List of Latin American Jews
Jewish immigration to Latin America began with seven sailors arriving in Christopher Columbus ' crew. The Jewish population of Latin America is today (2018) less than 300,000 — 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.
Colombia
Jorge Isaacs – poet, novelistAndy Lassner – Colombian-American television producerJames Martin Eder – industrialist, entrepreneur, pioneerEvaristo Sourdis Juliao – lawyer, diplomat, politicRamon Gomez Portillo – journalist, writer, poetSaúl Balagura – artist, poetSandra Bessudo – marine biologistSimón Brand – film directorEliana Rubashkyn – pharmacist, chemistJohn Sudarsky – senatorDiana Golden – actress, playwrightIsaac Lee – journalist, entrepreneur, television producerPuerto Rico
Quiara Alegría Hudes – (Jewish father) author, playwright. Wrote the book for Broadway 's musical In the Heights . Her play, Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2007[ 23] Axel Anderson – actor/director, Anderson made his debut in Puerto Rican television with a sitcom named Qué Pareja a local version of I Love Lucy David Blaine – magician, Blaine is also an endurance artist and Guinness Book of Records world record -holderMathias Brugman – leader in Puerto Rico 's independence revolution against Spain known as El Grito de Lares (Lares' Cry) Julio Kaplan – Puerto Rican chess player and former world junior championMarco Katz Montiel – composer for Zoey's Zoo and trombonist with Charlie Palmieri and Mon Rivera Raphy Leavitt – composer, director and founder of "La Selecta"Manny Lehman – DJ and producerAri Meyers – actress, best known for her role as Emma Jane McArdle in the Kate & Allie TV series Micol Ostow – author of "Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa" and "Mind Your Manners, Dick and Jane"Joaquin Phoenix – actor, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor , Gladiator Best Actor Oscar , and won a Golden Globe in the same category in 2006 for his role as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line Geraldo Rivera – journalistSally Jessy Raphael – syndicated talk show hostJorge Seijo – Puerto Rican radio and television personalityBrenda K. Starr – salsa singer, her seventh album, Atrevete a Olvidarme Latin Music Awards in 2006A. Cecil Snyder – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto RicoNina Tassler – President of CBS Entertainment[ 24] Rachel Ticotin – actress, starred in Critical Condition Where the Day Takes You Falling Down Total Recall Con Air ALMA Award for her role as prison guard Sally BishopSahaj Ticotin – vocalist /guitarist from the rock band Ra [ 25] Venezuela
Harry Abend – sculptorLolita Aniyar de Castro – lawyer and politicianIvonne Attas – actress and politicianHuáscar Barradas – flutist, composerLionel Belasco – composer, musicianBaruj Benacerraf – immunologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1980Margot Benacerraf – film directorSara Bendahan – Venezuelan physician who was the first Venezuelan woman to complete her medical degree in VenezuelaAmador Bendayán – actor, comedianAlegría Bendayán de Bendelac – writer, professor and poetJose Beracasa Anram – entrepreneur, sportmanManuel Blum – computer scientistCarlos Brandt – writer, philosopherJacques Braunstein – economist, publicist, disc jockeyJacobo Brender – writerPynchas Brener – Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of CaracasVytas Brenner – composer, musicianGerardo Budowski – chess masterCarlos Capriles Ayala – writer and journalistHenrique Capriles Radonsky – politician and lawyerJacobo Capriles – film directorMiguel Ángel Capriles Ayala – journalistRenato Capriles – band leader and composerTeo Capriles – cyclist and singerIlan Chester – composer, pop singerIsaac Chocron – writerSalomon Cohen Levy – engineerLeo Corry – mathematicianElias David Curiel – poetJose Curiel – politicianSusana Duijm – Miss World 1955, model, actressDaniel Elbittar – actor, model and entertainerSammy Eppel – internationalistAlicia Freilich – writer, novelist, journalistPaulina Gamus – politicianGego – sculptorReynaldo Hahn – composer (Jewish father)Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat – Austrian art historianJoanna Hausmann – comedian, YouTuberMichel Hausmann – theater director and producerRicardo Hausmann – politician, professor, academicLya Imber – 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[ 26] Sofía Ímber – journalistJonathan Jakubowicz – film director, writer, and producer[ 27] Karina – pop singerMoisés Kaufman – screenwriter, directorBetty Kaplan – film directorGeula Kohen Moradov – painterRuth de Krivoy – former president of the Central Bank of Venezuela Andres Levin – musicianHeriberto Lobo – banker, sugar trader and financierJulio Lobo – sugar trader and financierYucef Merhi – artist, poetMoisés Naím – journalist, economistElias Mocatta – banker, financer Edgardo Mondolfi Gudat - historian and writerIsaac J Pardo – writer, poetJacobo Penzo – film directorEdilio Peña – play writer, poetIsrael Peña - musicologistTeodoro Petkoff – guerrilla fighter and politician, journalist, economistMaja Poljak – social activist and photographerL. Rafael Reif – engineer, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Flor Roffé de Estévez – composer and writerÁngel Rosenblat – philologistMaurice Ruah – tennis playerBenjamin Siegert – phisicyan, inventor of Angostura bitterEduardo Schlageter – painterVeronica Schneider – actressDavid Smolansky – politician, Voluntad Popular , mayor of El Hatillo, Miranda StateHenrique Salas Römer – politician, former Carabobo State governorLeon Schorr – master chess playerAriel Segal – writer and scholar, correspondent of BBC in IsraelIsaac Senior – trader founder of Casa Senior of CoroRosalinda Serfaty – actressShirley Varnagy – journalist, Globovisión TV hostAbdul Vas – contemporary artist Ernesto Villegas Poljak – journalist, politicianVladimir Villegas Poljak – journalist, politicianGeula Zylberman – abstract painterReferences
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