Venezuelan Jews - Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

• Alegría Hudes, Quiara – author, playwright. Wrote the book for Broadway's musical In the Heights. Her play, Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2007.
• Sandy Alomar, Sr. father was Jewish but an agnostic who allowed his children to be brought up Catholic
• Anderson, Axel – actor/director, Anderson made his debut in Puerto Rican television with a sitcom named Qué Pareja a local version of I Love Lucy.
• Blaine, David – magician, Blaine is also an endurance artist and Guinness Book of Records world record-holder.
• Brugman, Mathias – was a leader in Puerto Rico's independence revolution against Spain known as El Grito de Lares (Lares' Cry).
• Kaplan, Julio – Puerto Rican chess player and former world junior champion.
• Katz Montiel, Marco – composer for Zoey's Zoo and trombonist with Charlie Palmieri and Mon Rivera.
• Leavitt, Raphy – composer, director and founder of "La Selecta"
• Lehman, Manny – DJ and producer.
• Levy, Hila – U.S. Air Force, made history in 2007 when she became the first Puerto Rican Rhodes Scholar.
• Meyers, Ari – actress, Best known for her role as Emma Jane McArdle in the Kate & Allie (1984) TV series.
• Ostow, Micol – author of "Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa" and "Mind Your Manners, Dick and Jane".
• Phoenix, Joaquin – actor, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Gladiator in 2000 and in 2005, he was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, and won a Golden Globe in the same category in 2006 for his role as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line.
• Prinze, Freddie – actor, was best known as the star of Chico and the Man.
• Prinze Jr., Freddie – actor, Prinze starred in several Hollywood films which included Delgo, I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, as well as She's All That, and Scooby-Doo.
• Rivera, Geraldo – journalist
• Seijo, Jorge – Puerto Rican radio and television personality
• Starr, Brenda K. – salsa singer, her seventh album, Atrevete a Olvidarme, titled, "Tu Eres" earned her a nomination by the Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2006.
• Snyder, Aaron Cecil – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
• Tassler, Nina – President of CBS Entertainment.
• Ticotin, Rachel – actress, starred in Critical Condition, Where the Day Takes You Falling Down Total Recall and in Con Air, where she earned an ALMA Award for her role as prison guard Sally Bishop.
• Ticotin, Sahaj – vocalist/guitarist from the Rock band Ra.