Alan Grabinsky

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Sat Oct 10, 2009

Alan Grabinsky is a student of philosophy at UNAM and director of Salon Mexico City.

 

Articles by Alan Grabinsky

Super-Shtetl in the South

Mexico City Is Rich with Life >> Alan Grabinsky

Sat Oct 10, 2009
Mexico City Is Rich with Life

Today, 90 percent of one of the world’s wealthiest Jewish communities lives in a mountainous area: the Beverly Hills of Mexico City. Ironically referred to by many young Jews as “the ghetto” or “the shtetl,” this luxurious neighborhood meets every need. If you’re Jewish, you go to the Jewish school next to your house in the morning, the JCC in the afternoon, and then the nearby synagogue in the evening. You see the same people, move in the same circles, and talk about the same things. While the community’s isolation reinforces a strong sense of identity, it also perpetuates a fear of the outside world.