The history of the Jews in 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 — most of whom live in Argentina , with large communities also present in Brazil. The following is a list of some prominent Argentine Jews:
Athletes [ edit ] Giselle Kañevsky Diego Schwartzman Daniel Brailovsky , football playerCarolina Duer , boxerGastón Etlis , tennis playerNicolas Falczuk , football playerFernando Fligman , football playerNaón Isidro , football playerMartín Jaite , tennis playerWaldo Kantor , volleyball playerGiselle Kañevsky , field hockey playerValentina Kogan , handball playerNora Koppel , weightlifterDaniela Krukower , judokaLucas Matías Licht , football playerBryan Man , football playerFederico Mociulsky , football playerJosé Pekerman , football coachSergio Roitman , tennis playerMartín Schusterman , rugby playerDiego Schwartzman , tennis playerJuan Pablo Sorín , football playerEial Strahman , football playerEzra Sued , football playerPablo Tabachnik , table tennis playerNicolás Tauber , football playerJonathan Tennenbaum , football playerNicolas Valansi , football playerAlexis Weisheim , football playerFernando Zylberberg , field hockey playerBusinesspeople [ edit ] Entertainers [ edit ] Héctor Babenco , film directorSebastián Borensztein , screenwriter and filmmakerTato Bores , humoristDaniel Burman , filmmakerJulio Chávez , actorJorge Guinzburg , journalist, theatrical producer, humorist and TV and radio hostGerardo Sofovich , TV producer, humoristHugo Sofovich , TV producer and humoristMax Berliner , Polish-Argentine actor, author, film director and theater directorNorman Briski , well known theater actor, director and playwrightMusicians [ edit ] Martha Argerich , concert pianistDaniel Barenboim , conductor and pianistMario Davidovsky , composerGiora Feidman , klezmer musicianMax Glücksmann , pioneer of the Argentine music and film industriesOsvaldo Golijov , classical composerAlejandro Lerner , singer-songwriterLalo Schifrin , composerOscar Strasnoy , composer and conductorAndrés Calamaro , singer-songwriterPoliticians [ edit ] José Alperovich , former governor of Tucumán ProvinceTania Bíder , revolutionary fighterMyriam Bregman , congresswomanBeatriz Rojkés de Alperovich , former provisional president of the SenateDaniel Filmus , government minister and former senatorItai Hagman , student leader and congressmanCarlos Heller , banker and congressmanCésar Jaroslavsky , former national congressmanAxel Kicillof , governor of Buenos Aires ProvinceHéctor Timerman , journalist, human rights activist and diplomat, former foreign ministerHugo Yasky , trade unionist and congressmanReligion [ edit ] Scientists [ edit ] Mathematicians [ edit ] Writers [ edit ] Marcos Aguinis , journalist, writerMarcelo Birmajer , writerIsidoro Blaisten , writerSergio Chejfec , writerLeón Dujovne , writer, philosopher, journalist, essayistSamuel Eichelbaum , writerJuan Gelman , poetAlberto Gerchunoff , writerNoé Jitrik , essayist, literary criticAlberto Manguel , novelist and essayistAlejandra Pizarnik , poetAndrés Rivera , born Marcos Ribak, novelistAlejandro Rozitchner , essayistAna María Shua , writerCésar Tiempo , born Israel Zeitlin, writer and screenwriterJacobo Timerman , political commentator, journalistBernardo Verbitsky , novelistHoracio Verbitsky , journalistFederico Andahazi , writerMario Blejer , economistRaymundo Gleyzer , a cinema director kidnapped by the Argentinian juntaMiguel Najdorf , Polish-Argentine chess grandmaster Raquel Partnoy , painterNaomi Preizler , fashion model and artistNatalio Alberto Nisman , a lawyer who worked as a federal prosecutor, noted for being the chief investigator of the 1994 car bombing of the Jewish center in Buenos Aires , which killed 85 people, the worst terrorist attack in Argentina's historyDamián Szifron , film and television director and screenwriterSee also [ edit ]
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