Prime Minister of Peru 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, 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 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". Taff, Layla, Painter, Artist, drawer, daughter of Joseph Tafur-Vina. 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 Rivera, Geraldo, journalist Sally Jessy Raphael, syndicated talk show host 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 Uruguay Monsieur Chouchani, mysterious scholar Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor Jorge Drexler, singer/songwriter (Jewish father) Ricardo Ehrlich, mayor of Montevideo Gabe Saporta, singer/songwriter/bassist of Cobra Starship and Midtown Carlos Sherman, writer (Jewish father, Uruguay-born) Freddy Nieuchowicz, aka Orlando Petinatti, radio host Venezuela Main: Venezuelan Jews Harry Abend, sculptor Lolita Aniyar de Castro, lawyer and politician Ivonne