting event of the Americas on now in Mexico

Global

French-Israeli DJ shot dead in Mexico club

An immigrant recently released after spending six months in an ICE detention facility, is hugged by her daughter while being reunited with family at Portland International Airport on September 2, 2018. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Ideas

Let’s stop arguing about ‘concentration camps’ and start talking about our dehumanizing immigration system

Global

Mexican youth agency apologizes for Goebbels tweet

Politics

Jared Kushner to receive Mexico’s highest award for foreigners

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