List of Argentine Jews history of the Jews in 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 — most of whom live in Argentina , with large communities also present in Brazil. The following is a list of some prominent Argentine Jews:Athletes Daniel Brailovsky , football player Carolina Duer , boxer Gastón Etlis , tennis player Nicolas Falczuk , football player Fernando Fligman , football player Naón Isidro , football player Martín Jaite , tennis player Waldo Kantor , volleyball player Giselle Kañevsky , field hockey player Valentina Kogan , handball player Nora Koppel , weightlifter Daniela Krukower , judoka Lucas Matías Licht , football player Bryan Man , football player Federico Mociulsky , football player José Pekerman , football coach Sergio Roitman , tennis player Martín Schusterman , rugby player Diego Schwartzman , tennis player Juan Pablo Sorín , football player Eial Strahman , football player Pablo Tabachnik , table tennis player Nicolás Tauber , football player Jonathan Tennenbaum , football player Nicolas Valansi , football player Alexis Weisheim , football player Fernando Zylberberg , field hockey playerEntertainers Héctor Babenco , film director Tato Bores , humorist Daniel Burman , filmmaker Julio Chávez , actor Jorge Guinzburg , journalist, theatrical producer , humorist and TV and radio host Musicians Martha Argerich , concert pianist Daniel Barenboim , conductor and pianist Mario Davidovsky , composer Giora Feidman , klezmer musician Max Glücksmann , pioneer of the Argentine music and film industries Osvaldo Golijov , classical composer Alejandro Lerner , singer and songwriter Lalo Schifrin , composer Oscar Strasnoy , composer and conductorPoliticians José Alperovich , ex-governor of Tucumán Province Tania Bíder , revolutionary fighter Beatriz Rojkés de Alperovich , ex-Provisional President of the Senate Daniel Filmus , senator César Jaroslavsky , former national congressman Axel Kicillof , ex-Minister of Economy Héctor Timerman , journalist, politician, human rights activist and diplomatReligion Sergio Bergman , rabbi, politician, pharmacist, writer and social activist Abraham Skorka , rabbi and biophysicistScientists Laszlo Biro , inventor of the ballpoint pen César Milstein , immunologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine winnerMathematicians Gregory Chaitin , mathematician Beppo Levi , mathematician Cora Sadosky , mathematician Manuel Sadosky , mathematicianWriters Marcos Aguinis , journalist, writer Marcelo Birmajer , writer Isidoro Blaisten , writer Sergio Chejfec , writer León Dujovne , writer, philosopher, journalist, essayist Samuel Eichelbaum , writer Juan Gelman , poet Alberto Gerchunoff , writer Noé Jitrik , essayist, literary critic Alberto Manguel , novelist and essayist Alejandra Pizarnik , poet Andrés Rivera , born Marcos Ribak, novelist Alejandro Rozitchner , essayist Ana María Shua , writer César Tiempo , born Israel Zeitlin, writer and screenwriter Jacobo Timerman , Political commentator , journalist Bernardo Verbitsky , novelist Horacio Verbitsky , journalistOthers Mario Blejer , economist Miguel Najdorf , Polish-Argentine chess Grandmaster Raquel Partnoy , painter Naomi Preizler , fashion model and artist Alejandro Romay , businessman Damián Szifron , film and television director and screenwriterFootnotes
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