NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of Latin American Jews

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. Among the numerous organizations that nucleate Latin American Jews, the Jewish Culture Fund for Latin America (www.jewishculturela.org)is the most visible and the central organ for Jewish outreach. Here is a list of some prominent Latin American Jews, arranged by country of origin. Image File history File links Star_of_David. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Who is a Jew? (Hebrew: ) is a religious, social and political debate on the exact definition of which persons can be considered Jewish. ... Main article: List of Jews. ... Main article: List of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... Here is a list of some prominent (non Latin-) Caribbean Jews, arranged by country of origin. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... 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. ... Christopher Columbus is the incorrectly Latinized name of Don Cristoval Colon, the navigator and maritime explorer credited as the discoverer of the Americas. ... This article describes some ethnic, historic, and cultural aspects of the Jewish identity; for a consideration of the Jewish religion, refer to the article Judaism. ... 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. ...

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

A portrait of Jorge Isaacs. ... Beaux Arts Building, BogotÃ¡, D.C.. Art Museum, BogotÃ¡, D.C.. The National University of Colombia is a public educational institution. ... German Efromovich is a Brazilian entrepeneur born to a family of Polish Jews in Bolivia. ...

Cuba

Ruth Behar (born 1962) is an American anthropologist, poet, and writer who teaches at the University of Michigan. ... Olga Guillot (born c. ... Dr. JosÃ© Miller (1925, Yaguajay, Cuba - February 27, 2006, Havana) was the leader of the Jewish community of Cuba for 25 years, from 1981 when the community was tiny and endangered, through the 1990s during which they returned to vigorous growth and reemerged on the world stage. ...

El Salvador

Juan Lindo was President of El Salvador between February 22, 1841 and February 1, 1842, and President of Honduras two times in succession between February 12, 1847 and February 1, 1852. ...

Guatemala

Francisco Goldman is a famous author born of a Guatemalan mother and a Jewish-American father. ... Alcina Lubitch Domecq (b. ... The Inter-American Development Bank (preferred abbreviation: IDB; but frequently given as IADB), was established in 1959 to support Latin American and Caribbean economic/social development and regional integration by lending mainly to public institutions. ... Jaime Permuth is a Guatemalan photographer living and working in New York City. ... David Unger is a famous Guatemalan-American author and translator. ...

Honduras

Juan Lindo was President of El Salvador between February 22, 1841 and February 1, 1842, and President of Honduras two times in succession between February 12, 1847 and February 1, 1852. ... Pres. ... Salvador Moncada was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on December 3, 1944. ...

Mexico

Nicaragua

Herty Lewites Herty Lewites RodrÃguez (born December 24, 1939) is a Nicaraguan politician. ...

Panama

Eric Arturo Delvalle (born February 2, 1937 in Panama City) was President of Panama from September 28, 1985 to February 26, 1988. ... Pres. ...

Peru

Puerto Rico

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sammy Davis, Jr. ... Ari Meyers (born April 6, 1969, San Juan, Puerto Rico) is an actress, probably best known for her role as Emma Jane McArdle in the Kate & Allie (1984) TV series. ... Geraldo Rivera Gerald Michael Rivera (born July 4, 1943 in New York City), known to TV audiences as â€œGeraldo Riveraâ€ or simply â€œGeraldoâ€, is an American television journalist and former talk show host. ... Brenda K. Starr (born Brenda Kaplan on October 15, 1966 in New York City) is a singer originally in dance/pop music, but now mostly in salsa-based music. ... Rachel Ticotin (born November 1, 1958 in the Bronx, New York) is an actress of Puerto Rican descent. ...

Uruguay

Jorge Drexler (1964- ) is an Uruguayan singer, the first Uruguayan to win an Academy Award for composing the song of The Motorcycle Diaries, which was performed together by Antonio Banderas and Santana in the 77th Academy Awards ceremony. ... Ricardo Ehrlich (1948-) is a Uruguayan political figure. ... Gabe Saporta (born October 11, 1979 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is the lead singer and bassist for the band Midtown, and the project Cobra Starship. ... Cobra Starship is the side project of Midtowns singer Gabe Saporta. ... The word Midtown, when used by itself, can refer to: Midtown Manhattan, a part of the borough of Manhattan in the city of New York Midtown Atlanta, north of the downtown area, and home to some of Atlantas skyscrapers Midtown, Detroit, is an area roughly two square miles squat... Carlos Sherman (Карлас Шэрман in Belarusian) (October 25, 1934 - March 4, 2005) Uruguay-born Belarusian-Spanish translator, writer, human rights activist and honorary vice-president of the Belarusan PEN Center (a worldwide association of writers, aimed to promote intellectual cooperation...

Venezuela

Manuel Blum (born 26 April 1938 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1995 In recognition of his contributions to the foundations of computational complexity theory and its application to cryptography and program checking. // Biography Blum attended MIT, where he received his bachelors... A promotional image of the band Yerba Buena is a Grammy-nominated fussion band based out of New York. ... MoisÃ©s Kaufman (born 1964) is a playwright and director. ... With MoisÃ¨s Kaufman at the helm, the Tectonic Theater Project explores the ways in which experimentation with form and structure can inform theme in contemporary drama. ... Reynaldo Hahn Reynaldo Hahn (born August 9, 1874 in Caracas, Venezuela, died January 28, 1947 in Paris, France) was a naturalised French musical composer, conductor, music critic and diarist. ... Baruj Benacerraf, M.D. Baruj Benacerraf (born 29 October 1920) is a Venezuelan-American immunologist who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the Major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface molecules important for the immune systems distinction between self and non... Teodoro Petkoff Teodoro Petkoff (born in Zulia State January 3, 1932) is a Venezuelan politician, ex-guerrilla, journalist and economist. ...

See also

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