List of Peruvian Jews
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This is a list of famous Peruvian Jews. See also: Inca Jews
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[edit] Activists
- Herman Blanc, President of the Asociación Judía del Perú.
- Jack Maurice Falkon Benbassat, Co-President of the Asociación Judía del Perú.
- Jorge Gruenberg, President of the Asociación Judía del Perú.
- Elias Szczytnicki, in charge of the Inter-religious Relations within the Asociación Judía del Perú.
[edit] Academics
[edit] Social and political scientists
- Vania Franco Vaisman, Databases Analyst of the Information Systems department of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Diego León Pinelo, Rector of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) 1656-1658.
- Salomón Lerner Febres, President of Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Rector of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP); Director of the Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos (Ideh PUCP); Tokio University researcher; and Freidedrich Ebert Foundation Human Rights prize winner on 2005.
- Michelle Szejer Aragones, member of Truth and Reconciliation Commission
[edit] Economists
- Jaysuño Abramovich Schartzberg, Economist
- Catalina Rabinovich Woloshin, Economist. Investment Consultant of Grupo Negocios, Contactos y Finanzas (Grupo NC&F). Authoress of the following books: "El Mercado de Capitales como Instrumento de la Política Económica"; "Las Acciones Laborales: Fuente de Financiamiento, Alternativa de Inversión y Efectos de Distribución"; and "Las Posibilidades Teóricas y Reales en el Perú".
- Daniel Shydlowsky Rosemberg, Economist & Politician. Former member of the Consulting Committee of Indecopi
[edit] Physicists
- Manuel Buchwald, famous physicist, expert on Genetics.
- Barton Zwiebach, Physics Professor at the MIT. Expert in String Theory. Author of the book "A First Course in String Theory".
[edit] Biologists and physicians
- Dora Blitchtein Winicki, famous physician.
- Zuño Burstein Alva, famous physician. Expert on Dermatology and Tropical Medicine. He is a former professor and a current researcher of the Institute of Tropical Medicine "Daniel A. Carrión" at the UNMSM; and an advisor of the National Health Institute and of the National Program of Leprosy Control of the Ministry of Health. He was born in Chiclayo.
- Vivian Geller Jabiles, Nutritionist. Manager of Nutrition and Development of New Products Department of Industria de Alimentos Conservados S.A.C. (IDAC).
- Maxime Kuczynski Godard, a pioneer on Public Health. He contributed to the study on leprosy in the Amazon region of Peru. He is the father of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Godard, former Minister of Economy.
- Talia Schvartzman Levy, Nutritionist. Professor at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH); and owner of QUESTO S.A.C.
[edit] Educators
- Valentín Bartra Abensur, Professor at the UNMSM.
- Manuel Beltroy, First Honorary Dean of León Pinelo school.
- Rajmil Fischman, Professor of Music and Musical Technology, and Composition at Keely University (Great Britain), where he established the Digital Music Technology Master Program, and built a Computerized Music laboratory. Former Artistic Director, Main Conductor, and Musical Director of the Keely Philarmonic Society. Since 1988, he is the Director of the Composers' Desktop Project (CDP).
[edit] Astronomers
- Abraham Levy, astronomer.
[edit] Archaeologists
- Federico Kauffmann Doig, archeologist
[edit] Artists
[edit] Performance artists
- Meredith Monk, performance artist.
[edit] Authors
- Carlos Fernando Schwalb Tola, writer. Author of "Fuego", "Descerrajar", and "Dobleces" (2000); and of "La Narrativa de José María Arguedas, Julio Ramón Ribeyro y Mario Vargas Llosa" (2001). He is the Director of Encuentros, and a professor of Biology at the PUCP.
[edit] Poets
Isaac Goldemberg, poet
[edit] Playwrights
- Maritza Kirchhausen, playwriter
[edit] Journalists
- Augusto Alvarez Rodrich, Director of the Peru 21 newspaper
- Jimmy Arteaga, TV Producer
- Valia Barack, TV hostess.
- Uri Ben Schmuel, Director of the La Razón newspaper
- Isaac Bigio, Journalist
- Daniel Borobio Guede, publicist.
- Ami Dannon Klein, columnist of Correo newspaper.
- Oscar Doufur Cattaneo, publicist.
- Eddie Fleichman, sports TV narrator
- Gustavo Gorriti Ellenbogen, Journalist and politician. Director of La República newspaper
- Heidi Grossman, TV Reporter
- Mirko Lauer Holoubeck, TV producer, journalist, politician. Member of the Board of Directors of La República newspaper; member of the Editing Board of Plural TV; Vice President of Instituto de Prensa y Sociedad; and member of the Consulting Committee of the Open Society Institute
- Saul Mankevicht Lifchitz, Publicist.
- Sammy Sadovnik, soccer narrator and comentator of Gol TV & radio show Fútbol de Primera
- Ernesto Schutz Freund, former owner of TV Station Panamericana Televisión
- Peggy Sztuden, columnist of Correo newspaper.
- León Trahtemberg Sieder, Journalist. Dean of León Pinelo school.
- Tomás Unger, columnist of El Comercio newspaper.
- Ricardo Winitzky Bertolino, publicist.
- Mendel Winter Zuzunaga, co-owner of La Razón newspaper. Former shareholder and member of the Board of Directors of Frecuencia Latina.
- Samuel Winter Zuzunaga, co-owner of La Razón newspaper. Former shareholder and member of the Board of Directors of Frecuencia Latina.
- Azi Wolfenson, owner of several communication media in Peru.
- Moisés Wolfenson, former member of the congress. Owner of El Chino, and El Men newspapers.
[edit] Businesspeople
- José Ackerman Rodríguez, General Manager of Agroindustrial Lima S.A.C. (SADALSA)
- Allan Azizollahof Gate, owner of 36 different businesses, mainly discoteques, casinos, and restaurants. The most popular are: Discoteca Utopía, Promotora El Dorado S.A.C., and Inversiones Hebia S.A.C. He will be spending six years in prison due to the tragedy at Discoteca Utopía.
- David Yves Barsimantov Diez, co-owner of Corporación Refrigerados Iny S.A.
- Elie Oscar Barsimantov Diez, co-owner of Corporación Refrigerados Iny S.A.
- Jacques Barsimantov Gabbai, General Manager of Corporación Refrigerados Iny S.A.
- Jack Batievsky Spack, Director of Agroindustrial Lima S.A.C. (SADALSA)
- Wilson Benzaquén Rengifo, General Manager of Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC).
- Marcos Blitchtein Winicki, member of the Board of Directors of CIPSA; legal representative of Megamar S.A..
- Evelyn Botton, Sales Manager of Limatex S.A.
- Juan José Cauvi, legal representative of PERUVAL.
- David Chlimper Ackerman, owner of Farmindustria.
- José Chlimper Ackerman, President of the Board of Directors of COMEX Perú; CEO of Sociedad Agrícola Drokasa S.A.
- Moisés Dannon Levy, President of Corporación Pesquera San Antonio; General Manager of Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones del Perú S.A.; General Manager of Industrias Pacocha S.A.; President of the Containers Manufacturers Committee of the Sociedad Nacional de Industrias (SNI)
- Kenneth Zeev Davidovich Gleiser, General Manager of Financiera Cordillera.
- David Delgado, vice-president of Goldman Sachs
- Fritz Paul Du Bois Freund, Director of Agroindustrial Lima S.A.C. (SADALSA).
- Marcos Enrique Falcon Alfandari, General Manager of Good Foods S.A. / Winter's Perú; President of the Board of Directors of Inmobiliaria Dos Gaviotas S.A.; President of the Board of Directors of Grupo Coril - Sociedad Titulizadora S.A.; Director of CIPSA.
- León Martín Falcon Goryn, co-owner of Good Foods S.A. / Winter's Perú; owner of QUESTO S.A.C.
- Raquel Donna Falcon Goryn, General Manager of Inmobiliaria Dos Gaviotas S.A.; Director of Grupo Coril - Sociedad Agente de Bolsa S.A.; co-owner of Good Foods S.A. / Winter's Perú.
- Salvador Berty Falcon Goryn, General Manager of QUESTO S.A.C.; Director of CIPSA
- Isaac Falkon, representative of Megamar S.A.
- Jack Maurice Falkon Benbassat, General Manager of Corporación de Industrias Plásticas S.A. (CIPSA); President of the Board of Directors of Quality Products S.A.; Co-President of the Asociación Judía del Perú; and President of the Sociedad de Beneficencia Sefardí of Lima.
- Enrique Falkon Franco, member of the Board of Directors of CIPSA.
- Jacques Franco Sarfaty, member of the Board of Directors of GREMCO.
- Vitaly Franco Varón, member of the Board of Directors of GREMCO.
- Abraham Galsky, founder of Grupo Sindicato Pesquero del Perú S.A. (SIPESA).
- Aby Galsky Sandelman, Vice President of Agroindustrial Lima S.A.C. (SADALSA); President of the Image Committee of the magazine Pesca Responsable (Revista Internacional de la Sociedad Nacional de Pesquería); Vice President of the Canned Food Enterprises Committee of the Sociedad Nacional de Pesquería; member of the Fishing and Aquaindustry Section of the Board of Directors of the Confederación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas (CONFIEP)
- Jessica Galsky Sandelman
- Alberto Galsky Yacher
- Isaac Galsky Yacher, President of Sindicato Pesquero del Perú S.A. (SIPESA); former owner of the no-longer existent Banco del Progreso; Director of Agroindustrial Lima S.A.C. (SADALSA)
- Samuel Galsky Yacher
- Samuel Gleyser Katz, President of Lima Chamber of Commerce; Former President of ALCA.
- Liliana Gliksman Bergman
- Mónica Gliksman Bergman
- Alex Gliksman Goldstein, member of the Board of Directors of Industrias Electroquímicas S.A. (IEQSA).
- Carlos Gliksman Latowicka, member of the Foreign Trade Department of the Board of Directors of the Conferedación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas (CONFIEP); and President of the Board of Directors of Industrias Electroquímicas S.A. (IEQSA).
- José Carlos Grimberg Blum, President of Foodcorp S.A.
- Carlos Alberto Goldin Buraschi, owner of Acuacultura y Pesca S.A.C.
- Daniel Gun Fischman, Exports Manager of San Miguel Industrial S.A. (SMI).
- Baruch Ivcher Bronstein, former owner of Frecuencia Latina TV station. Owner of Colchones Paraiso.
- Andrés Jochamowitz Stafford, legal representative of Proagro S.A.
- Sena Koiffman Sandelman, shareholder of SIPESA.
- Isy Levy Calvo, President of GREMCO.
- Jacques Levy Calvo, member of the Board of Directors of GREMCO.
- Rodolfo Michels, Business Manager of Minera Yanacocha.
- Fabrizio Raul Paredes Cauvi, General Manager of Procesadora del Sur S.A. (PRODELSUR).
- Edgar Paz Ravines, legal partner of Allan Azizollahof Gate. He will be spending six years in prison due to the tragedy of Discoteca Utopía.
- Félix Rosemberg Guttman, owner of a great number of casinos in Lima.
- Helga Scheuch Rabinovich, commercial manager of the COMEX Perú magazine.
- Hugo Sommerkamp Molinari, General Manager of Ferreyros S.A.
- Pedro Szejer Aragones, General Manager of MSM Trading S.A.C.
- Kogan Thau Simon, shareholder of Industrias Electroquímicas S.A. (IEQSA).
- Renato Verjovsky, Director of Analistas y Consultores (A&C).
- Abraham Vurnbrand Spack, General Manager of Ace Home Center.
- Juan Rodolfo Wiesner Rico, General Manager of Camposol S.A.; General Manager of Austral Group S.A.A.; Secretary of the Sociedad Nacional de Pesquería.
- Paul Zaidman Ackerman, General Manager of Quality Products S.A.; and General Manager of Mazaly S.A.C.
[edit] Entertainment
[edit] Actors
- Gabriel Anselmi, actor.
- Gustavo Bueno, actor.
- Gabriel Calvo, actor.
- Sofía Franco, actress.
- Tania Helfgott, actress.
- Arnie Husid Nachman, Actor and Model
- Gloria Klein, actress.
- Laslo Kovacs, actor.
- Daniela Sarfaty, actress.
[edit] Entertainers
- Almendra Gomelsky Duarte, TV host, former Nube Luz hostess
[edit] Musicians
- Jeffry Fischman Feldman, former drummer of Líbido.
- Julie Freundt, singer.
- Cynthia Karina Moreno Elias, singer.
[edit] Jurists
- Yaquir Dannon Levy, famous lawyer.
- Alberto Fernando Leo Schwalb Tola, famous lawyer.
- Karina Isabel Livschitz Lucena, advocate of the Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA). She is also an advisor for the Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA); and a researcher for the Programa de Defensa del Interés Ciudadano.
- Oscar Vaserman Huss, famous lawyer.
- Debora Yarin Eskenazi, famous lawyer.
[edit] Politicians
- Salomón Abensur Díaz, candidate for the mayoralty of Maynas province for Movimiento Independiente Vamos Loreto party
- Avi Dan On, security officer of the governmental palace.
- Antonio de León Pinelo
- Federico Freundt Cueva, diplomat.
- Efraín Goldenberg Schreiber, (also Efraim) Prime Minister in the 1990s
- Eliane Chantal Karp Fernenbug, former First Lady of Peru
- Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Godard, Former Minister of Economy under President Alejandro Toledo.
- David Lemor Bezdín, Minister of Tourism.
- Salomón Lerner Githis, Politician; founder of Foro Democrático; Former Director of Cofide; President of Asociación Civil Transparencia; and Former member of Frecuencia Latina TV station Board of Directors
- Josep Maiman Rappaportt, former politician
- Isaac Mekler Neiman, member of congress for Unión por el Perú party.
- Jacques Salomón Rodrich Ackerman Senator
- Yehude Simon Munaro, President of the Lambayeque region.
- Edward Allan Wagner Tizón, Minister of Defense
- David Waisman Rjavinsthi, Former Second Vice President of Peru. Member of the congress for Alianza Parlamentaria party.
[edit] Athletes
- Moisés Barack former soccer player and soccer coach of the Peruvian national football team
- Ernesto Jochamowitz, three times national champion in Rally (car racing).
[edit] Others
- Janice Fischman Feldman
- Boris Foguel
- Roni Lerner
- Moshe Rothschild
- James Stone
- Lian Weil
- Zwi Zudit