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List of Argentine Jews

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List of Argentine Jews

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:

Contents

Athletes

  • David Abraham, football player
  • Daniel Brailovsky, football player
  • Dario Cvitanich, football player
  • Carolina Duer, boxer
  • Gastón Etlis, tennis player
  • Nicolas Falczuk, football player
  • Fernando Fligman, football player
  • Naón Isidro, football player
  • Martín Jaite, tennis player
  • Waldo Kantor, volleyball player
  • Giselle Kañevsky, field hockey player
  • Valentina Kogan, handball player
  • Nora Koppel, weightlifter
  • Daniela Krukower, judoka
  • Lucas Matías Licht, football player
  • Bryan Man, football player
  • Federico Mociulsky, football player
  • José Pekerman, football coach.
  • Walter Samuel, football player
  • Diego Schwartzman, tennis player
  • Martín Schusterman, rugby player
  • Ariel Gerardo Seltzer, football player
  • Juan Pablo Sorín, football player
  • Eial Strahman, football player
  • Pablo Tabachnik, table tennis player
  • Nicolás Tauber, football player
  • Jonathan Tennenbaum, football player
  • Nicolas Valansi, football player
  • Alexis Weisheim, football player
  • Fernando Zylberberg, field hockey player
  • Entertainers

  • Héctor Babenco, film director
  • Tato Bores, humorist
  • Daniel Burman, filmmaker
  • Julio Chávez, actor
  • Jorge Guinzburg, journalist, theatrical producer, humorist and TV and radio host
  • Adrián Suar, actor, entertainment businessmen
  • Musicians

  • Daniel Barenboim, conductor and pianist
  • Martha Argerich, concert pianist, considered among the top in the 20th century
  • Mario Davidovsky, composer
  • Giora Feidman, klezmer musician
  • Osvaldo Golijov, classical composer
  • Max Glücksmann, pioneer of the Argentine music and film industries
  • Alejandro Lerner, composer and singer
  • Oscar Strasnoy, composer and conductor
  • Politicians

  • José Alperovich, ex-governor of Tucumán Province
  • Tania Bíder, revolutionary fighter
  • Beatriz Rojkés de Alperovich, ex-Provisional President of the Senate
  • Daniel Filmus, Senator
  • César Jaroslavsky, former national congressman
  • Axel Kicillof, ex-Minister of Economy
  • Héctor Timerman, journalist, politician, human rights activist and diplomat
  • Religion

  • Sergio Bergman, rabbi, politician, pharmacist, writer, and social activist
  • Abraham Skorka, rabbi and biophysicist
  • Scientists

  • Laszlo Biro, inventor of the ballpoint pen
  • César Milstein, immunologist, Nobel prize winner
  • Writers

  • Marcos Aguinis, journalist, writer
  • Marcelo Birmajer, writer
  • Isidoro Blaisten, writer
  • Sergio Chejfec, writer
  • León Dujovne, writer, philosopher, journalist, essayist
  • Samuel Eichelbaum, writer
  • Alberto Gerchunoff, writer
  • Alejandra Pizarnik, poet
  • Ana María Shua, writer
  • Bernardo Verbitsky, novelist
  • Horacio Verbitsky, journalist
  • Others

  • Raquel Partnoy, painter
  • Naomi Preizler, fashion model and artist
  • Alejandro Romay, businessman working with theater and TV
  • Damián Szifron, film and television director and screenwriter
  • References

    List of Argentine Jews Wikipedia


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