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Jewish immigration to Latin America began with seven sailors arriving on Christopher Columbus' crew. Since then, the Jewish population of Latin America has risen to more than 500,000 — more than half of whom live in Argentina, with large communities also present in Brazil, Chile and Mexico.^[1]

The following is a list of some prominent Latin American Jews, arranged by country of origin:

Argentina

Ernesto Acher, musician-humorist, former member of the group Les Luthiers^{[citation needed]}
Marcos Aguinis, journalist / writer ^[2]
José Alperovich, governor of the Tucumán Province ^[3]
Héctor Babenco, film director (Argentinian-born) ^[4]
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and pianist ^[5]
Tania Bíder revolutionary fighter ^[6]
Marcelo Birmajer, writer ^[7]
Laszlo Biro, inventor of the ballpoint pen ^[8]
Jácobo Bolbochán, chess player^{[citation needed]}
Julio Bolbochán, chess player^{[citation needed]}
Mauricio Borensztein (better known as Tato Bores), comedian
Daniel Burman (1973 - ) filmmaker^[9]
Israel Adrián Caetano, film director^{[citation needed]}
Andres Cantor, Sports Commentator
Sergio Chejfec, writer^{[citation needed]}
Mario Davidovsky, composer^[10]
Alicia Dujovne Ortiz, writer (Jewish father)
Giora Feidman, klezmer musician[7]
Movsas Feigins, chess player^{[citation needed]}
Rubén Felgaer, chess player^{[citation needed]}
Daniel Filmus Ex Argentinian Education Minister
Paulino Frydman, chess player^{[citation needed]}
Juan Gelman, poet^{[citation needed]}
Alberto Gerchunoff, writer^[11]
Max Glücksmann, pioneer of the Argentinian music and film industries^[12]
Osvaldo Golijov, classical composer^[13]
Guillermo Israilevich, soccer player of Israeli National Team (Jewish Father)
Martín Jaite, former tennis player^{[citation needed]}
Guido Kaczka, actor, show host
Mauricio Kagel, classical composer
Daniel Katz, mayor of Mar del Plata^{[citation needed]}
León Klimovsky, film director^{[citation needed]}
Alejandro Lerner, singer/composer^{[citation needed]}
Miguel Lifschitz, mayor of Rosario (Jewish Father) ^{[citation needed]}
César Milstein, immunologist, Nobel prize^[14]
Marcos Mundstock, musician-humorist of the group Les Luthiers^{[citation needed]}
Miguel Najdorf, chess player^{[citation needed]}
Gastón Needleman, chess player^{[citation needed]}
Carlos Núñez Cortés, musician-humorist of the group Les Luthiers^{[citation needed]}
Alicia Partnoy, writer
Raquel Partnoy, painter^[15]
José Pekerman, former soccer player, former national team coach
Jorge Pelikán, chess player
Melina Petriella, actress
Alejandra Pizarnik, poet^{[citation needed]}
Isaias Pleci, chess player^{[citation needed]}
Julio Popper, engineer and colonizer of Tierra del Fuego, from Romania.^{[citation needed]}
Daniel Rabinovich, musician-humorist of the group Les Luthiers
Ariel Rot, musician ^{[citation needed]}
Cecilia Roth, actress ^{[citation needed]}
Jaime José Rotman, soccer player^{[citation needed]}
Lalo Schifrin, composer^{[citation needed]}
Aaron Schwartzman, chess player^{[citation needed]}
Samuel Schweber, chess player^{[citation needed]}
Ana María Shua, writer^[16]
Gerardo Sofovich, actor / producer
Hugo Sofovich, director / producer
Ariel Sorin, chess player^{[citation needed]}
Juan Pablo Sorín, soccer player^[17]
Coti Sorokin, songwriter / musician / composer^{[citation needed]}
Ana Maria Stekelman, Tango choreographer^{[citation needed]}
Adrián Suar, actor / TV producer,
Jorge Telerman, Ex mayor of Buenos Aires
Jacobo Timmerman, journalist
Bernardo Verbitsky, novelist^[11]
Horacio Verbitsky, journalist^[11]
Bernardo Wexler, chess player^{[citation needed]}

Brazil

Clara Ant, political activist and presidential adviser
Cícero Adson T. de Souza, lawyer and writer
Jom Tob Azulay, film director
Hector Babenco, film director
Celia Teitelbaum, writer
Sara Teitelbaum, actress, stylist and costume designer
Leoncio Basbaum, physician and political activist
Moysés Baumstein, holographer, film/video producer, painter, writer
Manoel Beckman, colonial leader
Adriana Behar, beach volleyball player
Olga Benário Prestes, German-born communist militant
Samuel Benchimol, entrepreneur and Amazon pioneer
Abraham Bentes, army commander
Daniel Benzali, TV actor
Claudio Besserman Vianna, comedian
Joel Birman, writer
Eva Altman Blay, sociologist and politician
Debora Bloch, actress
Nilton Bonder, community leader and writer
Waldemar Levy Cardoso, field marshal
Boris Casoy, journalist
Otto Maria Carpeaux, literary critic
Moyses Chahon, army commander
Juca Chaves, comedian, composer and singer
Victor Civita, journalist
Ilan Wainstein, art director, costume designer
Deborah Colker, dancer and choreographer
Gilberto Dimenstein, journalist
Alberto Dines, journalist
Tufi Duek, fashion designer
Dina Dublon, director
German Efromovich, entrepreneur
Benny Feilhaber professional soccer player^[18]
Fortuna, singer and composer
Vilém Flusser, philosopher
Marcelo Gleiser, physicist and writer
José Goldemberg, educator, physicist and minister
Mario Haberfeld, racing driver
Alexandre Herchcovitch, fashion designer
Wladimir Herzog, journalist
Marc Horowitz, trader
Luciano Huck, TV show host
Roberto Justus, advertiser and TV host [8]
Isaac Karabtchevsky, musician and conductor
Jacques Klein, pianist [9]
Samuel Klein (businessman), entrepreneur [10]
Samuel Kicis, army commander
Ithamara Koorax, jazz singer
Miguel Krigsner, entrepreneur and environmentalist
Celso Lafer, diplomat [11]
Cesar Lattes, physicist
Jaime Lerner, politician (governor Paraná state), urban planner
José Lewgoy, actor and director
Clarice Lispector, writer´
Gerson Levi-Lazzaris, ethnoarchaeologist
Carlos Maltz - Drummer of rock band Engenheiros do Hawaii
Salomão Nauslausky, army commander
Noel Nutels, public health physician and human rights activist
Carlos Nuzman, sportsman and president of Olympic Committee [12]
Ivo Perelman, jazz saxophonist [13]
Flora Purim, jazz singer
Sultana Levy Rosenblatt, writer
Ricardo Rosset, Formula One driver
Edmond Safra, banker [14]
Joseph Safra, banker
Ricardo Semler, entrepreneur
Moise Safra, banker
Silvio Santos, (Senor Abravanel), TV show host
Mario Schenberg, physicist
Moacyr Scliar, writer
Lasar Segall, artist
Amir Slama, fashion designer
Henry Sobel, Rabbi, community leader
Mauricio Waldman, sociologist and politician
Yara Yavelberg, political activist
Mayana Zatz, geneticist
Benjamin Zymler, auditor-general
Jonas Bloch, TV actor
Luiz Sztutman, cinema/tv producer
Caco Ciocler, tv actor
Viviane Pasmanter, tv actress
Eva Wilma, tv actress

Chile

Volodia Teitelboim, lawyer, politician and author.
Baruch Arensburg, professor of Anatomy
Claudio Bunster, scientist (Jewish mother)^[19]
Ariel Dorfman, playwright, novelist, human rights activist^[20]
Roberto Dueñas, modeling agent^[21]
Daniel Emilfork, actor
Leonardo Farkas, businessman
Tomás Hirsch, politician, businessman^[22]
Alejandro Jodorowsky, film director (Chilean-born)^[23]
Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld, Television Host ^[24]
Nicolás Massú, tennis player (Jewish mother)^[25]
Israel Polack, businessman
Denise Rosenthal, actress, singer and model^{[citation needed]}
Sebastián Rozental, football player^[26]
Leon Schidlowsky, composer and painter
Claudio Spies, composer
Shmuel Szteinhendler, rabbi (Regional Director Masorti Latin America)

Colombia

Jorge Isaacs, Poet and novelist
Ramon Gomez Portillo, Journalist, Writer, Poet

Cuba

Ruth Behar, writer
Fabio Grobart, Communist Party co-founder
Olga Guillot, singer
José Miller, leader of the Cuban Jewish community
Meyer Rosenbaum, Rabbi and spiritual leader

Dominican Republic

Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal, author, president (1916) (Jewish father)

Ecuador

Carlos Alberti Ottolenghi, began pharmaceutical industry in Ecuador.

El Salvador

Juan Lindo, president (1841) (Jewish father)

Guatemala

Francisco Goldman, author (Jewish father)
Alcina Lubitch Domecq, author
Bernardo Kliksberg, coordinator of the Inter-American Development Bank Initiative on Social Capital, Ethics, and Development; decorated by Guatemala for "eminent services to the country and to the continent"
Igal Permuth, photographer
Jaime Permuth, documentary photographer
Victor Perera, author
David Unger, author
Roberto Stein, former Governor of Guatemala

Honduras

Juan Lindo, president (1847) (Jewish father)
Ricardo Maduro, president (2002)
Salvador Moncada, pharmacologist (Jewish mother)
Jaime Rosenthal Oliva, Honduran businessman and politician

Mexico

Nicaragua

William Abdalah, Medical doctor and politician.
Keith Gould, Honorary Consul of Israel and Physician.
Herty Lewites, Nicaraguan politician
Israel Lewites, Sandinista leader
Michèle Najlis, poet
Laszlo Pataky, writer
Sergio Torres, former military commander, judge and now lawyer.

Panama

Eric Arturo Delvalle, president (1987)
Ricardo Maduro, Honduran president (Panamanian-born)

Paraguay

Arditi, formed the first Jewish community in Paraguay. Along with Cohenca, Levi, Mendelzon.

Peru

Manuel Buchwald, famous physicist, expert on Genetics.^{[citation needed]}
Eliane Karp, former First Lady of Peru
Salomón Libman, football (soccer) player
Meredith Monk, performance artist.^{[citation needed]}
David Waisman Rjavinsthi, Former Second Vice President of Peru. Member of the congress for Alianza Parlamentaria party.
Barton Zwiebach, Physics Professor at the MIT. Expert in String Theory. Author of the book "A First Course in String Theory".^{[citation needed]}

Puerto Rico

Alegría Hudes, Quiara - author, playwright. Wrote the book for Broadway's musical In the Heights. Her play, Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2007.^[27]
Anderson, Axel – actor/director, Anderson made his debut in Puerto Rican television with a sitcom named Qué Pareja a local version of I Love Lucy.
Artime, Jorge - founder of Almacenes Kress ^[28]
Blaine, David - magician, Blaine is also an endurance artist and Guinness Book of Records world record-holder.
Brugman, Mathias – was a leader in Puerto Rico's independence revolution against Spain known as El Grito de Lares (Lares' Cry).
Castro, Raquel - child actress, won the Young Artist Award for the Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger. ^[29]
Goldman, Max – former Director, Office of Industrial Tax Exemption of Puerto Rico and Member of the Civil Rights Commission of Puerto Rico, 1965–1969. Founding member of the San Juan law firm "Goldman Antonetti & Córdova, P.S.C."^[30]
Helfeld, David – former dean of the University of Puerto Rico law school.^[31]
Kaplan, Julio – Puerto Rican chess player and former world junior champion.
Kopel, Israel - founder of Almacenes Pitusa department stores^[32]
Leavitt, Raphy – composer, director and founder of "La Selecta"
Lehman, Manny - DJ and producer.
Levy, Hila – U.S. Air Force, made history in 2007 when she became the first Puerto Rican Rhodes Scholar.
Meyers, Ari – actress, Best known for her role as Emma Jane McArdle in the Kate & Allie (1984) TV series.
Ostow, Micol - author of "Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa" and "Mind Your Manners, Dick and Jane".
Phoenix, Joaquin – actor, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Gladiator in 2000 and in 2005, he was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, and won a Golden Globe in the same category in 2006 for his role as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line.
Prinze, Freddie – actor, was best known as the star of Chico and the Man.
Prinze Jr., Freddie – actor, Prinze starred in several Hollywood films which included Delgo, I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, as well as She's All That, and Scooby-Doo.
Rivera, Geraldo – journalist
Seijo, Jorge – Puerto Rican radio and television personality
Starr, Brenda K. – salsa singer, her seventh album, Atrevete a Olvidarme, titled, "Tu Eres" earned her a nomination by the Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2006.
Snyder, Aaron Cecil – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Tassler, Nina - President of CBS Entertainment.^[33]
Ticotin, Rachel – actress, starred in Critical Condition, Where the Day Takes You Falling Down Total Recall and in Con Air, where she earned an ALMA Award for her role as prison guard Sally Bishop.
Ticotin, Sahaj - vocalist/guitarist from the Rock band Ra.^[34]
Toppel, George and Harold - founders of Supermercados Pueblo (Pueblo Supermarkets)^[35]

Uruguay

Monsieur Chouchani, mysterious scholar
Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor
Daniel Drexler, singer/songwriter (Jewish father)
Jorge Drexler, singer/songwriter (Jewish father)
Ricardo Ehrlich, mayor of Montevideo
Jose Gurvich, painter
Teresa Porzecanski, writer
Mauricio Rosencof, writer
Gabe Saporta, singer/songwriter/bassist of Cobra Starship and Midtown
Carlos Sherman, writer (Jewish father, Uruguay-born)
Robert Yabeck, photographer

Venezuela

Moisés Naím, magazine editor
Ricardo Hausmann, professor, academic
Amador Bendayán, actor, comedian
Ilan Chester, composer
Karina, pop singer
Manuel Blum, computer scientist, Turing Award (1995)
Andres Levin, keyboardist in Yerba Buena
Moisés Kaufman, screenwriter, director, founder of NY's Tectonic Theater Project
Reynaldo Hahn, composer (Jewish father)
Baruj Benacerraf, immunologist, Nobel prize (1980)
Teodoro Petkoff, ex-guerrilla, journalist and economist (Jewish mother)
Ivan Lansberg Henriquez, noted businessman (insurance), university professor and humanist.
Isaac Chocron, playwright.
Gonzalo Benaím Pinto, physician.
Jacqueline Goldberg, poet and editor
Enrique Capriles Radonsky, former Baruta Municipality Mayor and current Miranda State Governor

References

^ Template:Es estimaciones para la Población judía 2008.
^ Marcos Aguinis: un hombre del renacimiento
^ Por primera vez un gobernador jura su cargo sobre la Torá Hebrea
^ Héctor Babenco: el argentino renegado
^ Baremboim: un genio comprometido con la paz en Oriente Medio
^ Tania - Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider
^ Dogma Birmajer: Entrevista al prolífico escritor
^ BOLIGRAFO.-Inventado por el Periodista judío, de origen húngaro, Laszlo y Geor Biro.
^ Taylor, Ella (2006-12-22). "What, Him Worry? (Why Yes, Actually)". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2006-12-22. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ BMOP :: Boston Connection :: Program Notes
^ ^a ^b ^c [1]
^ Who's Who of Victorian Cinema
^ Osvaldo Golijov: Biography
^ César Milstein, 1927-2002
^ The Tribu of Dina: A Jewish Women Anthology by Irena Klepfisz & Melanie Kaye
^ The Book of Memories (Paperback) by Ana Maria Shua. Book Description
^ Template:Es icon Pekerman y el capítán, Juan Pablo Sorín, "son los israelitas del mundial"
^ Feilhaber - [2] "Outside of my UCLA teammate Benny Feilhaber, I never really thought there were other high-class Jewish soccer players out there"
^ [3]
^ Dorfman Limns a Tangle of Ethics in 'Picasso'
^ [4] Article in Spanish
^ [5]
^ Alejandro Jodorowsky
^ [6]
^ Nicolas Massu
^ The Jewish Chronicle
^ Hedgebrook
^ Puerto Rico Companies, Right Management, Retrieved January 10, 2009.
^ 26th Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards
^ Lawyers - Max Goldman, LexisNexis, Retrieved January 9, 2009
^ Reflections on the Centenary of the United States' Acquisition of Puerto Rico, Yale University, Retrieved January 9, 2009
^ Work hard and improve constantly. (Israel Kopel, president of Almacenes Pitusa) (Top 10 Business Leaders of Puerto Rico: 1991), Caribbean Business, Retrieved January 9, 2009
^ highest-ranking Latina in network television
^ Antimusic - Singled out:Ra
^ Toppel, 84, supermarket mogul, philanthropist, Palm Beach Post, Retrieved January 9, 2009

[1] Template:Es estimaciones para la Población judía 2008.

[2] Marcos Aguinis: un hombre del renacimiento

[3] Por primera vez un gobernador jura su cargo sobre la Torá Hebrea

[4] Héctor Babenco: el argentino renegado

[5] Baremboim: un genio comprometido con la paz en Oriente Medio

[6] Tania - Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider

[7] Dogma Birmajer: Entrevista al prolífico escritor

[8] BOLIGRAFO.-Inventado por el Periodista judío, de origen húngaro, Laszlo y Geor Biro.

[Burman1-9] Taylor, Ella (2006-12-22). "What, Him Worry? (Why Yes, Actually)". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2006-12-22. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[10] BMOP :: Boston Connection :: Program Notes

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[12] Who's Who of Victorian Cinema

[13] Osvaldo Golijov: Biography

[14] César Milstein, 1927-2002

[15] The Tribu of Dina: A Jewish Women Anthology by Irena Klepfisz & Melanie Kaye

[16] The Book of Memories (Paperback) by Ana Maria Shua. Book Description

[17] Template:Es icon Pekerman y el capítán, Juan Pablo Sorín, "son los israelitas del mundial"

[18] Feilhaber - [2] "Outside of my UCLA teammate Benny Feilhaber, I never really thought there were other high-class Jewish soccer players out there"

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[20] Dorfman Limns a Tangle of Ethics in 'Picasso'

[21] [4] Article in Spanish

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[23] Alejandro Jodorowsky

[24] [6]

[25] Nicolas Massu

[26] The Jewish Chronicle

[27] Hedgebrook

[28] Puerto Rico Companies, Right Management, Retrieved January 10, 2009.

[award-29] 26th Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards

[30] Lawyers - Max Goldman, LexisNexis, Retrieved January 9, 2009

[31] Reflections on the Centenary of the United States' Acquisition of Puerto Rico, Yale University, Retrieved January 9, 2009

[32] Work hard and improve constantly. (Israel Kopel, president of Almacenes Pitusa) (Top 10 Business Leaders of Puerto Rico: 1991), Caribbean Business, Retrieved January 9, 2009

[33] st-ranking Latina in network television

[34] Antimusic - Singled out:Ra

[35] Toppel, 84, supermarket mogul, philanthropist, Palm Beach Post, Retrieved January 9, 2009

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