Mexico City mayor lays foundation stone of $5 million Jewish center

The mayor of Mexico’s capital city lays the foundation stone of a Jewish community center slated to cost nearly $5.3 million.

Miguel Angel Mancera hails the Jewish community’s decision to invest in the city as seen by its decision to erect the new building of the Kehila Ashkenazi, which is located in Mexico City’s Roma Norte district in the Cuauhtemoc borough. The official considers the initiative a sign of trust in the country’s growth, reports La Razon newspaper.

“The Jewish community is showing a substantial, permanent impulse, honoring ancestral values ​​of their people, but living with this dialectic of Mexico, showing affection to the city and to all who live here,” he says.

Mancera points out that the city’s Constitution mentions the fight against anti-Semitism. In turn, the president of the Central Committee of the Jewish Community of Mexico — the country’s Jewish umbrella organization — cited the governmental support provided to carry out local projects.

“It is very important for us that you know that we value a lot the fact that every time we approach any city official to bring up a community theme, they always welcome us very well,” says Moises Romano.

— JTA