El Pueblo Tiene La Fortaleza – The People Have the Strength
The chilly 8 a.m. sun made its way slowly in Washington, D.C, tiredly signaling a new winter day. It was Thursday, January 7, 2021, and less than 24 hours prior, my home city had
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Theme: Personal Story
Beyond the Accent: A Virtual Wintership in Chile
I applied to the DRCLAS Winternship for two main reasons. I wanted to have an international experience (albeit it would be remote) and number two because I really wanted to gain fluency in Spanish.
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The Mexican Angels in the Attic
Years before I met the Mexican angels in that Chicago attic, my abuela Carlota Carranza Carrasco told me about religion. Carlota was born in Batopilas at the bottom of the Cañon del Cobre in 1896 and crossed the border into El Paso to escape the chaos of the Mexican Revolution in 1912…
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Translating the Maya Popol Wuj
It’s the 20th of December and we are in Chichicastenango for its Fiesta Patronal. Just after 3:33 A.M., we are woken up by powerful explosions right above the Hotel Pop Wuj where
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Exploring Mexican Judaism
I was shivering on that sunny warm Mexico City afternoon in March 2019. The climate-controlled archives of the newly inaugurated Colección Centro de Documentación e Investigación de la Comunidad Ashkenazi de México (CDIJUM) were otherwise a delight…
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