Source: The Times-Picayune
On November 30, 2002 The Times-Picayune reported that "combining... two cultures makes an integrated holiday celebration, but it can be a challenge for Hispanic Jews in the United States. The Michans of Fort Worth are among the mere handful of Hispanic Jews in the area. About 100,000 Hispanic Jews are thought to live in the United States, although no formal survey has been done, said Dina Siegel Vann, United Nations and Latin American affairs director for B'nai B'rith, the Washington, D.C.-based organization that works on public policy, Jewish identity, community, and youth and senior services. B'nai B'rith is developing a Hispanic-Jewish leadership roundtable discussion for February to talk about cultural issues and to bring communities together."