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Baruj Plavnick, 69, rabbi whose Buenos Aires synagogue was used as a vaccination center

Plavnick was one of the five rabbis who were the first to serve as chaplains in the Argentine military.

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Miguel Lifschitz, 65, socialist Argentine politician who declined early COVID vaccine

Lifschitz likely could have gotten a coronavirus vaccine months ago, but he declined to jump the line. He died of COVID-19 on May 9.

Alberto Sonsol, 63, legendary Uruguayan sportscaster who once said ‘baruch Hashem’ on the air

Sonsol was educated at a Jewish school in Montevideo and spent time in Israel before returning home to become a journalist.

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Andres Abt, 47, first Jewish mayor of a district in Uruguay’s capital Montevideo

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Rafael Kugielsky, 90, helped advance Orthodoxy in Argentina

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Abraham Palatnik, 92, inventor of kinechromatic art

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Altamiro Zimerfogel, 80, president of Brazilian Jewish social club

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Fred Pressner, 73, led Venezuelan Jews during the Chavez era

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Gabriel, 55, and Roberto Yabra, 85, leaders in Argentina’s kosher food industry

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Ruben Bercovich, 59, sports lover who ran a family business in Argentina

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