List of Brazilian Jews

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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.

[edit] 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

[edit] B

• Hector Babenco, film director
• Leoncio Basbaum, physician and political activist
• Carlos Minc Baumfeld, politician and social activist
• Manoel Beckman, colonial leader
• Adriana Behar, beach volleyball player
• Tatiana Belinky, actress and writer [[1]] [[2]]
• 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 [3]
• Debora Bloch, actress
• Nilton Bonder, community leader and writer

[edit] 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, jornalist and entrepeneur [4]
• Victor Civita, journalist
• Deborah Colker, dancer and choreographer

[edit] D

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

[edit] E

• German Efromovich, entrepreneur [5]

[edit] F

• Leon Feffer, industrialist [6] [7]
• Benny Feilhaber professional soccer player <ref>Feilhaber - [8] "Outside of my UCLA teammate Benny Feilhaber, I never really thought there were other high-class Jewish soccer players out there"</ref>
• Walter Feldman, politician [9]
• Fortuna, singer and composer
• Vilém Flusser, philosopher

[edit] 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 [10]
• Oded Grajew, human rights activist [11]
• Serginho Groisman, TV host [12]

[edit] H

• Mario Haberfeld, racing driver
• Alexandre Herchcovitch, fashion designer
• Wladimir Herzog, journalist
• Leon Hirszman, film director [13]
• Luciano Huck, TV show host [14]

[edit] J

• Roberto Justus, advertiser and TV host [15]

[edit] K

• Tony Kanaan, racing driver
• Isaac Karabtchevsky, musician and conductor
• Abraham Kasinski, industrialist [16]
• Elisa Kauffman, politician
• Israel Klabin, politician (mayor Rio de Janeiro) [17]
• Samuel Klein, entrepreneur [18]
• Samuel Kicis, army commander
• Ithamara Koorax, jazz singer
• Frans Krajcberg, artist and environmentalist [19]
• Miguel Krigsner, entrepreneur and environmentalist

[edit] L

• Celso Lafer, diplomat [20]
• Cesar Lattes, physicist
• Jaime Lerner, politician (governor Paraná state), urban planner
• José Lewgoy, actor and director
• Clarice Lispector, writer

[edit] M

• Guido Mantega, planning minister
• Boris Markenson, navy commander
• José Mindlin, entrepreneur and bibliophile [21]

[edit] N

• Salomão Nauslausky, army commander
• Arnaldo Niskier, journalist and writer [22]
• Noel Nutels, public health physician and human rights activist
• Carlos Nuzman, sportsman and president of Olympic Committee [23]

[edit] P

• Joyce Pascowitch, journalist
• Ivo Perelman, jazz saxophonist [[24]]
• Flora Purim, jazz singer

[edit] S

• Edmond Safra, banker [25]
• Joseph Safra, banker
• Moise Safra, banker
• Silvio Santos, (Senor Abravanel), TV show host
• Mario Schenberg, physicist
• Moacyr Scliar, author
• Lasar Segall, artist
• Dina Sfat, actress [26]
• Henry Sobel, Rabbi, community leader
• Jaime Spitzcovsky, journalist [27]
• Dan Stulbach, actor [28]
• Luciano Szafir, actor [29]

[edit] T

• Eva Todor, actress [30]

[edit] W

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

[edit] Y

• Yara Yavelberg, political activist

[edit] Z

• Mayana Zatz, geneticist
• Jacob Zveibil, politician^{[citation needed]}
• Jacob Zveiter, air force commander
• David Zylberstajn, politician and administrator [31]
• Benjamin Zymler, auditor-general

[edit] Unsourced

• Jacob Blochtein, physician and writer^{[citation needed]}
• Jacob Benemond, sailor^{[citation needed]}
• Moyses Baumstein, publisher^{[citation needed]}
• 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]}
• Jacques Klein, pianist^{[citation needed]}
• Fabio Koifman, historian^{[citation needed]}
• Fayga Ostrower, painter and writer^{[citation needed]}[[32]]
• 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, activist ^{[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]}

[edit] See also

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

[edit] Footnotes

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