Kosher and Jewish Life in Naucalpan de Juárez

The area of Tecamachalco within Naucalpan has aprox. 3,300 families 40% being Jewish. The intersection of Avenida de las Fuentes and Fuente de la Templanza is referred to by residents as the Distrito Federal's Little Tel Aviv. On Friday night or Saturday morning, many Jewish residents walk to temple, some men in hats and women in wigs. Jewish shops include the "Kosher Palace" store, which plays Israeli music and sells spices from Israel, halva, Israeli chocolate spread, New York pretzels, football-size jars of pickles, frozen schnitzel, falafel, and a wide variety of kosher products. The Shuky Centre is a multi-story kosher food hall with separate sections for meat and milk, selling shawarma, sushi, kosher Mexican food, Syrian lavash bread, kosher chickens, and challot. Other Jewish shops include the Sinai Deli and Bakery, Sastreria Saul, butcher shops, and kosher taquerias. There are Jewish schools and at least six synagogues and temples, which are unmarked.