‘Jewtina’: Latin Jews seek community in places where they feel unwelcome

Jewtina y Co., a national community for Latin Jews in the US, provides a space for members who feel excluded from both Latino and Jewish communities. Founded in 2019 by Peruvian Jew Analucía Lopezrevoredo, the organization runs programs and a leadership fellowship. Members describe navigating antisemitism and immigration fears post-Oct. 7.

The article profiles Jewtina y Co., a national community for Latin Jews in the US, founded in 2019 by Peruvian Jew Analucía Lopezrevoredo. Members describe feeling excluded from both heavily Catholic Latino immigrant enclaves and predominantly Ashkenazi Jewish spaces. Ziggy Valdez, a nonbinary Mexican Jew studying to become a rabbi, recounts being told by Mexican peers that they were not 'actually Mexican' because they were Jewish. David McCarty-Caplan, the organization's director of research, was born in Colombia and adopted by a white American Jewish family; he says Jewtina was the first time he felt fully seen as a Latino, Jew, and adoptee. The organization ran 58 programs in 2025 and 47 so far in 2026. McCarty-Caplan is developing the first national study of Latin Jewish identity with Brandeis University. The article notes that support for multiracial Jewish organizations has receded since President Donald Trump's second term and after Oct. 7, 2023. Members now navigate both antisemitism and fears around immigration enforcement.