In the late 1950s, Roberto Abramowitz’s dad, Edward, was starting out as a jeweler in New York City and pursuing opportunities abroad. “As my mother tells me recently — because I did not know this — it was either South Africa, Israel or Mexico,” Roberto says. “My mother, who wasn’t getting along very well with my father at the time, convinced him to go to Mexico because she figured, if shit hits the wall, I can get home a lot easier.”
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