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About immigrants and their stories

The project “Of Immigrants and Their Stories” was born during the pandemic, when the lockdown prevented us from doing guided tours and events at the synagogue.
It consists of interviews with people over 80 years old to talk about family stories, migration, origin, or journeys in Mexico City that they experienced, as well as experiences in provincial cities.
Each one represents a different geography, different ideology, different experiences, so the collection, which currently has more than 70 interviews, shows the enormous diversity of those who make up the Jewish community in Mexico. A new interview is added each month, as they are conducted on the first Monday of every month.
These interviews are visual, including a huge number of photographs and documents.
They are recorded live, without editing, but they hold the value of a testimonial that remains. Many of the interviewees have already passed away, but their memories endure.

Of Immigrants and Their Stories I

August 24, 2020

Esta no es una entrevista, fue la primicia del proyecto y lo hicimos el equipo de guías de la sinagoga. Trata de aspectos generales de la inmigración judía a México.

Of Immigrants and Their Stories II

August 31, 2020

Margo Glantz

Las vecindades

Of Immigrants and Their Stories III

September 7, 2020

Sophie Klip de Rubinstein

Of Immigrants and Their Stories IV

September 14, 2020

Celia Dantus de Bimstein

Of Immigrants and Their Stories V

September 21, 2020

Raquel Mintz Spiro de F.

Of Immigrants and Their Stories VI

October 5, 2020

Esther Cymet de Aliphas

Of Immigrants and Their Stories VII

October 12, 2020

Jaya Torenberg

Of Immigrants and Their Stories VIII

October 19, 2020

Fortunée Uziel de Calderón

Of Immigrants and Their Stories IX

October 26, 2020

Enrique Chelminski

Of Immigrants and Their Stories X

November 2, 2020

Reneé Penhas de Levy

Of Immigrants and Their Storiess XI

November 9, 2020

Jaime Barer

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XII

November 16, 2020

Sarita Marcos

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XIII

November 23, 2020

Maia Wajsfeld Ajzen

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XIV

November 30, 2020

Carmen Saadia de Galante

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XV

December 7, 2020

Tacuba 15

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XVI

January 18, 2021

Ruth Cohen de Fasja

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XVII

January 25, 2021

Samuel Gittler

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XVIII

February 1, 2021

Benito Lasky

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XIX

February 8, 2021

Victoria Hanono de Hamui

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XX

February 15, 2021

Mónica Unikel

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXI

February 22, 2021

Ida Garber de Lerman

Of Immigrants and Their Storiess XXII

March 1, 2021

Rosi Sztajer de Chomstein

Of Immigrants and Their StoriesXXIII

March 8, 2021

Jacobo Broid

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXIV

March 15, 2021

Moy y Pepe Volcovich

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXV

March 22, 2021

Lova Goldberg

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXVI

April 19, 2021

Alicia Levy de Cohen

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXVII

April 26, 2021

Mónica Unikel

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXVIII

May 3, 2021

Meksikaner Temes (Temas Mexicanos)

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXIX

May 31, 2021

Jaime Poplawsky

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXX

June 14, 2021

Paloma Cung Sulkin

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXXI

June 28, 2021

Sra. Niza Nehmand de Charabati

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXXII

July 12, 2021

Sr. Isaac Podlipsky

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXXIII

July 26, 2021

Sra. Piedad Semitiel

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXXIV

August 9, 2021

Sr. Felipe Kleinfinger

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXXV

August 23, 2021

Sr. Marco José (Pepe) Faradji

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXXVI

September 13, 2021

Daniel Bitrán

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXXVII

October 11, 2021

Moisés Weinstock Kletzel

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXXVIII

November 9, 2021

Abraham Mustri

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XXXIX

November 22, 2021

Sr. Isaac Becker

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XL

December 13, 2021

Mónica Unikel

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XLI

January 24, 2022

Jaime Bank Grinbaum

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XLII

February 7, 2022

Rafael "Fallo" Mareyna

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XLIII

February 21, 2022

Bertha Benabib

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XLIV

March 7, 2022

Ariel Wolfowitz

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XLV

March 15, 2022

Ariel Wolfowitz

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XLVI

April 4, 2022

Carlos Antaramián

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XLVII

May 2, 2022

Esther Slomianski de Schuller

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XLVIII

May 16, 2022

León Bessudo

Of Immigrants and Their Stories XLIX

May 16, 2022

León Bessudo

Of Immigrants and Their Stories L

June 7, 2022

Esther Slomianski de Schuller

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LI

June 20, 2022

Sra Estela Moshinsky

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LII

July 3, 2022

Sra. Niza Sasson

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LIII

August 1, 2022

Sr. Enrique Pollack

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LIV

September 5, 2022

Sr. Nicolás Neuman

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LV

October 2, 2022

Sra. Eugenia Americus de Lubesky

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LVI

November 7, 2022

Sra. Irene Behar Alazraki

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LVII

December 6, 2022

Sr. Isaac Lupa

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LVIII

February 6, 2023

Sr. Gregorio Lubezky

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LIX

March 6, 2023

Bashe Wolfovich

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LX

May 1, 2023

Sra. Amalia Burakoff

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXI

June 5, 2023

Recorrido visual por las sinagogas de México

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXII

July 3, 2023

Sra. Nancy Sassón Ancona

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXIII

August 7, 2023

Sr. Mardoqueo Staropolsky

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXIV

September 4, 2023

Sr. Daniel Jusidman

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXV

November 6, 2023

Raquel Berman I

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXVI

November 13, 2023

Raquel Berman II

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXVII

December 4, 2023

Sara Hop

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXVIII

February 6, 2024

Rubén y Manuel Aizenman

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXIX

March 5, 2024

Becky Funes de Maya

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXX

June 17, 2024

José Sutton Lobatón

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXXI

July 1, 2024

Miriam Margules Gitlin de Neuman

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXXII

September 2, 2024

Samuel Prum Catz

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXXIII

November 4, 2024

Boris Nurko Bercovich

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXXIV

December 2, 2024

Moisés Shwartz Naselskier

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXXV

June 9, 2025

Ariel Wolfowitz de Cojuc

Of Immigrants and Their Stories LXXVI

July 7, 2025

Manuel Taifeld

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Justo Sierra 71, Historic Center,

Mexico City

Nearest metro: Zócalo

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