Can someone tell me about Mexican Jews?

Question

Can someone tell me about Mexican Jews?

Answer 1

I believe you're in the wrong area for this question. You may have more answers if you post this in the religion section. Its a great question and one that many Jews are interested in these days.

Answer 2

Google crypto-Jews

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto-Juda...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marrano

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Answer 3

This site talks about the hostory of Jews in Mexico:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_...

Answer 4

There are not enough to really tell you about.

Mexico is 90% Romand Catholic and the Jewish poulation is very low and would be in the order of 2% of the population

Answer 5

Actually there have been Jews in Mexico since Hernando Cortes conquered the Aztecs, accompanied by several Conversos (Jewish converts to Catholicism).  

In the 1860s, a large number of German Jews settled in Mexico as a result of invitations from Maximilian I of Mexico. Beginning in the 1880s many Ashkenazic Jews fleeing pogroms in Russia and Romania came to Mexico. Another large wave of immigration occurred as the Ottoman Empire collapsed, leading many Sephardic Jews from Turkey, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria and parts of France to flee. Finally, a wave of immigrants fled the increasing n**i persecutions in Europe during World War II.

Today, there are around 50,000 Jews in Mexico; it is one of just a handful of countries whose Jewish population is projected to grow in the future. There are several sectors in the Jewish community in Mexico, the biggest of which are the Ashkenazi community. The Mizrahim community is mainly Syrian and Lebanese immigrants the Mexican Jews refer to as "judíos árabes" or "Arab Jews").

While there are substantial Jewish communities in Guadalajara, Monterrey, and Tijuana, the vast majority of Mexican Jews reside in the capital, Mexico City, the suburb of Polanco being one of the largest concentrations. They have a vast network of synagogues, schools and other communal institutions. There are over 30 synagogues, most of them Orthodox.