List of Chilean Jews
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Jewish immigration to Latin America began with seven sailors arriving in Christopher Columbus's 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 and Mexico.
[edit] Chilean Jews
An estimated 20 to 40,000 Chilean Jews live in the country, the majority live in Santiago and are predominantly found in higher-paying professions and all walks of public life. The Chilean Jewish population decreased in the political turmoil of the 1970's and 1980's, but their identity as Jews in Chile remains. Here is a list of some prominent Chilean Jews.
- Marjorie Agosín, human rights activist, professor, and writer[1]
- Shai Agosin, TV producer and presenter[citation needed]
- Mordo Alvo, physician and member of the prestigious scientific academy Instituto de Chile[2]
- Shlomit Baytelman, actress[3]
- Alberto Belán, golf player[4]
- José Berdichewsky, Pinochet's Ambassador in Israel[5]
- Solange Berstein, Superintendent of Private Pension Administrators[citation needed]
- Eduardo Bitrán, former Minister of Public Works[citation needed]
- Claudio Bunster, scientist (Jewish mother)[6]
- Cristopher Carpentier, chef (converted to Judaism)[7]
- Fernando Cassorla, physician and member of the prestigious scientific academy Instituto de Chile[8]
- Jacques Chonchol, Minister of Agriculture in the Allende government[9]
- Alejandro Cohen, actor[10]
- Gregory Cohen, engineer, playwright, actor[citation needed]
- Oro Colodro, TV Broadcaster[citation needed]
- Ariel Dorfman, playwright, novelist, human rights activist[11]
- Roberto Dueñas, famous' manager[12]
- Agustín Edwards, businessman (crypto-Jew)[citations needed]
- Julián Elfenbein, journalist, television host[13]
- Daniel Emilfork, actor[14]
- David Ergas, football player[citation needed]
- Efrain Friedman, director of Chilean Atomic Research Committee[15]
- Benjamín Galemiri, playwright[16]
- Pedro Bar-Cohen Gómez, Anthropologist[citation needed]
- Carla Guelfenbein, writer[citation needed]
- Rodrigo Guendelman, journalist[17]
- Pablo Halpern, expert in communications[citation needed]
- Clarisa Hardy psychologist; current (2006-) Minister of Planning[18]
- Tomás Hirsch, politician, businessman[19]
- Jeremías Israel, motoracing driver (Jewish father)[20]
- Mauricio Israel, television host[21]
- Ricardo Israel, political scientist[citation needed]
- Alejandro Jodorowsky, film director (Chilean-born)[22]
- Alberto Van Klaveren, current (2006-) Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations[23]
- José Klein, former owner of Minera Santa Barbara[24]
- Anita Klesky, actress[25]
- Marcelo Kormis, rabbi[26]
- Mario Kreutzberger, better known as Don Francisco, TV host[27]
- Vivi Kreutzberger, television host[28]
- Blanca Lewin,actress
- Marcos Libedinsky, former president of the Supreme Court of Justice[29]
- Alejandro Lipschuetz, anthropologist and endocrinologist[30]
- Pablo Lugt, rabbi[31]
- Nicolás Massú, tennis player (Jewish mother)[citation needed]
- Sergio Melnick, economist, Minister of ODEPLAN under Pinochet[32]
- Lily Pérez, politician[33]
- Daniel Platovsky, businessman, politician, and eldest son of Milan Platovsky (Jewish father)[34]
- Milan Platovsky, businessman who wrote a best-selling autobiography[35]
- Andy Pollack, jazz musician[36]
- Karen Poniachik, journalist; former Minister of Mining and Energy[37]
- Sarika Rodrik, fashion designer[38]
- Efraim Rosenzweig, rabbi[39]
- Sebastián Rozental, football player[40]
- Paulina Saball, Undersecretary of Housing and Urbanism[citation needed]
- Daniel Schidlow, Chief of Pediatrics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. (Chilean born)[41]
- Romy Schmidt, MInister of Public Goods[citation needed]
- Miguel Schweitzer Speisky, Pinochet's Minister of Justice[42][43]
- Miguel Schweitzer Walters, Pinochet's Minister of External Affairs and ambassador to the UK[44][45]
- Nissim Sharim, actor[46]
- Jorge Schaulsohn, politician[47]
- Gabriel Silber, deputy[48]
- Claudio Spiniak, businessman. In jail since 2004 for being a practitioner of pedophilia and coprophagia[49][50]
- Jacob Stoulman Bortnik, businessman, kidnapped by DINA during the Operacion Condor plan in Argentina[51]
- Shmuel Szteinhendler, rabbi (Regional Director Masorti Latin America)[52]
- Volodia Teitelboim, former communist leader[53]
- Víctor Tevah, fiddler[54]
- Marcelo Tokman, Minister of Energy[citation needed]
- Jael Unger, actress[55]
- Julián Vainstein, rabbi[56]
- José Weinstein, Minister of Culture under Ricardo Lagos[57]
- Jaime Wisnaik, director of department of engineering at the Catholic University of Santiago[58]
- Daniel Zang, rabbi[59]
[edit] References
- ^ VG: Artist Biography: Agosin, Majorie
- ^ Instituto de Chile
- ^ [1] page 48: "Chile's best-known actors are Jewish, including Shlomit Baytelman, Alejandro Cohen, Anita Klesky, Jael Unger, and Mario Kreutzberger"
- ^ http://www.lapalabraisraelita.cl/26%20agosto%202005/8%20(26).pdf
- ^ The Jewish Experience under Military Dictators in Chile and Argentina during 1970s and 1980s
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3] Interview in Spanish
- ^ Instituto de Chile
- ^ The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Chile
- ^ [4] page 48: "Chile's best-known actors are Jewish, including Shlomit Baytelman, Alejandro Cohen, Anita Klesky, Jael Unger, and Mario Kreutzberger"
- ^ Dorfman Limns a Tangle of Ethics in 'Picasso'
- ^ [5] Article in Spanish
- ^ [6] Article in Spanish
- ^ Daniel Emilfork obituary - Times Online
- ^ The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Chile
- ^ Untitled Document
- ^ [7] Article in Spanish
- ^ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3233194,00.html
- ^ [8]
- ^ [9] Article in Spanish
- ^ [10] Article in Spanish
- ^ Alejandro Jodorowsky
- ^ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3233194,00.html
- ^ La Ultima Gran Operacion De La Dina:
- ^ [11] page 48: "Chile's best-known actors are Jewish, including Shlomit Baytelman, Alejandro Cohen, Anita Klesky, Jael Unger, and Mario Kreutzberger"
- ^ Monthly Report
- ^ [12] page 48: "Chile's best-known actors are Jewish, including Shlomit Baytelman, Alejandro Cohen, Anita Klesky, Jael Unger, and Mario Kreutzberger"
- ^ [13] page 48: "Chile's best-known actors are Jewish, including Shlomit Baytelman, Alejandro Cohen, Anita Klesky, Jael Unger, and Mario Kreutzberger"
- ^ JewishJournal.com
- ^ The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Chile
- ^ Monthly Report
- ^ The Jewish Experience under Military Dictators in Chile and Argentina during 1970s and 1980s
- ^ Manifestaciones, marchas y caminatas de solidaridad con el Estado de Israel
- ^ http://www.crt-ii.org/_awards/_apdfs/Stein_Franz.pdf
- ^ http://www.crt-ii.org/_awards/_apdfs/Stein_Franz.pdf
- ^ The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Chile
- ^ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3233194,00.html
- ^ La Tercera ::: Mujer
- ^ Monthly Report
- ^ The Jewish Chronicle
- ^ http://www.drexelmed.edu/med/pediatrics/
- ^ The Jewish Experience under Military Dictators in Chile and Argentina during 1970s and 1980s
- ^ [14]
- ^ The Jewish Experience under Military Dictators in Chile and Argentina during 1970s and 1980s
- ^ [15]
- ^ The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Chile
- ^ Detalle noticia
- ^ http://www.lapalabraisraelita.cl/septiembre_22_06/22_22.pdf
- ^ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caso_Spiniak
- ^ Revista QuéPasa
- ^ La Ultima Gran Operacion De La Dina:
- ^ Monthly Report
- ^ [16]
- ^ The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Chile
- ^ [17] page 48: "Chile's best-known actors are Jewish, including Shlomit Baytelman, Alejandro Cohen, Anita Klesky, Jael Unger, and Mario Kreutzberger"
- ^ Monthly Report
- ^ Revista QuéPasa
- ^ The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Chile
- ^ Monthly Report
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