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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 Brazilian Jews. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Main article: List of Jews. ... Main article: List of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Many of the Jews expelled from the Iberian Peninsula during the Spanish Inquisition settled in the Ottoman Empire, leaving large Sephardic communities in South-East Europe: mainly in Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina (though the latter in particular also had a large Ashkenazi population). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... Here is a list of some prominent (non Latin-) Caribbean Jews, arranged by country of origin. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Since Antiquity, a number of Jewish communities have been established in many parts of Asia migrating or fleeing eastward from their place of origin in Mesopotamia. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

A

• Sandra Annenberg, journalist and news anchor^{[citation needed]}
• Clara Ant, political activist and presidential adviser
• Daniel Azulay, comic artist^{[citation needed]}
• Jom Tob Azulay, film director
• Rubem David Azulay, dermatologist, founder of Brazilian Society of Dermatology

Clara Ant is a Brazilian architect and political activist. ... Jom Tob Azulay, a Brazilian film director, is currently the head of the National Cinematographic Agency (Ancine). ...

B

• Hector Babenco, film director
• Miro Bacin, journalist
• Leoncio Basbaum, physician and political activist
• Carlos Minc Baumfeld, politician and social activist
• Moysés Baumstein, holographer, film/video producer, painter, writer
• Manoel Beckman, colonial leader
• Adriana Behar, beach volleyball player
• Tatiana Belinky, actress and writer [2] [3]
• Olga Benário Prestes, communist militant
• Samuel Benchimol, entrepreneur and Amazon pioneer
• Abraham Bentes, army commander
• Daniel Benzali, TV actor
• Claudio Besserman Vianna, comedian
• Joel Birman, writer
• Eva Altman Blay, sociologist and politician
• Adolfo Bloch, journalist [4]
• Debora Bloch, actress
• Nilton Bonder, community leader and writer
• Gilberto Braga, author
• Claudio Basbaum ,gynecologist medecine professor

Héctor Eduardo Babenco is a Brazilian director, screenwriter, producer and actor. ... Leôncio Basbaum (1907 – 1969) was born in the state of Pernambuco the child of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. ... Moysés Baumstein (São Paulo, 1931 - 1991) was a Brazilian artist. ... Manoel Beckman, also known as Bequimao, was a 17th century Jewish trader and farmer in Sao Luiz, Maranhao in the North East of Brazil. ... Adriana Behar, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1969, is one of the most outstanding volleyball players of her generation. ... Olga Benário Prestes (1908 – 1942) was a German-Brazilian communist militant, born in Munich. ... Samuel Benchimol (1924 – 2002), was a Jewish Brazilian economist, scientist and professor. ... Abraham Ramiro Bentes (1912 – 1990), a Brazilian Army commander and linguist was born in Itaituba, Pará State in Northern Brazil, the offspring of Jewish immigrants from Morocco. ... Daniel Benzali (born January 20, 1950 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil) is an American actor of television, film and theater. ... Cláudio Besserman Vianna, the comedian Bussunda (photo taken by José Cruz/ABr). ... Joel Birman, a Brazilian psychiatrist and psychotherapist, was born in Rio de Janeiro of Romanian Jewish immigrant parents. ... Eva Alterman Blay, a Brazilian sociologist, was born in Sao Paulo in 1937. ... Beautiful mature latin American actress, plays a key role in the film Bossa Nova with Amy Irving and Antonio Fagundes. ... Rabbi Nilton Bonder was trained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City and lectures regularly in the United States. ...

C

• Waldemar Levy Cardoso, field marshal
• Boris Casoy, journalist
• Otto Maria Carpeaux, literary critic
• Moyses Chahon, army commander
• Juca Chaves, comedian, composer and singer
• Caco Ciocler, actor
• Roberto Civita, journalist and entrepreneur [5]
• Victor Civita, journalist
• Deborah Colker, dancer and choreographer

Waldemar Levy Cardoso, the son of Jewish immigrants from Morocco, is currently, at the age of 104 years, the only living field marshal of the Brazilian Army. ... Boris Casoy Boris Casoy, a Brazilian journalist, was born in 1941 in São Paulo of Jewish Ukrainian immigrant parents. ... Moyses Chahon (1918 – 1981) was a Brazilian Army general and a distinguished veteran of World War II. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, the child of Jewish immigrants from Izmir, Turkey. ... Juca Chaves (1938 in Rio de Janeiro, as Jurandir Czaczkes) is a Brazilian comedian, singer and writer well known for his irreverence. ... Victor Civita (1907-1990), a Brazilian publisher and philanthropist , was born in New York of Italian parents and immigrated to Sao Paulo, Brazil in the late 1940’s. ... Deborah Colker is a worldwide famous Brazilian dancer and choreographer. ...

D

• Gilberto Dimenstein, journalist
• Alberto Dines, journalist
• Tufi Duek, fashion designer

Gilberto Dimenstein, a senior Brazilian journalist, was born in city of Sao Paulo in 1956. ... Alberto Dines, a Brazilian journalist, was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1932. ... Tufi Duek was born in Rio de Janeiro but moved to Sao Paulo as child. ...

E

• German Efromovich, entrepreneur [6]

German Efromovich (born ca. ...

F

• Leon Feffer, industrialist [7] [8]
• Benny Feilhaber professional soccer player^[1]
• Walter Feldman, politician [9]
• Fortuna, singer and composer
• Vilém Flusser, philosopher

Benny Feilhaber (born January 19, 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is an American professional soccer player. ... Fortuna is a Brazilian female singer song-writer, with Jewish background, researcher of Sephardic tradition since 1992. ... Vilém Flusser (1920–1991) was a self-taught philosopher. ...

G

• Marcelo Gleiser, physicist and writer
• Betty Gofman, actress^{[citation needed]}
• Rosane Gofman, actress^{[citation needed]}
• José Goldemberg, educator, physicist and minister
• Alberto Goldman, politician
• Alisson Gothz, drag queen

 [10] 

• Oded Grajew, human rights activist [11]
• Serginho Groisman, TV host [12]

Dr. Marcelo Gleiser is a brazilian physicist and astronomer. ... José Goldemberg, a Brazilian, is a leading expert on energy end environment issues and is currently secretary for the environment of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. ...

H

• Mario Haberfeld, racing driver
• Alexandre Herchcovitch, fashion designer
• Wladimir Herzog, journalist
• Leon Hirszman, film director [13]
• Luciano Huck, TV show host
• Felipe Hirch, theater director

[14] Mario Haberfeld is a Brazilian auto racing driver born January 25, 1976. ... Alexandre Herchcovitch (born in 21 July 1971, in São Paulo, Brazil) is a fashion designer. ... Wladimir Herzog (1937-1975), also known as Vlado Herzog, was a Brazilian TV journalist. ... Luciano Huck (born São Paulo, September 3, 1971) is a Brazilian television personality. ...

J

• Roberto Justus, advertiser and TV host [15]

K

• Isaac Karabtchevsky, musician and conductor
• Abraham Kasinski, industrialist [16]
• Elisa Kauffman, politician
• Israel Klabin, mayor of Rio de Janeiro[17]
• Jacques Klein, pianist [18]
• Samuel Klein (businessman), entrepreneur [19]
• Samuel Kicis, army commander
• Ithamara Koorax, jazz singer
• Frans Krajcberg, artist and environmentalist [20]
• Miguel Krigsner, entrepreneur and environmentalist
• Bel Kutner, actress

Isaac Karabtchevsky, is a Brazilian conductor and musician of international fame. ... This article is about the Brazilian city. ... Jacques Klein (10 July 1930 - 24 October 1982) was a Brazilian composer and pianist. ... for other people by this name, see Samuel Klein (disambiguation) Samuel Klein (Zaklików, Poland, 15 November, 1923) is a business person who founded the Casas Bahia string of department stores in Brazil. ... Samuel Kicis, was a Brazilian Army general and a veteran of World War II. He served as a captain in the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italy and was mentioned in dispatches. ... Ithamara Koorax (born 28 April 1965 in Rio de Janeiro) is a popular Brazilian pop-jazz singer. ... Miguel Krigsner is the president of the Brazilian company O Boticário and the founder of the Fundação de Proteção à Natureza, one of the main Brazilian environmental NGOs. ...

L

• Celso Lafer, diplomat [21]
• Cesar Lattes, physicist
• Iosif Landau, writer and poet
• Jaime Lerner, politician (governor Paraná state), urban planner
• José Lewgoy, actor and director
• Clarice Lispector, writer
• Leo Lebellot, musician, songwriter and lead singer of the Brazilian Rock Band Prato Principal. [22]

Celso Lafer (1941-) is a Brazilian jurist, professor of Philosophy of Law at University of São Paulo and twice former foreign minister. ... César Lattes in 1987 Cesare Mansueto Giulio Lattes (b. ... Jaime Lerner Jaime Lerner was governor of the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil. ... José Lewgoy was born in Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil in 1920, and died in 2003, in Rio de Janeiro. ... Clarice Lispector (December 10, 1920 - December 9, 1977) was a Brazilian writer. ...

N

• Salomão Nauslausky, army commander
• Arnaldo Niskier, journalist and writer [23]
• Noel Nutels, public health physician and human rights activist
• Carlos Nuzman, sportsman and president of Olympic Committee [24]

Salomao Nauslausky was a Brazilian Army commander and a veteran of World War II. He served as an officer in the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italy and was mentioned in dispatches. ... Noel Nutels (1913- 1973), was a Brazilian physician who dedicated his life to the well-being of Brazilian Amerindians. ...

P

• Joyce Pascowitch, journalist
• Ivo Perelman, jazz saxophonist [25]
• Flora Purim, jazz singer
• Ricardo Rosset, Formula One driver

Flora Purim is a Jewish Brazilian jazz singer known mainly for her work in jazz fusion. ... Ricardo Rosset was a Formula One driver from Brazil. ...

S

• Edmond Safra, banker [26]
• Joseph Safra, banker
• Ricardo Semler, enterpreneur
• Moise Safra, banker
• Silvio Santos, (Senor Abravanel), TV show host
• Mario Schenberg, physicist
• Moacyr Scliar, writer
• Lasar Segall, artist
• Dina Sfat, actress [27]
• Paul Singer, economist, writer, politician, activist.
• Amir Slama, fashion designer
• Henry Sobel, Rabbi, community leader
• Jaime Spitzcovsky, journalist [28]
• Dan Stulbach, actor [29]
• Luciano Szafir, actor [30]
• Alex Stry, Musician - Guitarist and Singer of Brazilian Rock band Prato Principal.

Edmond Jacob Safra (August 6, 1932, Beirut, Lebanon - December 3, 1999, Monaco) was a Brazilian-naturalized, Jewish Lebanese banker who was born in Beirut. ... Joseph Safra runs the Brazilian banking and investment empire Banco Safra. ... Ricardo Semler (born 1959 in São Paulo) is the CEO and majority owner of Semco SA, a Brazilian company best known for its radical form of industrial democracy and corporate re-engineering. ... Silvio Santos (born Senor Abravanel on December 12, 1930) is a TV show host in Brazil and owner of SBT, the second largest Brazilian television network. ... Mário Schenberg Mário Schenberg, (b. ... Moacyr Jaime Scliar, a Brazilian writer and physician, was born in the Jewish quarter of Porto Alegre, in the Southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul in 1937. ... Painting of Mário de Andrade by Lasar Segall Lasar Segall (July 21, 1891-August 2, 1957) was a Lithuanian Jewish painter who lived much of his life in Brazil. ... Paul Singer is a billionaire of Elliott Associates. ... Amir Slama (born in Brazil) [1] is an Arab Brazilian of Iraqi Jewish heritage. ... Henry Sobel Henry Sobel (Lisbon, Portugal, January 9, 1944) is a Brazilian rabbi and an American citizen, and president of the Congregação Israelita Paulista (CIP), the largest Jewish congregation in Latin America, in São Paulo, Brazil. ...

T

• Nathalia Thimberg, actress
• Eva Todor, actress [31]
• Gabriel Toueg, journalist

W

• Mauricio Waldman, sociologist and politician
• Didi Wagner, tv show host

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Y

• Yara Yavelberg, political activist

Yara Yavelberg (1943 - 1971) was born in São Paulo. ...

Z

• Mayana Zatz, geneticist
• Jacob Zveibil, politician^{[citation needed]}
• Jacob Zveiter, air force commander
• David Zylberstajn, politician and administrator [32]
• Benjamin Zymler, auditor-general

Mayana Zatz is a Brazilian molecular biologist and geneticist. ... Jacob Zveiter, was a Brazilian Air Force wing commander and a veteran of World War II. As a young officer, he served in the air wing of Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italy and was mentioned in dispatches. ... Benjamin Zymler was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1956 and is currently based in Brasilia. ...

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• Jacob Blochtein, physician and writer^{[citation needed]}
• Jacob Benemond, sailor^{[citation needed]}
• Moysés Baumstein, publisher, holographer, artist
• Jaime Benatar, scientist^{[citation needed]}
• Caco Ciocler, actor^{[citation needed]}
• Rodrigo Osna, entrepreneur^{[citation needed]}
• Gilberto Tumscitz Braga, novelist^{[citation needed]}
• Jose Benedito Cohen, poet^{[citation needed]}
• Betty Fuks, writer^{[citation needed]}
• Rubens Gerchman, painter^{[citation needed]}
• Alfred Lemle, physician and writer^{[citation needed]}
• Salomao Malina, politician^{[citation needed]}
• Abraham Kasinski, industrialist^{[citation needed]}
• Mario Kertesz, journalist and politician^{[citation needed]}
• Flavio Koutzi, politician and social activist^{[citation needed]}
• Inacio L. Obadia (architect, Rio De Janeiro)^{[citation needed]}
• Helena Salem, journalist and writer^{[citation needed]}
• Elie Horn, founder of Cyrela Group^{[citation needed]}
• Ivoncy Ioschpe, industrialist^{[citation needed]}
• Bella Josef, writer^{[citation needed]}
• Fabio Koifman, historian^{[citation needed]}
• Fayga Ostrower, painter and writer^{[citation needed]}

[33] Moysés Baumstein (São Paulo, 1931 - 1991) was a Brazilian artist. ... Rubens Gerchman (1942 –) was born in Rio de Janeiro[1]. Brazilian painter and sculptor, who is influence by concrete and neoconcrete art[2]. Many of his works are paintings based on populist themes and his political beliefs which followed those of neoconcrete artists[2]. Meanwhile, Gerchman’s sculptures with letters...

• Mauricio Pinkusfeld, sailor^{[citation needed]}
• Carla Pinsky, historian and writer^{[citation needed]}
• Jacks Rabinovich, industrialist^{[citation needed]}
• Moises Rabinovitch, journalist^{[citation needed]}
• Saul Raiz, politician (mayor Curitiba)^{[citation needed]}
• Isaias Raw, biochemist and educator^{[citation needed]}
• Philippe Reichstul, civil servant and administrator^{[citation needed]}
• Cora Ronai, journalist^{[citation needed]}
• Max Rosenmann, politician^{[citation needed]}
• Bernard Rajzman, volleyball player^{[citation needed]}
• David Rodin, sailor^{[citation needed]}
• Caca Rosset, director^{[citation needed]}
• Jacob Gorender, politician and historian^{[citation needed]}
• Mauricio Grabois, communist political activist^{[citation needed]}
• Jacob Guinsburg, publisher^{[citation needed]}
• Zevi Ghivelder, journalist^{[citation needed]}
• Andre Singer, journalist and presidential spokesman^{[citation needed]}
• Alfredo Sirkis, politician and ecologist^{[citation needed]}
• Mauricio Sirotski, journalist^{[citation needed]}
• Eugenio Staub, industrialist^{[citation needed]}
• Benjamin Steinbruch, steel manufacturer^{[citation needed]}
• Hans Stern, entrepreneur^{[citation needed]}
• Salli Szajnferber, army commander^{[citation needed]}
• Fanny Tabak, political activist^{[citation needed]}
• Boris Schnaiderman, writer^{[citation needed]}
• Chael Schreier, political activist^{[citation needed]}
• Mauricio Schulman, civil servant and administrator^{[citation needed]}
• Carlos Scliar, painter^{[citation needed]}
• Natalia Thimberg, actress^{[citation needed]}
• Henrique Veltman, journalist^{[citation needed]}
• Jacques Wagner, trade unionist and minister^{[citation needed]}
• Ann Wainer, environmental lawyer, writer^{[citation needed]}
• David Wainer, journalist^{[citation needed]}
• Samuel Wainer, journalist^{[citation needed]}
• Arnold Wald, jurist^{[citation needed]}
• Waldemar Zveiter, high court judge^{[citation needed]}
• Helio Zylberstajn, economist and writer^{[citation needed]}
• Gregori Warchavchik, architect^{[citation needed]}
• Istvan Wessel, entrepreneur^{[citation needed]}
• Israel Zecker, politician^{[citation needed]}
• Leo Kryss, entrepreneur^{[citation needed]}

Hans Stern (October 1, 1922 – October 26, 2007) was a Brazilian jeweler and businessman. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

See also

• See too news groups in Brazil
• List of Latin American Jews
• List of Brazilians
• List of Jews

This page is a list of Jews. ... This is a list of well known Brazilians (by nationality or citizenship), ordered alphabetically within categories: // Main article: List of Brazilian actors Ana Paula Arósio (1975-), actress Antônio Fagundes (1949-), actor Bruno Campos, actor Bibi Ferreira, actress Bruna Lombardi, actress Daniel Benzali, actor Daniele Suzuki, actress Dercy Gon... This page is a list of Jews. ...

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