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* [[Héctor Babenco]], film director (Argentinian-born)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/archivo/nota.asp?nota_id=588213&origen=acumulado&acumulado_id=|title=Héctor Babenco: el argentino renegado|publisher=}}</ref> |
* [[Héctor Babenco]], film director (Argentinian-born)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/archivo/nota.asp?nota_id=588213&origen=acumulado&acumulado_id=|title=Héctor Babenco: el argentino renegado|publisher=}}</ref> |
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* [[Daniel Barenboim]], conductor and pianist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2002/09/04/cultura/1031146184.html|title=elmundo.es - cultura|publisher=}}</ref> |
* [[Daniel Barenboim]], conductor and pianist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2002/09/04/cultura/1031146184.html|title=elmundo.es - cultura|publisher=}}</ref> |
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* [[Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider|Tania Bíder]] revolutionary fighter<ref>[http://chehasta.narod.ru/tamara2.htm Tania – Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
* [[Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider|Tania Bíder]] revolutionary fighter<ref>[http://chehasta.narod.ru/tamara2.htm Tania – Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417062937/http://chehasta.narod.ru/tamara2.htm |date=2009-04-17 }}</ref> |
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* [[Esteban Benzecry]], composer |
* [[Esteban Benzecry]], composer |
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* [[Marcelo Birmajer]], writer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.com.ar/canales/entrevistas/5/5286.html|title=Terra - Libros Dogma Birmajer: Entrevista al prolfico escritor> 4-10-2000|publisher=}}</ref> |
* [[Marcelo Birmajer]], writer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.com.ar/canales/entrevistas/5/5286.html|title=Terra - Libros Dogma Birmajer: Entrevista al prolfico escritor> 4-10-2000|publisher=}}</ref> |
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* [[Laszlo Biro]], inventor of the [[ballpoint pen]]<ref>[http://avancesinventos.iespana.es/19.htm BOLIGRAFO.-Inventado por el Periodista judío, de origen húngaro, Laszlo y Geor Biro.]</ref> |
* [[Laszlo Biro]], inventor of the [[ballpoint pen]]<ref>[http://avancesinventos.iespana.es/19.htm BOLIGRAFO.-Inventado por el Periodista judío, de origen húngaro, Laszlo y Geor Biro.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215052613/http://avancesinventos.iespana.es/19.htm |date=2009-12-15 }}</ref> |
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* [[Jácobo Bolbochán]], chess player |
* [[Jácobo Bolbochán]], chess player |
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* [[Julio Bolbochán]], chess player |
* [[Julio Bolbochán]], chess player |
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* [[Mauricio Borensztein]] (better known as ''Tato Bores''), comedian |
* [[Mauricio Borensztein]] (better known as ''Tato Bores''), comedian |
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*[[Daniel Burman]] (1973–) filmmaker<ref name="Burman1">{{cite news |
*[[Daniel Burman]] (1973–) filmmaker<ref name="Burman1">{{cite news| last =Taylor| first =Ella| coauthors =| title =What, Him Worry? (Why Yes, Actually)| pages =| publisher =LA Weekly| date =2006-12-22| url =http://www.laweekly.com/general/features/what-him-worry-why-yes-actually/15234/| accessdate =2006-12-22| deadurl =yes| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20061223075747/http://www.laweekly.com/general/features/what-him-worry-why-yes-actually/15234/| archivedate =2006-12-23| df =}}</ref> |
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* [[Israel Adrián Caetano]], film director |
* [[Israel Adrián Caetano]], film director |
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* [[Andres Cantor]], sports commentator |
* [[Andres Cantor]], sports commentator |
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* [[Mario Davidovsky]], composer<ref>[http://www.bmop.org/season/program_notes.aspx?cid=108&from=concert BMOP :: Boston Connection :: Program Notes<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706072946/http://www.bmop.org/season/program_notes.aspx?cid=108&from=concert |date=2007-07-06 }}</ref> |
* [[Mario Davidovsky]], composer<ref>[http://www.bmop.org/season/program_notes.aspx?cid=108&from=concert BMOP :: Boston Connection :: Program Notes<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706072946/http://www.bmop.org/season/program_notes.aspx?cid=108&from=concert |date=2007-07-06 }}</ref> |
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* [[Alicia Dujovne Ortiz]], writer |
* [[Alicia Dujovne Ortiz]], writer |
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* [[Giora Feidman]], klezmer musician [http://www.giorafeidman-online.com/index.html ] |
* [[Giora Feidman]], klezmer musician [https://web.archive.org/web/20080430013349/http://www.giorafeidman-online.com/index.html ] |
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* [[Movsas Feigins]], chess player |
* [[Movsas Feigins]], chess player |
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* [[Rubén Felgaer]], chess player |
* [[Rubén Felgaer]], chess player |
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* [[Paulino Frydman]], chess player |
* [[Paulino Frydman]], chess player |
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* [[Juan Gelman]], poet |
* [[Juan Gelman]], poet |
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* [[Alberto Gerchunoff]], writer<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.neu.edu/numag/0001/ftf.html]</ref> |
* [[Alberto Gerchunoff]], writer<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.neu.edu/numag/0001/ftf.html]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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* [[Max Glücksmann]], pioneer of Argentine music and film industries<ref>[http://www.victorian-cinema.net/glucksmann.htm Who's Who of Victorian Cinema<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
* [[Max Glücksmann]], pioneer of Argentine music and film industries<ref>[http://www.victorian-cinema.net/glucksmann.htm Who's Who of Victorian Cinema<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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* [[Osvaldo Golijov]], classical composer<ref>[http://www.osvaldogolijov.com/bio.htm Osvaldo Golijov: Biography<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
* [[Osvaldo Golijov]], classical composer<ref>[http://www.osvaldogolijov.com/bio.htm Osvaldo Golijov: Biography<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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* [[Hugo Sofovich]], director/producer |
* [[Hugo Sofovich]], director/producer |
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* [[Ariel Sorin]], chess player |
* [[Ariel Sorin]], chess player |
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* [[Juan Pablo Sorín]], soccer player<ref>{{es icon}} [http://www.itongadol.com.ar/shop/detallenot.asp?notid=14780 Pekerman y el capítán, Juan Pablo Sorín, "son los israelitas del mundial"]</ref> |
* [[Juan Pablo Sorín]], soccer player<ref>{{es icon}} [http://www.itongadol.com.ar/shop/detallenot.asp?notid=14780 Pekerman y el capítán, Juan Pablo Sorín, "son los israelitas del mundial"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927043127/http://www.itongadol.com.ar/shop/detallenot.asp?notid=14780 |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref> |
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* [[Coti Sorokin]], songwriter/musician/ composer |
* [[Coti Sorokin]], songwriter/musician/ composer |
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* [[Ana Maria Stekelman]], Tango choreographer |
* [[Ana Maria Stekelman]], Tango choreographer |
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* [[Roberto Justus]], advertiser and TV host [http://www.visaojudaica.com.br/Novembro_2004/Quem,onde,quando/quem_onde_quando_nov_2004.htm] |
* [[Roberto Justus]], advertiser and TV host [http://www.visaojudaica.com.br/Novembro_2004/Quem,onde,quando/quem_onde_quando_nov_2004.htm] |
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* [[Isaac Karabtchevsky]], musician and conductor |
* [[Isaac Karabtchevsky]], musician and conductor |
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* [[Jacques Klein]], pianist [http://www.judaica.com.br/perfil.htm] |
* [[Jacques Klein]], pianist [https://web.archive.org/web/20090321045731/http://www.judaica.com.br/perfil.htm] |
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* [[Samuel Klein (businessman)]], entrepreneur [http://www.judaica.com.br/materias/053_05a07.htm] |
* [[Samuel Klein (businessman)]], entrepreneur [https://web.archive.org/web/20090809130900/http://www.judaica.com.br/materias/053_05a07.htm] |
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* [[Samuel Kicis]], army commander |
* [[Samuel Kicis]], army commander |
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* [[Ithamara Koorax]], jazz singer |
* [[Ithamara Koorax]], jazz singer |
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* [[Miguel Krigsner]], entrepreneur and environmentalist |
* [[Miguel Krigsner]], entrepreneur and environmentalist |
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* [[Celso Lafer]], diplomat [http://www.judaica.com.br/perfil.htm] |
* [[Celso Lafer]], diplomat [https://web.archive.org/web/20090321045731/http://www.judaica.com.br/perfil.htm] |
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* [[Cesar Lattes]], physicist |
* [[Cesar Lattes]], physicist |
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* [[Jaime Lerner]], politician (governor Paraná state), urban planner |
* [[Jaime Lerner]], politician (governor Paraná state), urban planner |
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* [[Carlos Maltz]], drummer of rock band Engenheiros do Hawaii |
* [[Carlos Maltz]], drummer of rock band Engenheiros do Hawaii |
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* [[Noel Nutels]], public health physician and human rights activist |
* [[Noel Nutels]], public health physician and human rights activist |
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* [[Carlos Nuzman]], sportsman and president of Olympic Committee [http://www.judaica.com.br/materias/005_05e06.htm] |
* [[Carlos Nuzman]], sportsman and president of Olympic Committee [https://web.archive.org/web/20091005090226/http://www.judaica.com.br/materias/005_05e06.htm] |
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* [[Ivo Perelman]], jazz saxophonist [https://www.google.com.br/search?hl=pt-BR&q=%22Ivo+Perelman%22+%22judeu%22&btnG=Pesquisar&meta=] |
* [[Ivo Perelman]], jazz saxophonist [https://www.google.com.br/search?hl=pt-BR&q=%22Ivo+Perelman%22+%22judeu%22&btnG=Pesquisar&meta=] |
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* [[Olga Benário Prestes]], [[Germany|German]]-born communist militant |
* [[Olga Benário Prestes]], [[Germany|German]]-born communist militant |
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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, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela.[1]
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Jewish from the indicated country of origin or must have references showing they are Jewish from the indicated country of origin and are notable.
The following is a list of some prominent Latin American Jews, arranged by country of origin:
Argentina
- Ernesto Acher, Taringa musician-humorist, former member of the group Les Luthiers
- 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]
- Esteban Benzecry, composer
- Marcelo Birmajer, writer[7]
- Laszlo Biro, inventor of the ballpoint pen[8]
- Jácobo Bolbochán, chess player
- Julio Bolbochán, chess player
- Mauricio Borensztein(better known as Tato Bores), comedian
- Daniel Burman (1973–) filmmaker[9]
- Israel Adrián Caetano, film director
- Andres Cantor, sports commentator
- Sergio Chejfec, writer
- Mario Davidovsky, composer[10]
- Alicia Dujovne Ortiz, writer
- Giora Feidman, klezmer musician [4]
- Movsas Feigins, chess player
- Rubén Felgaer, chess player
- Daniel Filmus, ex-Argentine Education Minister
- Paulino Frydman, chess player
- Juan Gelman, poet
- Alberto Gerchunoff, writer[11]
- Max Glücksmann, pioneer of Argentine 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
- Guido Kaczka, actor, show host
- Mauricio Kagel, classical composer
- Daniel Katz, mayor of Mar del Plata
- León Klimovsky, film director
- Alejandro Lerner, singer/composer
- Miguel Lifschitz, mayor of Rosario (Jewish Father)
- César Milstein, immunologist, Nobel prize[14]
- Marcos Mundstock, musician-humorist of the group Les Luthiers
- Miguel Najdorf, chess player
- Gastón Needleman, chess player
- Carlos Núñez Cortés, musician-humorist of the group Les Luthiers
- Alicia Partnoy, writer
- Raquel Partnoy, painter[15]
- José Pékerman, soccer manager
- Jiří Pelikán, chess player
- Melina Petriella, actress
- Alejandra Pizarnik, poet
- Isaias Pleci, chess player
- Julio Popper, engineer and colonizer of Tierra del Fuego, from Romania.
- Daniel Rabinovich, musician-humorist of the group Les Luthiers
- Ariel Rot, musician
- Cecilia Roth, actress
- Jaime José Rotman, soccer player
- Lalo Schifrin, composer
- Aaron Schwartzman, chess player
- Samuel Schweber, chess player
- Ana María Shua, writer[16]
- Gerardo Sofovich, actor/producer
- Hugo Sofovich, director/producer
- Ariel Sorin, chess player
- Juan Pablo Sorín, soccer player[17]
- Coti Sorokin, songwriter/musician/ composer
- Ana Maria Stekelman, Tango choreographer
- Adrián Suar, actor/TV producer
- Jorge Telerman, ex-mayor of Buenos Aires
- Jacobo Timmerman, journalist
- Bernardo Verbitsky, novelist[11]
- Eva Verbitsky Hunt, archaeologist
- Horacio Verbitsky, journalist[11]
- Bernardo Wexler, chess player
- 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"
- Oscar Strasnoy, classical composer
- IMMI, songwriter/artist
Bolivia
- Lene Schneider-Kainer, painter
- Paul Baender, chess player
- Ricardo Udler, Bolivia's Jewish community leader
Brazil
- Clara Ant, political activist and presidential adviser
- Jom Tob Azulay, film director
- Hector Babenco, film director
- Eduardo Saverin, co-founder and CFO of Facebook.
- Leoncio Basbaum, physician and political activist
- Moysés Baumstein, holographer, film/video producer, painter, writer
- Adriana Behar, beach volleyball player
- Samuel Benchimol, entrepreneur and Amazon pioneer
- Abraham Bentes, army commander
- Daniel Benzali, TV actor
- Marcelo Samuel Berman, physicist and writer
- Claudio Besserman Vianna, comedian
- Joel Birman, writer
- Eva Altman Blay, sociologist and politician
- Debora Bloch, actress
- Jonas Bloch, actor
- Waldemar Levy Cardoso, field marshal
- Boris Casoy, journalist
- Otto Maria Carpeaux, literary critic
- Moyses Chahon, army commander
- Juca Chaves (Jurandyr Czaczkes), comedian, composer and singer
- Victor Civita, journalist
- Deborah Colker, dancer and choreographer
- Arnaldo Cohen, pianist
- 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
- Luciano Huck, TV show host
- Roberto Justus, advertiser and TV host [5]
- Isaac Karabtchevsky, musician and conductor
- Jacques Klein, pianist [6]
- Samuel Klein (businessman), entrepreneur [7]
- Samuel Kicis, army commander
- Ithamara Koorax, jazz singer
- Miguel Krigsner, entrepreneur and environmentalist
- Celso Lafer, diplomat [8]
- Cesar Lattes, physicist
- Jaime Lerner, politician (governor Paraná state), urban planner
- Alexandre Levy, musician
- José Lewgoy, actor and director
- Clarice Lispector, writer´
- Gerson Levi-Lazzaris, ethnoarchaeologist
- Carlos Maltz, drummer of rock band Engenheiros do Hawaii
- Noel Nutels, public health physician and human rights activist
- Carlos Nuzman, sportsman and president of Olympic Committee [9]
- Ivo Perelman, jazz saxophonist [10]
- Olga Benário Prestes, German-born communist militant
- Sultana Levy Rosenblatt, writer
- Edmond Safra, banker [11]
- Jacob Safra, banker
- Joseph Safra, banker
- Moise Safra, banker
- Silvio Santos (Senor Abravanel), TV show host
- Mario Schenberg, physicist
- Moacyr Scliar, writer
- Lasar Segall, artist
- Ricardo Semler, entrepreneur
- Amir Slama, fashion designer
- Henry Sobel, rabbi, community leader
- Aryane Steinkopf, model and DJ
- Mauricio Waldman, sociologist and politician
- Yara Yavelberg, political activist
- Mayana Zatz, geneticist
- Benjamin Zymler, auditor-general
Chile
- Volodia Teitelboim, lawyer, politician and author
- Baruch Arensburg, professor of Anatomy
- Claudio Bunster, scientist (Jewish mother)[19]
- Roberto Dueñas, modeling agent[20]
- Daniel Emilfork, actor
- Leonardo Farkas, businessman
- Don Francisco (Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld), television host[21]
- Tomás Hirsch, politician, businessman[22]
- Alejandro Jodorowsky, film director (Chilean-born)[23]
- Miguel Kiwi, physicist (Chilean-born)[24]
- Nicolás Massú, tennis player (Jewish mother)[25]
- Israel Polack, businessman
- Snooki - Nicole Elizabeth Polizzi - American reality television personality
- 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 Olami - Latin America)
Colombia
- Jorge Isaacs, poet, novelist
- Jaime Gilinski Bacal, banker, real estate developer, philanthropist
- Isaac Gilinski Sragowicz, banker, ambassador
- James Martin Eder, industrialist, entrepreneur, pioneer
- Ramon Gomez Portillo, journalist, writer, poet
Cuba
- Remedios Escobar Morillo, Havana Industrialist, land owner, Jew, migrated to Argentina 1914
- Delphin Morillo, Havana Equestrian philanthropist, Jew, migrated to America 1921
- 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
- William Levy, actor
Dominican Republic
- Oscar Haza, journalist
- Dominican President Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal
- His son Pedro Henríquez Ureña
Ecuador
- Salomon Isacovici, businessman and writer
El Salvador
- Juan Lindo, president (1841) (Jewish father)
Guatemala
- Francisco Goldman, author (Jewish father)
- Alcina Lubitch Domecq, author
- David Unger, author
- Eduardo Halfon, author
- Gert Rosenthal, diplomat
Honduras
- Juan Lindo, president (1847) (Jewish father)
- Salvador Moncada, pharmacologist (Jewish mother)
- Jaime Rosenthal, Honduran businessman and politician (Jewish father)
Mexico
Nicaragua
- Herty Lewites, Nicaraguan politician
- Sergio Torres, former military commander, judge and now lawyer.
Panama
- Eric Arturo Delvalle, president (1987)
- Ricardo Maduro, Honduran president (Panamanian-born)
Paraguay
- Alfredo Seiferheld, writer
- Carlos Schvartzman, musician
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 Parlamentariaparty.
- String Theory. Author of the book "A First Course in String Theory".[citation needed]
Puerto Rico
- In the Heights. Her play, Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2007.[27]
- Sandy Alomar, Sr., father was Jewish but an agnostic who allowed his children to be brought up as a Catholic
- 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.
- Guinness Book of Records world record-holder.
- Brugman, Mathias, leader in Puerto Rico's independence revolution against Spain known as El Grito de Lares (Lares' Cry).
- Kaplan, Julio, Puerto Rican chess player and former world junior champion.
- Katz Montiel, Marco, composer for Zoey's Zoo and trombonist with Charlie Palmieri and Mon Rivera.
- Leavitt, Raphy, composer, director and founder of "La Selecta"
- Lehman, Manny, DJ and producer
- Rhodes Scholar.
- TV series.
- Ostow, Micol, author of "Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa" and "Mind Your Manners, Dick and Jane".
- Golden Globe in the same category in 2006 for his role as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line.
- Rivera, Geraldo, journalist
- Sally Jessy Raphael, syndicated talk show host
- 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.[28]
- 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.
Uruguay
- Monsieur Chouchani, mysterious scholar
- Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor
- Jorge Drexler, singer/songwriter (Jewish father)
- Ricardo Ehrlich, mayor of Montevideo
- Gabe Saporta, singer/songwriter/bassist of Cobra Starship and Midtown
- Carlos Sherman, writer (Jewish father, Uruguay-born)
- Freddy Nieuchowicz, aka Orlando Petinatti, radio host
Venezuela
- Harry Abend, sculptor
- Huascar Barradas, flutist, composer
- Ruth Behrens, PDVSA economist
- Baruj Benacerraf, immunologist, Nobel Prize of Medicine,1980
- Margot Benacerraf, film director
- Sara Bendahan, Venezuelan physician who was the first Venezuelan woman to complete her medical degree in Venezuela
- Amador Bendayán, actor, comedian
- Levy Benchimol, actor, journalist
- Celina Bentata, architect
- ODEPA
- Jose Bergher, musician
- Liliane Blaser, documentalist, film director
- David Brillembourg, banker
- Manuel Blum, computer scientist,
- Jacques Braunstein, economist, publicist, disc jockey
- Carlos Brandt, writer, philosopher
- Pynchas Brener, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Caracas
- Vytas Brenner,composer, musician
- David Brillembourg, banker
- Gerardo Budowski, chess master
- Miguel Ángel Capriles Ayala, journalist
- Henrique Capriles Radonski, governor of Miranda state[Note 1]
- Ilan Chester, composer, pop singer
- Isaac Chocron, writer
- Salomon Cohen Levy, engineer
- Leo Corry, mathematician
- Nicolas Curiel, theater director
- Elias David Curiel, poet
- Susana Duijm, Miss World 1955, model, actress
- Silvia Eisenstein, composer
- Daniel Elbittar, actor, model and entertainer
- Paulina Gamus, politician
- Gertrude Goldschmidt, sculptor
- Eva Golinger, journalist, politician
- Alicia Freilich, writer, novelist, journalist
- Reynaldo Hahn, composer (Jewish father)
- Ezra Heynmann, philosopher
- Joanna Hausmann, comediant youtuber
- Michel Hausmann, theater director and producer
- Ricardo Hausmann, politician, professor, academic
- Lya Imber (Odessa, Russia, 1914-Caracas, 1981), the first woman in Venezuela to obtain the degree of Doctor of Medicine (Paediatrics & Child Care Specialist) and the first female member of the board of the Medical School of the Federal District.[30]
- Sofía Imber, journalist
- Jonathan Jakubowicz, film director, writer, and producer[31]
- Karina, pop singer
- Ruth Krivoy, economist
- Moisés Kaufman, screenwriter, director
- Betty Kaplan, film director
- Marianne Kohn Beker, philosopher
- Ruth de Krivoy, former president of the Central Bank of Venezuela
- Andres Levin, musician
- Polita De Lima, poet
- David Lobo Senior, rector of Universidad Central de Venezuela
- Ruben Merenfeld, physician
- Pakriti Maduro, actress
- Sephardi Jewishpaternal family ancestry)
- Yucef Merhi, artist, poet
- Moisés Naím, journalist, economist
- Harry Osers, engineer
- Hillo Ostfeld, economist
- Isaac J Pardo, writer, poet
- Jacobo Penzo, film director
- Luben Petkoff, guerrilla fighter and politician
- Teodoro Petkoff, guerrilla fighter and politician, journalist, economist
- L. Rafael Reif, engineer, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Ángel Rosenblat, philologist
- Levy Rossel, writer and theater director
- Susana Rotker, writer, essayst
- Carlos Roubicek, brewer master of Empresas Polar
- Maurice Ruah, tennis player
- Jaime Segal, neurologist
- Benjamin Sharifker, scientist, rector of Universidad Metropolitana
- Eduardo Schlageter, painter
- Veronica Schneider, actress
- Elizabeth Schön, writer, poet
- David Smolansky, politician, Voluntad Popular, mayor of El Hatillo, Miranda State.
- Henrique Salas Römer, politician, former Carabobo State governor
- Leon Schorr, master chess player
- David Abraham Senior, founder of Coro Synagogue and Casa Senior
- Rosalinda Serfaty, actress
- Joel Valencia Parpacen, physician
- GlobovisionTV host
- Ernesto Villegas Poljak, journalist, politician
- Vladimir Villegas Poljak, journalist, politician
- Geula Zylberman, abstract painter
- Moshe Perman, founder of Chabad lubavitch in Venezuela [32].
See also
- History of the Jews in Mexico
- History of the Jews in Latin America
- Jewish immigration to Puerto Rico
- List of Jews
Notes
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