  here is a list of some prominent (non latin-) caribbean jews, arranged by country of origin. ==antigua and barbuda== * jamaica kincaid, writer ==aruba== * henny eman, prime minister * mike eman, prime minister * cantor irving n. spenadel led the jewish community of aruba on july 2002. ==bermuda== * puisne judge hector barci, elected as highest office in bermuda. ==cuba== * john nunes jamaican jewish distiller at santiago founder of what is now bacardi ==curaÃ§ao== *mordechai ricardo *george maduro *abram mendes de chumaceiro *daniel de leon, socialist leader *carlos zarur, mother from curaÃ§ao *rafael martinez cohen *moises martinez * nick ligthart, owner of the first banana plantation on the island; notorious for importing ukrainian immigrant workers. ashkenazi origin. ==french guiana== *paulo jacomo pinto - also from brazilian descents, allowed jews to enter french guiana by the way of the dutch west india company. ==guyana== * janet jagan, nÃ©e rosenberg, president (1997â99) * nikolo kottarelli, luxury hotel tycoon ==haiti== * amos radian, israelâs dominican republic-based ambassador to eastern caribbean * david ades, political writer for le nouvelliste * daniel kedar, businessman; co-founder of prodev * elisabeth silvera, president of the fondation haiti solidarite (fhs) * eric andrÃ©, actor, comedian, and television host * gaston michel, local tourism official * gilbert bigio, businessman billionaire of syrian descent and israeli honorary consul in haiti * kenneth ades, financial service provider * luis de torres, one of the first jews to settle on haiti, and also christopher columbus's interpreter * reuven bigio, founder of fae (fondation appui Ã  l'education) * fritz mevs, business tycoon; founder of win group * monique pÃ©an, fine jewelry designer * robin padberg, ceo of telecommunications company voila in haiti * rudolph dana, ceo of transec sa * sol, is a musician of russian descent * storm portner, one of the first sugar cane producers in haiti ==jamaica== * chris blackwell, founder of island records (jewish mother) * isaac mendes belisario, artist * lewis gordon, philosopher * joshua haim & jacob raphael decordova, founders of the jamaica gleaner * sean paul, singer (sephardic jewish grandfather) * frank silvera, actor, founder of theatre of being (jewish father) * louis simpson, poet * gertrude thomas nee nunes first wife of inspector herbert theodore thomas b c 1862 d 1921 * harold pinto father of eleanor pinto thompson. married to ambassador arthur thompson * hiroshi shinn, botanist ==martinique== * david gradis, one of the first jews to start a t
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