Community of Communities: Jews in Mexico

Authors

  • Renne Dayan Directora de Tribuna Israelita
  • Deborah Roitman Colaboradora Centro de Estudios Judaicos Universidad de Chile

Abstract

Jewish immigrants who arrived in Mexico during the first half of the 20th century, formed communities according to their places of origin, a lifestyle that persists to this day. They formed a highly organized and cohesive community, under a high rank of well-being, that includes religious, educational, cultural services and more. Likewise, in there more than 100 years of life they have achieved a high attendance of their children to the Jewish school network and a low index of exogamous marriages, avoiding the assimilation. Today its members are considered highly integrated to the Mexican society, which are a part. This article is of descriptive order, where it tries to expose the Mexican Jewish community, covering diverse areas that constitute it.

Keywords:

Jewish community, Mexico, Jewish Modern history, assimilation.