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. Here is a list of some prominent Chilean Jews.
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[edit] With article
- Claudio Bunster, scientist
- Ariel Dorfman, playwright, novelist, human rights activist
- Daniel Emilfork, actor
- Tomás Hirsch, politician, businessman
- Alejandro Jodorowsky, film director (Chilean-born)
- Mario Kreutzberger, better known as Don Francisco, TV host [1]
- Nicolás Massú, tennis player (Jewish mother)
- Sebastián Rozental, football player
- Volodia Teitelboim, former communist leader
- Leonor Varela, actress
[edit] Without article
- Marjorie Agosín, human rights activist and writer [12]
- Shai Agosin, TV producer[citation needed]
- Claudio Back, doctor[citation needed]
- Silvia Back, doctor[citation needed]
- Paloma Baytelman, journalist[citation needed]
- Shlomit Baytelman, actress [2]
- Alberto Belán, golf player [3]
- José Berdichewsky, Pinochet's Ambassador in Israel[citation needed]
- Matías Bernstein, designer[citation needed]
- Pilar Bernstein, journalist
- Eduardo Bitrán, current (2006-) Minister of Public Works[13]
- Gabriel Bitrán, businessman[citation needed]
- Bastián Bodenhöffer, actor[citation needed]
- Andrés Bogolasky, brand manager of Adidas in Chile.[citation needed]
- Edgard Bogolasky, CIO Sack S.A.[citation needed]
- Natalia Bogolasky, journalist[citation needed]
- Hugo Bortnik, businessman[citation needed]
- Carmen Gloria Bresky, actress
- Regina Buchuk-Peliowski, psychologist[citation needed]
- Clara Budnik, subdirector of National Library of Chile[citation needed]
- Eduardo Budnik, architect[citation needed]
- Miguel Budnik, journalist[citation needed]
- Úrsula Budnik, movies broadcaster[citation needed]
- Patricio Bunster, dancer[citation needed]
- Marcelo Calderón, businessman[citation needed]
- Rubén Campos, fashion designer[citation needed]
- Cristopher Carpentier, chef [4]
- Alejandro Cohen, actor [5]
- Gregory Cohen, engineer, playwright, actor[citation needed]
- Gabriel Colodro, businessman[citation needed]
- Iván Colodro, journalist[citation needed]
- Max Colodro Riesenberg, phyllospher and journalist[citation needed]
- Oro Colodro, TV Broadcaster[citation needed]
- Salvador Colodro, businessman[citation needed]
- Agnes Csato, writer[citation needed]
- Leon Dobry, former president of Estadio Israelita.
- Roberto Dueñas, famous' manager [6]
- Agustín Edwards, businessman[citation needed]
- Julián Elfenbein, journalist, television host [7]
- Alfredo Ergas, manager of Enersis[citation needed]
- David Ergas, football player[citation needed]
- Gonzalo Ergas, model[citation needed]
- Jacob Ergas, businessman. Owner of Bank of Chile[citation needed]
- Jorge Ergas, businessman. Owner of Bank of Chile[citation needed]
- Birginia Fischer, actress[citation needed]
- Andrea Fleiderman, Marcelo Salas's girlfriend
- Ariel Foigel, jazan[citation needed]
- Efrain Friedman, director of Chilean Atomic Research Committee[citation needed]
- Benjamín Galemiri, playwright[citation needed]
- Miguel Gellerstein Rosler, businessman [citation needed]
- Felipe Gertzen, journalist[citation needed]
- Ariel Guelfenbein, film director[citation needed]
- Carla Guelfenbein, writer[citation needed]
- Rodrigo Guendelman, journalist [8]
- Catalina Guerra, actress[citation needed]
- Andrés Guiloff, headmaster of UNIACC[citation needed]
- Pablo Halpern, expert in communications[citation needed]
- Clarisa Hardy psychologist; current (2006-) Minister of Planning[14]
- B.M. Heartiez, political activist[citation needed]
- Rodrigo Hinzpeter, politician[citation needed]
- Isaac Hites, businessman[citation needed]
- Mauricio Hofmann, journalist[citation needed]
- Abraham Horowitz, director of Pan American Health Service[citation needed]
- Juan Paulo Iglesias, journalist[citation needed]
- Jeremías Israel, motoracing driver[citation needed]
- Mauricio Israel, television host [9]
- Ricardo Israel, politic scientist[citation needed]
- Farid Juffasch Saavedra, businessman and dance music producer[citation needed]
- Alberto Van Klaveren, current (2006-) Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations[15]
- Jorge Kaplan, former mayor of Viña del Mar[citation needed]
- José Klein, former owner of Minera Santa Barbara [16]
- Judith Klein, writer[citation needed]
- Anita Klesky, actress [10]
- Denise Kohen, engineer, Aish Hatorah Director[citation needed]
- Marcelo Kormis, rabbi [17]
- Luciano Kulczewski, architect[citation needed]
- Manuel Krauskopf, headmaster of University Andrés Bello[citation needed]
- Ruth Krauskopf, sculpturist[citation needed]
- Eduardo Krauss, businessman[citation needed]
- Fernando Krauss, businessman. Owner of Rotter & Krauss Opticians[citation needed]
- Otto Krauss, businessman primarily known for his chain of toy stores[citation needed]
- Angel Kreiman, rabbi
- Vivi Kreutzberger, television host[citation needed]
- Ariel Levy, actor[citation needed]
- Marcos Libedinsky, former president of the Supreme Court of Justice[citation needed]
- Alejandro Lipschuetz, anthropologist and endocrinologist[citation needed]
- Pablo Lugt, rabbi [18]
- Mario Maldavsky, businessman, owner of Meicys brand in Chile within others.[citation needed]
- Evelyn Mansky, painter[citation needed]
- Sergio Melnick, economist, Minister of ODEPLAN under Pinochet[citation needed]
- Manuel Montt Balmaceda, head master of Diego Portales University[citation needed]
- Eduardo Muchnick, CIO of Smartcom[citation needed]
- Temmy Muchnick, Don Francisco's wife[citation needed]
- Michael Muller Salomon, journalist[citation needed]
- Carmen Gloria Muñoz Hurtado, writer[citation needed]
- Danny Oskenberg, doctor[citation needed]
- Beinish Peliowski, writer[citation needed]
- Abraham Peliowski, physician, neonatologist (Canada)[citation needed]
- Sholem Peliowski Davidvich, architect[citation needed]
- Lily Pérez, politician
- Daniel Platovsky, businessman, politician, and eldest son of Milan Platovsky (Jewish father)
- Milan Platovsky, businessman who wrote a best-selling autobiography
- Andy Pollack, jazz musician[citation needed]
- Savka Pollak, TV host[citation needed]
- Karen Poniachik, journalist; current (2006-) Minister of Mining and Energy[19]
- Jorge Rosenblut, former Deputy Minister Secretary General of the Presidency[citation needed]
- Karen Rosenthal, journalist[citation needed]
- Zelig Rosenmann, theatre director[citation needed]
- Davod Rosemann-Taub, writer[citation needed]
- Roberto Rosenzvaig, psicologyst[citation needed]
- Efraim Rosenzweig, rabbi [20]
- Mauricio Russo, doctor. Businessman, owner and CIO of Clínica Arauco[citation needed]
- Jorge Schaulsohn, politician
- Pablo Schwartz, actor[citation needed]
- Miguel Schweitzer Speisky, Pinochet's Minister of Justice[citation needed]
- Miguel Schweitzer Walters, Pinochet's Minister of Planification[citation needed]
- Rubén Selman, referee[citation needed]
- Nissim Sharim, actor[citation needed]
- Paula Sharim, actress[citation needed]
- Gabriel Silber, diputy [21]
- Roger Silberstein, photographer[citation needed]
- Gil Sinay Sestopal, former president of CREJ
- Claudio Spiniak, businessman[citation needed]
- Jacob Stoulman Bortnik, busissman, kidnapped by DINA during the Operacion Condor plan in Argentina [22]
- Patricio Strahovsky, actor[citation needed]
- Shmuel Szteinhendler, rabbi (Regional Director Masorti Latin America) [23]
- Ana María Tapia Adler, senior intellectual[citation needed]
- Catalina Telias, singer[citation needed]
- Victor Tevah, fiddler[citation needed]
- Jael Unger, actress [11]
- Julian Vainstein, rabbi [24]
- Eduardo Waingortin, rabbi
- Jaime Warga, rabbi
- Isaias Wassermann, journalist[citation needed]
- Andrés Waissbluth, film director[citation needed]
- Verónica Waissbluth, journalist[citation needed]
- Luis Weinstein, photographer [citation needed]
- José Weinstein, Minister of Culture under Ricardo Lagos[citation needed]
- Jonny Wenger, painter[citation needed]
- Jaime Wisnaik, director of department of engineering at the Catholic University of Santiago[citation needed]
- Daniel Zang, rabbi [25]
- Jorge Zeballos-Stepankowsky, young intellectual[citation needed]
- Marcos Zylberberg, businessman[citation needed]
- Alejandro Bitran, Computer Engineer[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ [[1]] page 48: "Chile's best-known actors are Jewish, including Shlomit Baytelman, Alejandro Cohen, Anita Klesky, Jael Unger, and Mario Kreutzberger"
- ^ [[2]] page 48: "Chile's best-known actors are Jewish, including Shlomit Baytelman, Alejandro Cohen, Anita Klesky, Jael Unger, and Mario Kreutzberger"
- ^ [[3]]
- ^ [[4]] Interview in Spanish
- ^ [[5]] page 48: "Chile's best-known actors are Jewish, including Shlomit Baytelman, Alejandro Cohen, Anita Klesky, Jael Unger, and Mario Kreutzberger"
- ^ [[6]] Article in Spanish
- ^ [[7]] Article in Spanish
- ^ [[8]] Article in Spanish
- ^ [[9]] Article in Spanish
- ^ [[10]] page 48: "Chile's best-known actors are Jewish, including Shlomit Baytelman, Alejandro Cohen, Anita Klesky, Jael Unger, and Mario Kreutzberger"
- ^ [[11]] page 48: "Chile's best-known actors are Jewish, including Shlomit Baytelman, Alejandro Cohen, Anita Klesky, Jael Unger, and Mario Kreutzberger"