List of Argentine Jews
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The history of the Jews in Latin America began with seven sailors arriving in Christopher Columbus' crew. Since then, the Jewish population of Latin America has risen to more than 500,000 — most of whom live in Argentina, with large communities also present in Brazil and Mexico. The following is a list of some prominent Argentine Jews:
- Ernesto Acher, musician-humorist, former member of the group Les Luthiers[citation needed]
- Marcos Aguinis, journalist / writer [1]
- José Alperovich, governor of the Tucumán Province [2]
- Héctor Babenco, film director (Argentinian-born) [3]
- Daniel Barenboim, conductor and pianist [4]
- Tania Bíder revolutionary fighter [5]
- Marcelo Birmajer, writer [6]
- Laszlo Biro, inventor of the ballpoint pen [7]
- Jácobo Bolbochán, chess player[citation needed]
- Julio Bolbochán, chess player[citation needed]
- Mauricio Borensztein (better known as Tato Bores), comedian
- Daniel Burman (1973 - ) filmmaker[8]
- Israel Adrián Caetano, film director[citation needed]
- Sergio Chejfec, writer[citation needed]
- Mario Davidovsky, composer[9]
- Ariel Dorfman, playwright[10]
- Alicia Dujovne Ortiz, writer (Jewish father)
- Giora Feidman, klezmer musician[4]
- Movsas Feigins, chess player[citation needed]
- José Pablo Feinmann philosopher [5]
- 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]
- Martín Kohan, writer, literary critic
- Matilde Kusminsky Richter, wife of the famous writer Ernesto Sábato
- Alejandro Lerner, singer/composer[citation needed]
- Miguel Lifschitz, mayor of Rosario (Jewish Father)[citation needed]
- Cecilia Lincovsky, better known as Cipe Lincovsky, actress[14]
- César Milstein, immunologist, Nobel prize[15]
- 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[16]
- 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
- Pablo Rosenberg, musician
- Cecilia Roth, actress[citation needed]
- Jaime José Rotman, soccer player[citation needed]
- Jorge Federico Sábato, Argentinian Education Minister 1987-1989 (Jewish Mother)
- Lalo Schifrin, composer[citation needed]
- Aaron Schwartzman, chess player[citation needed]
- Samuel Schweber, chess player[citation needed]
- Ana María Shua, writer[17]
- Mariana Seligmann, actress
- Gerardo Sofovich, actor / producer
- Hugo Sofovich, director / producer
- Ariel Sorin, chess player[citation needed]
- Juan Pablo Sorín, soccer player[18]
- 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[19]
- Horacio Verbitsky, journalist[20]
- Bernardo Wexler, chess player[citation needed]
- Mirta Wons, actress, comedian
- Romina Yan, actress, screenwriter (Jewish father)
- Gustavo Yanklevich, director
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- Tomás Abraham, philosopher
- Gabriela Acher, comedian [21]
- Diana Agrest, architect
- Marcelo Araujo (Lázaro Silberman), sports journalist
- Jaime Averboch, boxer, Argentine Welterweight champion
- Carlos Berdichevsky, architect
- Jimena Cyrulnik, model / TV host
- Jorge Halperín Donghi, historian
- Natali Doresky, hockey player
- José "Pepe" Eliaschev, journalist
- Norman Erlich, comedian
- Pablo Feldman, journalist
- Pablo Galli, actor
- Mario Gandelsonas, architect
- Bruno Leonardo Gelber, concert pianist
- Samuel "Chiche" Gelblung radio & TV journalist
- Mauricio Goldfarb (better known as Mauro Viale), journalist and TV host
- Jorge Guinzburg, actor and comedian
- Luis Gurevich, musician
- Martín Ariel Hartmann, musician
- Pablo Jacovkis, mathematician
- David Kavlin, TV Host
- Aida Kemelmajer, jurist
- Bernardo Kliksberg, coordinator of the Inter-American Development Bank Initiative on Social Capital, Ethics, and Development (born in Argentina)
- Gregorio Klimovsky, mathematician and philosopher
- Adrián Korol, comedian and TV host
- Alejandro Korol, comedian and TV host
- Diego Korol, comedian and TV host
- Daniela Krukower, judo world champion
- David Lebón, singer
- Román Lejtman, journalist
- Alfredo Leuco, journalist
- Miriam Lewin, journalist
- Alberto Lysy, concert violinist
- Antonio Lysy, cellist
- Fanny Mandelbaum, journalist and TV host
- Luis Mattini, ERP guerrilla leader
- Emilia Mazer, actress
- Ben Molar (alias Moisés Smolarchik Brenner) Songwriter, producer
- Tito Narosky, writer, ornithologist
- Chico Novarro, composer and singer
- Ricardo Odnopossoff, concert violinist
- Marta Oyhanarte, politician / writer
- Carlos Rodriguez Laconi (Carlos Laconivich), economist- politician. race driver.
- Abraham Rosenvasser, egyptologist
- Hirz Rotzait, architect
- Daniel Schachter, composer
- Virginia Simón, actress
- Alicia Steimberg, writer
- Gabriel Stiglitz, jurist
- Rubén Stiglitz, jurist
- Juan Pablo Varsky, journalist
- Ernesto Tenembaum, journalist
- Margarita Wais, journalist
- Julián Weich, actor and TV host
- Jacobo Winograd (better known as Chizito), ridiculous guy
- Roxana Zarecki, model
- Agustín Zbar, attorney of Buenos Aires
- Julia Zenko, singer
- Marcos Zucker, actor
- Jaime Yankelevich, media mogul
- Alejandro Romay, TV and Theatre producer, former owner of canal 9
- Carlos Rottemberg, TV producer
- Sergio Renan (Samuel Cohan), Actor, film director, scriptwriter
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 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. "What, Him Worry? (Why Yes, Actually)", LA Weekly, 2006-12-22. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
- ^ BMOP :: Boston Connection :: Program Notes
- ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go2101/is_200409/ai_n7632845
- ^ [1]
- ^ Who's Who of Victorian Cinema
- ^ Osvaldo Golijov: Biography
- ^ (Spanish) I was born Argentine, jewish and actressPDF (302 KiB)
- ^ 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
- ^ (Spanish) Pekerman y el capítán, Juan Pablo Sorín, "son los israelitas del mundial"
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
- ^ Marcos Aguinis: un hombre del renacimiento
