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.

  • Marjorie Agosín, human rights activist and writer [1]
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • Ariel Dorfman, playwright, novelist, human rights activist [11]
  • Roberto Dueñas, famous' manager [12]
  • 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]
  • Rodrigo Guendelman, journalist [17]
  • Clarisa Hardy psychologist; current (2006-) Minister of Planning [18]
  • Tomás Hirsch, politician, businessman [19]
  • Mauricio Israel, television host [20]
  • Alejandro Jodorowsky, film director (Chilean-born) [21]
  • Alberto Van Klaveren, current (2006-) Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations [22]
  • José Klein, former owner of Minera Santa Barbara [23]
  • Anita Klesky, actress [24]
  • Marcelo Kormis, rabbi [25]
  • Mario Kreutzberger, better known as Don Francisco, TV host [26]
  • Vivi Kreutzberger, television host[27]
  • Marcos Libedinsky, former president of the Supreme Court of Justice[28]
  • Alejandro Lipschuetz, anthropologist and endocrinologist[29]
  • Pablo Lugt, rabbi [30]
  • Nicolás Massú, tennis player (Jewish mother)[citation needed]
  • Daniel Platovsky, businessman, politician, and eldest son of Milan Platovsky (Jewish father)[31]
  • Milan Platovsky, businessman who wrote a best-selling autobiography[32]
  • Andy Pollack, jazz musician[33]
  • Karen Poniachik, journalist; current (2006-) Minister of Mining and Energy [34]
  • Efraim Rosenzweig, rabbi [35]
  • Sebastián Rozental, football player [36]
  • Nicole Senerman, podcaster, journalist
  • Daniel Schidlow, Chief of Pediatrics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. (Chilean born) [37]
  • Miguel Schweitzer Speisky, Pinochet's Minister of Justice[38][39]
  • Miguel Schweitzer Walters, Pinochet's Minister of External Affairs and ambassador to the UK[40][41]
  • Nissim Sharim, actor[42]
  • Gabriel Silber, deputy [43]
  • Jacob Stoulman Bortnik, businessman, kidnapped by DINA during the Operacion Condor plan in Argentina [44]
  • Shmuel Szteinhendler, rabbi (Regional Director Masorti Latin America) [45]
  • Volodia Teitelboim, former communist leader [46]
  • Victor Tevah, fiddler[47]
  • Jael Unger, actress [48]
  • Julian Vainstein, rabbi [49]
  • Jaime Wisnaik, director of department of engineering at the Catholic University of Santiago[50]
  • Daniel Zang, rabbi [51]

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