A Sephardi Émigré Encourages Levantine Jews to Move to Mexico
Albert Avigdor
1922
It is a great pleasure for me to have this occasion, offered to me by the serial La Luz, to inform readers of the current situation in the Republic of Mexico, and to mention some of the reasons why the Sephardim should consider Mexico.
In all the countries in which I have traveled, no other has left me with such a good impression as Mexico, due to…
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