Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum is polling double-digits ahead of her closest competitor, and will mark 2 firsts for the US neighbor if she wins. Here is some background

After meeting the famed filmmaker at a cocktail reception, Deborah Koenigsberger Gutierrez had an epiphany about her identity - and created the new festival, which opens on April 2

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defends saying that columnist Carlos Alazraki has 'Hitlerian' ideas after Jewish community denounces 'unacceptable' comparison

Told by her mother that the family were secret Jews, Angelina Muñiz-Huberman often writes about hidden identity, Iberian Jewry, and Jewish mysticism

Figure of woman with clenched fist pointing toward skyscrapers meant to represent 5 centuries of 'indigenous resistance,' says Claudia Sheinbaum, granddaughter of Jewish immigrants

Nataniel Sagi learned that local benign species were on the verge of extinction; he's opened a conservation sanctuary and rescues colonies from deforestation

Gabriella Strigler Lou, from the 'Shalom Corps' non-profit, chosen for honor at annual ceremony to serve as 'inspiration for social action' in Israel and abroad

Nuance, attention to detail, and ultimately, believability make for a gripping journey into Mexico's insular Syrian Jewish community. Streaming Friday in virtual cinemas

Pati Jinich boasts a rich culinary heritage from grandparents who fled to Mexico after the Holocaust, and uses it to educate Americans -- from the small screen to the White House

For 70 years, the massive community center has been the hub of Jewish life for a diverse group of 50,000, but fears of contagion in the hard-hit country have left it nearly empty