El Lic. Jose Gerson (Marzo 3, 1918 - Octubre 20, 1963) emigró a la Ciudad de México en el 1928 de Vinnitsa, Ucrania. Llego con sus padres Abraham y Fanny Gerson, acompañado de sus cuatro hermanos: Samuel, Salomón, León y Pedro. Este video incluye un artículo publicado en la Prensa Israelita después

This video is a photography essay remembering Mexico during the 20th Century. From JF Kennedy's visit to the capital; Mexico City to the fall of the Angel of Liberty statue after the 1957 earthquake. From the construction of the Azteca soccer stadium and the Palace of Sports for the 1968 Olympic Gam...

www.CommunityofLights is proud to introduce the talented 9 year old Liam Gerson while drawing and creating an image in a matter of minutes. Liam is originally from Mexico City, Mexico.

Arturo Souto Feijoo (1902-1964) was an important spanish painter who studied in Seville and Madrid and then traveled to Paris in the 1920s where he was influenced by the avant-garde. Prior to his exile from Spain following the Spanish Civil War, Souto exhibited throughout Europe. While living in Hav...

Issachar Ber Ryback (2 February 1897, in Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire (today Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine) – December 22, 1935, in Paris) was a Jewish-Ukrainian-French painter. Rybak was a contemporary of Jewish-Russian artists Natan Issajewitsch Altman, Boris Aronson and Marc Chagall, who transmitted th

The 'Dance of the 41' changed the way that Mexico interpreted gender and sexuality forever. The number 13 is commonly considered unlucky, but in Mexico, the number 41 has been seen as taboo and avoided—at one point the Army left the number out of battalions, hotel and hospital rooms didn’t use it an

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Take a close look at most of Martha Gerson' fine jewelry collection. The jewelry collection includes pieces from Van Cleef & Arpels and Harry Winston. Doña Martha Gerson, as she was called by many, died at the age of 92 (June 2, 1923 - July 15, 2015) in Mexico City. Mrs. Gerson was a Jewish im

The ceremony took place at the Beth Hakneset Hagadol Abraham Gerson Z"L . Following was the reception which was held at the brand new banquet room located in the same building. Nancy and Sammy's wedding marked the first event ever to take place at the newly finished banquet room which included a m...

A unique video depicting Israel in 1969, when a group of high school kid from Mexico City spend a summer in Israel. We visited a kibbutz and stayed with the Israeli army; "Vaad Leman Hajayal. This video is also a tribute to our dear friend Vivian who recently passed away.