I am from Mexico and all of my ancestors as far as I can tell are from Mexico as well but I recently took a Dna ancestry test and it showed that 10 percent of my ancestry was from Ashkenazi Jewish descent so I’m curious if one of my ancestors was from one of these Mexican Jewish communities. I wish to visit these neighborhoods and synagogues soon!
Wow!! That is so cool!! I am half Mexican, half Ashkenazi (German/Polish/Russian) Jew myself and remain fascinated. Weirdly, it turns out my Mexican father also had Jewish (Sephardic) roots!!
Jews in Mexico go back to the 1400’s many moved to Mexico due to the inquisition in Spain. They were force to convert to Catholicism. Many Mexicans have Jewish dna without knowing because their families became conversos and didn’t continue the Jewish traditions.
Thank you for enriching my life with this video, Rabbi. The people of Monterrey, Mexico are called "regios". It is not common knowledge, but there seems to be an obscure history with Monterrey Mexico and Jews. I think its founder's family were persecuted by the Mexican Inquisition. His name might have been Luis de Carvaja and they were conversos. Also, about three weeks ago I was reading that there were talks Mexico might see its first female and Jewish president. The mayor of Mexico City is a secular Jew I think.
Glad you visited our city, R' Abramson. I'm a regular listener to your Jewish History in Daf Yomi series; they always brighten my day (and illuminate my daf!).
So where Arabs, active in the early Mexican movie and television industry... the Arabs your seen selling items like ties for suits, from the German, French, Spanish, Arabs, Chinese, religious groups like the Amish, the Mennonites Mormons and not just Jewish live in Mexico and a whole lot of Americans, brown and Anglo and some black
Sheinbaum is not Jewish, she's Mexican and there where also Arabs in Mexican movies, sense the 50s, they where salesman, selling suite ties in Mexico from there bags and they had an accent when they spoke Spanish, which sounded interesting, the inventor of the color T.V. was a Mexican, Guillermo González Camarena
@geraldarnoult Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo had Jewish parents, an Ashkenazi father and a Sephardi mother. A lot of the "Arabs" you describe were probably Jews from the Ottoman Empire.
Gorgeous + surprising! The art + architecture, Chagall stained glass… wow + the food court looks like a place I'd wanna hang out. Guess I shouldn't be so surprised that any big city in this hemisphere should have a thriving Jewish community, but that Mexican flavor + style is just super impressive. Love to see it 👏
Shalom, I love this !! I took a class with the lady via zoom showing us the Mexican Jewish community, and Thank you Hashem just put a episode on it as well.
When I was little, I lived in a very Jewish neighborhood. Our neighbors two doors down were Jews from Mexico, the Greenberg. They were very fluent in Spanish, and had perfect Spanish accents. I don’t know how many generations they went back in Mexico. I met the cousins, also Jews from Mexico.
Surprisingly, the Jewish community in Mexico City is predominantly Ashkenazi, rather than Sephardic as I had expected. Growing up in southern New Mexico, the Jews I knew were Sephardic, like myself. So, I was surprised to learn that the Jewish population of Mexico's capital has a different ethnic background. The synagogues in Mexico City are beautiful.
Great video teacher! By any chance do you know the story of the Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews meeting in Los Angeles during the western expansion of the united states during the 1800s by any chance? -- My professor told me that it was a great connection as if long lost cousins met each other for the first in 1000 years and a important moment of Jewish history as well.
Always good to see the Sephardi community getting recognition. CrypoJews are found in almost every Mexican community. The gift shop in Detroit's Mexican Town sells several Jewish items.
The majority of the Mexican Jewish community is in fact Ashkenazic, descendants of 20th century immigrants and refugees from Central and Eastern Europe. Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews do, however, represent about 30% of the population and they are in turn divided between Turkish (originally Ladino-speaking) and Syrian (originally Arabic-speaking) Jews. The current mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is of Ashkenazic and Sephardic descent. EDIT: According to Professor Abrahamson and some sources I see online Ashkenazim are a minority, but Mexican Jews I know have told me otherwise.
@@arikohane2720 Some people who believe themselves to be descended from Crypto Jews have converted, though, so if they have had an Orthodox conversion (quite a few have) then they are fully Jews according to all opinions. However, then they are no longer "crypto", they are out in the open fully practicing Jews.
@@grasmereguy5116 According to DNA test of my family, and others in our "Mexican" community, we are Sephardic. I personally have the advantage of the tests proving the difference between the Sephardic on my father's side, and Ashkenazi on my mother's side. One comes from Mexico, and the other from Scotland. The Sephardic have been here much longer, and the Ashkenazi are more recent immigrants to the America's. I am sure that the Sephardic actually outnumber the rest of the "types", especially if you take into account the Crypto-Jews and Conversos.
@@arikohane2720 They are actually Sephardic and Ashkenazi; based on the cultural history, expression, and especially the DNA. We don't base our identity on our religious practices. On the other hand, we don't usually prefer to call ourselves "Jews", but identify as Hebrews or Israelites. The family tree is composed of more than the Tribe of Judah, so this should not be a problem. Add the fact that there are plenty of citizens of Israel that don't practice Judaism, and there really shouldn't be any arguments for who is a "real Jew", or part of the House of Israel.
That was awesome! I saw in the book from Germany that the man was holding the name Lara. That is my grandfather's last name on my mom's side. I've always thought we were Jewish (hoped) but I don't know how to find out. My father's last name is Arabic but we don't even know how we got that.
....I know the USA, had the likes of Macho Man and Goldberg, as Jewish champions in Professional Wrestling....Do you know of any Jewish wrestling champions, in Mexico's Lucho Libra professional wrestling?....
Im mexican and glad jews can live in Mexico without having to endure the atrocities they suffered in other parts of the world. I took a dna test and was surprised to find out i had a little bit of ashkenazi jew in me. It's only 2% but i found that very interesting. Viva israel 🇮🇱
Did the interviewer said that it was odd to see a mexican flag in a Jewish place instead of an u.s. flag??? He thinks jews are in the u.s . Only?? Doesn't he know that they are scattered all over the world.
What's all this stuff about Jewish living in Mexico, lots of other nationalities and ancestry live in Mexico and Claudia Sheinbaum is not Jewish, she's Mexican, there is also lots of Arabs who live in Mexico so what does that mean?
This is truly incredibly. Absolutely breathtaking synagogues.
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I am from Mexico and all of my ancestors as far as I can tell are from Mexico as well but I recently took a Dna ancestry test and it showed that 10 percent of my ancestry was from Ashkenazi Jewish descent so I’m curious if one of my ancestors was from one of these Mexican Jewish communities. I wish to visit these neighborhoods and synagogues soon!
Yeah I wonder Ghana has Jewish culture
Wow!! That is so cool!!
I am half Mexican, half Ashkenazi (German/Polish/Russian) Jew myself and remain fascinated.
Weirdly, it turns out my Mexican father also had Jewish (Sephardic) roots!!
Jews in Mexico go back to the 1400’s many moved to Mexico due to the inquisition in Spain. They were force to convert to Catholicism. Many Mexicans have Jewish dna without knowing because their families became conversos and didn’t continue the Jewish traditions.
Same here I recently found out I have Jewish decent and I’m really curious about that part of me
Thank you for enriching my life with this video, Rabbi.
The people of Monterrey, Mexico are called "regios".
It is not common knowledge, but there seems to be an obscure history with Monterrey Mexico and Jews. I think its founder's family were persecuted by the Mexican Inquisition. His name might have been Luis de Carvaja and they were conversos.
Also, about three weeks ago I was reading that there were talks Mexico might see its first female and Jewish president. The mayor of Mexico City is a secular Jew I think.
This is absolutely amazing! Thank you, Rabbi!
I'm so glad that you liked it!
I’m so happy they kept the faith for centuries
Glad you visited our city, R' Abramson. I'm a regular listener to your Jewish History in Daf Yomi series; they always brighten my day (and illuminate my daf!).
Tan hermoso! Jews were active in the early Mexican movie and television industry, too. The present mayor of Mexico City is Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
So where Arabs, active in the early Mexican movie and television industry... the Arabs your seen selling items like ties for suits, from the German, French, Spanish, Arabs, Chinese, religious groups like the Amish, the Mennonites Mormons and not just Jewish live in Mexico and a whole lot of Americans, brown and Anglo and some black
Sheinbaum is not Jewish, she's Mexican and there where also Arabs in Mexican movies, sense the 50s, they where salesman, selling suite ties in Mexico from there bags and they had an accent when they spoke Spanish, which sounded interesting, the inventor of the color T.V. was a Mexican, Guillermo González Camarena
@geraldarnoult Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo had Jewish parents, an Ashkenazi father and a Sephardi mother. A lot of the "Arabs" you describe were probably Jews from the Ottoman Empire.
Fascinating! It makes me happy to know that there is a thriving Jewish community in Mexico!
Yes! And thank you for being a Member!
Have you heard the story of the Mexican diplomat in WW2 who helped thousands of Jews flee from Europe and got captures by the Nazis???
Awesome coverage of the Mexico city Jews, Rabbi. Thank you
It was wonderful visiting the city!
Gorgeous + surprising! The art + architecture, Chagall stained glass… wow + the food court looks like a place I'd wanna hang out. Guess I shouldn't be so surprised that any big city in this hemisphere should have a thriving Jewish community, but that Mexican flavor + style is just super impressive. Love to see it 👏
Awesome. Please do one on the History of Jews in Monterrey Nuevo León Mexico. You will be astonished. Shalom
Please
Absolutely breathtaking and just amazing
Shalom, I love this !! I took a class with the lady via zoom showing us the Mexican Jewish community, and Thank you Hashem just put a episode on it as well.
blown away. amazing. Baruch HaShem
That was amazing, thanks for sharing.
My pleasure!
Thank you so much for visiting us here in México City.
When I was little, I lived in a very Jewish neighborhood. Our neighbors two doors down were Jews from Mexico, the Greenberg. They were very fluent in Spanish, and had perfect Spanish accents. I don’t know how many generations they went back in Mexico. I met the cousins, also Jews from Mexico.
I'm so excited
Wow, So beautiful. My encouragement one of these days you do a tour of synagogue of Jamaica 🇯🇲
Beautiful places... I wish we could hear the end of what the curator was saying about the J from Switzerland
My Sephardic Jewish brothers! Hola Mexico!!
Hola
I’m Sephardic Jewish too
Am Ysrael Chai ❤
This was awesome!
just great! I would like to visit!
Surprisingly, the Jewish community in Mexico City is predominantly Ashkenazi, rather than Sephardic as I had expected. Growing up in southern New Mexico, the Jews I knew were Sephardic, like myself. So, I was surprised to learn that the Jewish population of Mexico's capital has a different ethnic background. The synagogues in Mexico City are beautiful.
Great video teacher! By any chance do you know the story of the Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews meeting in Los Angeles during the western expansion of the united states during the 1800s by any chance? -- My professor told me that it was a great connection as if long lost cousins met each other for the first in 1000 years and a important moment of Jewish history as well.
This is a breathe of fresh hair.
It is surprising to me that a Mexican synagogue is so well funded. Wonderful.
Always good to see the Sephardi community getting recognition. CrypoJews are found in almost every Mexican community. The gift shop in Detroit's Mexican Town sells several Jewish items.
These are actual Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews. Modern day "Crypto-Jews" aren't Sephardic, or Jewish.
The majority of the Mexican Jewish community is in fact Ashkenazic, descendants of 20th century immigrants and refugees from Central and Eastern Europe. Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews do, however, represent about 30% of the population and they are in turn divided between Turkish (originally Ladino-speaking) and Syrian (originally Arabic-speaking) Jews.
The current mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is of Ashkenazic and Sephardic descent.
EDIT: According to Professor Abrahamson and some sources I see online Ashkenazim are a minority, but Mexican Jews I know have told me otherwise.
@@arikohane2720 Some people who believe themselves to be descended from Crypto Jews have converted, though, so if they have had an Orthodox conversion (quite a few have) then they are fully Jews according to all opinions. However, then they are no longer "crypto", they are out in the open fully practicing Jews.
@@grasmereguy5116 According to DNA test of my family, and others in our "Mexican" community, we are Sephardic. I personally have the advantage of the tests proving the difference between the Sephardic on my father's side, and Ashkenazi on my mother's side. One comes from Mexico, and the other from Scotland. The Sephardic have been here much longer, and the Ashkenazi are more recent immigrants to the America's. I am sure that the Sephardic actually outnumber the rest of the "types", especially if you take into account the Crypto-Jews and Conversos.
@@arikohane2720 They are actually Sephardic and Ashkenazi; based on the cultural history, expression, and especially the DNA. We don't base our identity on our religious practices.
On the other hand, we don't usually prefer to call ourselves "Jews", but identify as Hebrews or Israelites. The family tree is composed of more than the Tribe of Judah, so this should not be a problem. Add the fact that there are plenty of citizens of Israel that don't practice Judaism, and there really shouldn't be any arguments for who is a "real Jew", or part of the House of Israel.
That was awesome! I saw in the book from Germany that the man was holding the name Lara. That is my grandfather's last name on my mom's side. I've always thought we were Jewish (hoped) but I don't know how to find out. My father's last name is Arabic but we don't even know how we got that.
I research surnames. Lara could be Jewish but not always. If you want to share the Arabic one I can check for you
@@hungjury7482 hi I'm sorry. I got distracted. I just remembered. Would you still be interested in looking at my last name for me?
@@TheMJT515 gladly, what is it?
@@hungjury7482 yebra
@@TheMJT515 from which country? It looks like a Spanish surname to me
These are just stunning. Thank you so much for sharing!
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Oh my gosh I enjoyed this!
Did you say what districts these synagogues inhabit?
Thank you!!
😊 ✡️ 🇲🇽
Hola Mexico!
Beautiful
Great insights! Thanks so much. I was wondering what he was saying about the J or something with the Swiss?
....I know the USA, had the likes of Macho Man and Goldberg, as Jewish champions in Professional Wrestling....Do you know of any Jewish wrestling champions, in Mexico's Lucho Libra professional wrestling?....
Finally woooowhoooooo🎉
Im mexican and glad jews can live in Mexico without having to endure the atrocities they suffered in other parts of the world. I took a dna test and was surprised to find out i had a little bit of ashkenazi jew in me. It's only 2% but i found that very interesting. Viva israel 🇮🇱
Are there tours in Mexico like this one? I currently live in Cuernavaca.
Mexico loves Israel ❤
There is no old Jewish street only true indigenous land! ✊🏽
Nice
The probable next president of Mexico is Gloria Scheinbaum. Does anybody know if she goes to a synagogue in Mexico City?
Did the interviewer said that it was odd to see a mexican flag in a Jewish place instead of an u.s. flag??? He thinks jews are in the u.s . Only?? Doesn't he know that they are scattered all over the world.
What's all this stuff about Jewish living in Mexico, lots of other nationalities and ancestry live in Mexico and Claudia Sheinbaum is not Jewish, she's Mexican, there is also lots of Arabs who live in Mexico so what does that mean?
The Abominationz that we have had to endure, suffer, and go through in order not to get killed and murdered all over the world!
Exactly!😢
Am Yrael Chai
El Pueblo de Israel vive.