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Revision as of 22:20, 6 October 2005 by Vizcarra (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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 Mexican Jews.
- Jacob Bekenstein, physicist
- Sabina Berman, playwright
- Shanik Berman broadcaster
- Jorge Castañeda, foreign minister (Jewish mother)
- Daniel Catán, composer
- Salomon Cohen & Miguel Goldstein co-founders of Dorian department stores chain
- Giselle Fernández, television journalist (Jewish mother)
- Julio Frenk Mora, Secretary of Health
- Tito Fuentes, member of Molotov
- Margo Glantz, writer & critic
- Alejandro Jodorowsky, director
- Frida Kahlo, painter (Jewish father)
- Santiago Levy Algazi, director of the Mexican Social Security
- Alejandro Marcovich, member of Caifanes
- Marcos Moshinsky, physicist
- Isaac Saba Rafaul, billionaire owner of Grupo Casa Saba
- Fernando Schwartz, sports comentator
- Ilan Stavans, literary critic
- Henryk Szeryng, violinist
- Alan Tacher broadcaster & entertainer
- Ari Telch, actor
- Leon Trotsky, revolutionary (Mexican exile)
- Pancho Villa, revolutionary (Jewish paternal grandfather)
- Abraham Zabludovsky, tv journalist
- Jacobo Zabludovsky, tv journalist