List of Latin American Jews
- List of Latin American Jews
Jewish immigration to Latin America began with seven sailors arriving on
Christopher Columbus ' crew. Since then, theJew ish population ofLatin America has risen to more than 500,000 — more than half of whom live inArgentina , with large communities also present inBrazil andMexico . The following is a list of some prominent Latin American Jews, arranged by country of origin:__NOTOC__Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
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Jorge Isaacs , Poet and novelist
*Ernesto Cortisoz , Founder of the commercial aviation.
*Moisés Wasserman Lerner, (Dr.) , Chemist, rector atNational University of Colombia
*Simon Brainsky (Dr.) , Former president of the Colombian Psychiatrical Society
*Isaac Nessim , news anchor
*Marco Schwartz , writer
*Azriel Bibliowicz , writer
*Antonio Ungar , writer
*Daniel Coronell , journalista
*Miguel Felipe Berg , Cinematographer, Video Producer
*Ramon Gomez Portillo , Journalist, Writer, Poet
*Feliza Bursztyn , plastic artist
* Leo Katz, entrepreneur, restaurateur.
*Harry Sasson , Restaurateur
*Isaac Wasserman Milhen , famous dentist
*Nattan Nisimblat , famous lawyerCuba
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Ruth Behar , writer
*Fabio Grobart , Communist Party co-founder
*Olga Guillot , singer
*José Miller , leader of the Cuban Jewish community
*Brett Ratner , film director, Cuban by citizenship (Cuban mother)
*Jamie-Lynn Sigler , actress, Cuban by citizenship (Cuban mother)
*Levi Marrero , the greatest Cuban historianEcuador
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Carlos Alberti Ottolenghi , did pharmatically industry in Ecuador.El Salvador
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Juan Lindo , president (1841) (Jewish father)Guatemala
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Francisco Goldman , author (Jewish father)
*Alcina Lubitch Domecq , author
*Bernardo Kliksberg , coordinator of theInter-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 GuatemalaHonduras
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Juan Lindo , president (1847) (Jewish father)
*Ricardo Maduro , president (2002)
*Salvador Moncada , pharmacologist (Jewish mother)
*Jaime Rosenthal Oliva , Honduran businessman and politicianMexico
Nicaragua
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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
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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
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Jack Maurice Falkon Benbassat , General Manager of Corporación de Industrias Plásticas S.A. (CIPSA); President of the Board of Directors of Quality Products S.A.; Co-President of the Asociación Judía del Perú; and President of the Sociedad de Beneficencia Sefardí of Lima.
*Manuel Buchwald , famous physicist, expert onGenetics .Fact|date=February 2007
*Eliane Chantal Karp Fernenbug , former First Lady of Peru
*Meredith Monk , performance artist.Fact|date=February 2007
*David Waisman Rjavinsthi , Former Second Vice President of Peru. Member of the congress forAlianza Parlamentaria party.
*Barton Zwiebach , Physics Professor at theMIT . Expert inString Theory . Author of the book "A First Course in String Theory".Fact|date=February 2007Puerto Rico
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David Blaine , magician (Jewish mother)
*Sammy Davis, Jr. , actor & singer, (convert)
*Julio Kaplan , chess player
*Ari Meyers , actress (both parents)
*Craig Rivera , journalist, (Jewish mother)
*Geraldo Rivera , journalist, (Jewish mother)
*Brenda K. Starr , singer,(Jewish father)
*Rachel Ticotin , actress (Jewish father)
*Sahaj Ticotin , singer (Jewish father)Uruguay
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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 ofCobra Starship andMidtown
*Carlos Sherman , writer (Jewish father, Uruguay-born)
*Robert Yabeck , photographerVenezuela
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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'sTectonic 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 editoree also
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History of the Jews in Latin America
*List of Jews
*List of Latin Americans
*List of Argentines
*List of Brazilians
*List of Chileans
*List of Cubans
*List of Ecuadorians
*List of Guatemalans
*List of Hondurans
*List of Mexicans
*List of Nicaraguans
*List of Panamanians
*List of Paraguayans
*List of Peruvians
*List of Puerto Ricans
*List of Uruguayans
*List of Venezuelans
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