Mexico’s Jewish Community Set to Observe Passover
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Mexico’s Week of Passion and Pageantry
Starting on Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, nearly every community in the country commemorates the resurrection of Christ 2,000 years ago with magnificent rituals and colorful, passionate processions reenacting Jesus’ last days on Earth
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The most important place in Mexico City for Semana Santa celebrations is in Iztapalapa
Read moreAnti-Semitism Raises Its Ugly Head in Mexico, Again
OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE Even though this is something that happened a few weeks ago, it is an issue that I don’t want to let go by unmentioned: Anti-Semitism has reappeared in Mexico’s public life, instigated by the powers that be. And the subject deserves a cautionary reflection. “The day there is not a single Jew left in the world,
Read moreMexico’s Jewish Community Observes Passover
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS While the majority of Mexicans commemorated Easter on Sunday, April 17, and members of the local Islamic community are currently observing the holy month of Ramadan, which this year runs from April 2 through May 1, Mexico’s Jews this week celebrate Passover, or Pesach, which began on the night of Friday, April 15, with a
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As a predominantly Catholic nation, Mexico has traditionally celebrated Easter Week, known here as Semana Santa, as one of its most important holiday seasons of the year. Starting on Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, which this year fell on April 10, nearly every community in the country commemorates the resurrection of Christ 2000 years ago with
Read moreEl Carmen Museum to Open Easter Exhibit of Virgin Mary
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico City’s El Carmen Museum, which for years has presented altars of the Virgin Mary’s sorrows during the Holy Week of Easter, but which has been closed for the last two years due to the covid-19 contingency, will reopen with a limited seasonal display to the public on Thursday, April 7. The exhibition, “The
Read moreEaster Celebrations in Michoacán: Beauty Beyond Chaos
By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — Two years after the start of the covid-19 pandemic, social life in Mexico is finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. The current case count, according to official sources, has decreased significantly, allowing, among other things, the reopening of spaces for tourism and cultural activities. Work places and schools in the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO’s Virtual Powwow with G-20 Leaders In what was his first international encounter — even if only virtual — with the Group of 20 (G-20) world leaders on Thursday, March 26, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) vowed the nation’s solidarity with all affected nations and explained his point of view as to how to proceed
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