List of Peruvian Jews

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This is a list of famous Peruvian Jews. See also: Inca Jews

Contents

[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

[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

[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

[edit] Artists

[edit] Performance artists

[edit] Authors

[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