The Sephardic Community in Mexico currently consists of approximately 5,000 members, the vast majority of which are originally from Greece, Turkey, and the Balkans. Our state-of-the-art facilities are located in the Tecamachalco neighborhood in Mexico City. Our primary synagogue, Shaar Hashamaim - Gates of Heaven) still features our Turkish Sephardic liturgy and is at the forefront of our community practices. We have daily prayer services, as well as on Shabbat, and all Jewish holidays.
Our community’s proudest achievement is our Sephardic K-12 School, the Colegio Hebreo Sefaradi, with our buildings co-located with our central synagogue. This is coupled with the Majazike Tora group that prepares the students for their bar mitzvah and the reading of their perasha, specifically in the Sephardic tradition. Likewise, we have a Bat Mitzvah course that, in addition to teaching the girls Jewish values, provides them with tools for their roles as community leaders. In the community Kollel, the adult Jewish learning center, there are classes for university students, entrepreneurs and the general public. The religious committee creates activities relevant to the Jewish calendar and provides insightful content.
We have a chief rabbi, two assistant rabbis, and a director of Jewish education, among our robust and committed community staff. Additionally, our own Sephardic Foundation of Mexico is in charge of raising funds and distributing them to families in the community in particular need; the Foundation also helps with the loan of medical equipment, as well as with school scholarships. This is coupled with our Bikur Holim Committee that supports people with illness by visiting them in the hospital and providing kosher food. We have also looked to innovate in new ways with a YouTube channel that provides our members with a deep and meaningful approach to Judaism, and new Spanish-language Sephardic courses that we have offered in the past through the Sephardic Digital Academy in proud partnership with the Sephardic Brotherhood.
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