List of Chilean Jews

Chilean Jews are Chileans residing in the Republic of Chile who are of either Jewish ancestry or observe the Jewish faith.

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In the 2012 Chilean census, 16,294 Chilean residents listed their religion as Judaism, an increase of 8.8% since 2002.[1][2] The actual Jewish community in Chile is estimated to be slightly larger.[3][4] Chilean Jews are found across the country, although the majority live in the cities of Santiago and Valparaíso, and are predominantly found in higher-paying professions and all walks of public life.[5] The Chilean Jewish population decreased in the political turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s, but their identity as Jews in Chile remains. Most Chilean Jews are Ashkenazim. Here is a list of some prominent Chilean Jews.

Actors

Sportspeople
Nicolás Massú

Scientists
  • Mordo Alvo, physician and member of the scientific academy Instituto de Chile[11]
  • Claudio Bunster, scientist (Jewish mother)[12]
  • Fernando Cassorla, physician and member of the scientific academy Instituto de Chile[11]
  • Alejandro Lipschuetz, anthropologist and endocrinologist[8]

Mathematicians

Other notable Chileans of Jewish descent
  • Andrés Weintraub, Professor Department of Industrial Engineering University of Chile
  • Chris Isaak Apablaza, zoologist
  • Leonardo Farkas, businessman and philanthropist
  • Marjorie Agosín, human rights activist, professor, and writer[13]
  • Shai Agosin, TV producer and presenter[14]
  • José Berdichewsky, Pinochet's Ambassador in Israel[15]
  • Eduardo Bitrán, former Minister of Public Works[16]
  • David Stitchkin Branover, Rector of the University of Concepción from 1956 - 1962.
  • Cristopher Carpentier, chef (converted to Judaism)[17]
  • Jacques Chonchol, Minister of Agriculture in the Allende government[8]
  • Leopoldo Donnebaum, businessman and philanthropist
  • Ariel Dorfman, author and scholar[18]
  • Roberto Dueñas, modeling agent[19]
  • Christián Apablaza, Photographer, Graphic artist
  • Julián Elfenbein, journalist, television host[20]
  • Efrain Friedman, director of Chilean Atomic Research Committee[8]
  • Benjamín Galemiri, playwright[21]
  • Rodrigo Guendelman, journalist[20]
  • Clarisa Hardy, psychologist; former (2006-2007) Minister of Planning[22]
  • Rodrigo Hinzpeter, politician
  • Tomás Hirsch, politician, businessman[23]
  • Jeremías Israel, motoracing driver (Jewish father)[24]
  • Mauricio Israel, television host[20]
  • Claudio Jodorkovsky, rabbi[25]
  • Alejandro Jodorowsky, film director (Chilean-born)[26]
  • Alberto van Klaveren, (2006–2009) Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations[22]
  • José Klein, former owner of Minera Santa Barbara[27]
  • Marcelo Kormis, rabbi[25]
  • Mario Kreutzberger, better known as Don Francisco, TV host[6]
  • Vivi Kreutzberger, television host[6]
  • Marcos Libedinsky, former president of the Supreme Court of Justice[28]
  • Sergio Melnick, economist, Minister of ODEPLAN under Pinochet[29]
  • Lily Pérez, politician[30]
  • Daniel Platovsky, businessman, politician, and eldest son of Milan Platovsky (Jewish father)[31]
  • Milan Platovsky, Holocaust survivor and businessman who wrote a best-selling autobiography[31]
  • Andres Pollak, jazz musician[8]
  • Karen Poniachik, journalist; former Minister of Mining and Energy[22]
  • Sarika Rodrik, fashion designer[32]
  • Frank Sauerbaum, politician
  • Daniel Schidlow, Dean, Drexel University College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. (Chilean born)[33]
  • Leon Schidlowsky, music teacher and composer
  • Miguel Schweitzer Speisky, Pinochet's Minister of Justice[15][34]
  • Miguel Schweitzer Walters, Pinochet's Minister of External Affairs and ambassador to the UK[15][34]
  • Jorge Schaulsohn, politician[35]
  • Gabriel Silber, deputy[36]
  • Jacob Stoulman Bortnik, businessman, kidnapped by DINA during the Operacion Condor plan in Argentina[27]
  • Víctor Tevah, fiddler[8]
  • Marcelo Tokman, Minister of Energy[37]
  • Julián Vainstein, rabbi[25]
  • Ana Vásquez-Bronfman (née Ana Lucia Bronfman Weinstein), (1931-2009) writer, social scientist[38]
  • José Weinstein, Minister of Culture under Ricardo Lagos[39]
  • Jaime Wisnaik, director of department of engineering at the Catholic University of Santiago[8]
  • Mario Alvo, businessmen

See also

References
  1. http://www.ine.cl/cd2002/sintesiscensal.pdf
  2. Censo: Comunidad Judía duda de las cifras sobre sus fieles
  3. Poblaciones actuales de judíos. Archived 2012-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Los judíos residentes en Chile
  5. (in Spanish) Judios en Chile. Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
  6. page 48: "Chile's best-known actors are Jewish, including Shlomit Baytelman, Alejandro Cohen, Anita Klesky, Jael Unger"
  7. Daniel Emilfork obituary - Times Online
  8. The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Chile
  9. Nicolas Massu
  10. The Jewish Chronicle
  11. Instituto de Chile Archived 2007-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
  12. Volodia Teitelboim.
  13. VG: Artist Biography: Agosin, Majorie
  14. La palabra israelita, Entrevista., a letter by Enrique Vainroj, August 24, 2007.
  15. The Jewish Experience under Military Dictators in Chile and Argentina during 1970s and 1980s Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
  16. La palabra israelita, Ministro Eduardo Bitrán en el Mercaz., September 29, 2006.
  17. Cristopher Carpentier. Interview in Spanish
  19. Roberto Dueñas. Article in Spanish
  20. Julián Elfenbein. Archived 2006-01-04 at the Wayback Machine Article in Spanish
  21. Untitled Document
  22. Most Jewish gov’t outside Israel – in Chile - Israel Jewish Scene, Ynetnews
  23. Tomás Hirsch. Archived 2007-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
  24. Jeremías Israel. Archived 2003-06-08 at the Wayback Machine Article in Spanish
  25. Monthly Report Archived 2008-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
  26. Alejandro Jodorowsky
  27. La Ultima Gran Operacion De La Dina:
  28. JewishJournal.com
  29. The Jewish Experience under Military Dictators in Chile and Argentina during 1970s and 1980s Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  30. Manifestaciones, marchas y caminatas de solidaridad con el Estado de Israel Archived 2004-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
  31. Milan Platovsky.
  32. Sarika Rodrik La Tercera ::: Mujer.
  33. Daniel Schidlow. Archived 2007-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
  34. Miguel Schweitzer.
  35. Detalle noticia
  36. "Gabriel Silber" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2006-09-22.
  37. Iton Gadol Archived 2008-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
  38. Maiz-Peña, Magdalena (2003). "Ana Vásquez-Bronfman (1947-)". In Kremer, S. Lillian (ed.). Holocaust Literature: An Encyclopedia of Writers and their Work. II: Lerner to Zychlinsky. New York, New York: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1276–1278. ISBN 978-0-415-92984-4.
  39. Revista QuéPasa
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