Morirse está en Hebreo (My Mexican Shivah)

Any comedy that can combine death, abortion, Jewish ritual and a mariachi band without curdling into complete lunacy deserves a modicum of respect. In the case of "My Mexican Shivah," more would be pushing it. ... Full Article

Alejandro Springall's My Mexican Shivah , from a screenplay by Jorge Goldenberg and Mr. Springall, based on a story by Ilan Stavans, is another of the recent examples of the Jewish Diaspora absorbed in the preservation of its identity and... ... Full Article

M y Mexican Shivah kvetches its way through an insipid vision of cross-cultural conflict. In the Polanco quarter of Mexico City, a Jewish paterfamilias goes kaput, after which family and friends come together to sit shivah over him, with two... ... Full Article