{{Short description|Uruguayan educator}} {{Infobox person | name = Manuel Tenenbaum | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1934 | birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|2|2|1934}} | death_place = Montevideo, Uruguay | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma mater = | employer = | occupation = Educator, historian, philanthropist | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = }}
'''Manuel Tenenbaum''' (1934 – February 2, 2016) was a Uruguayan educator, historian and philanthropist. He was the author of books and articles about Jewish history. He served as the executive director of the Latin American Jewish Congress, the South American branch of the World Jewish Congress, from 1978 to 2007.<ref>[http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/world-jewish-congress-mourns-passing-of-manuel-tenenbaum-zl-2-2-2016 World Jewish Congress mourns passing of Manuel Tenenbaum, 2 February 2016]</ref>
==Early life== Manuel Tenenbaum was born in 1934 in Montevideo, Uruguay.<ref name="haaretzobit">{{cite news|title=Manuel Tenenbaum, Latin American Jewish Congress Head for 30 Years, Dies at 81|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/news/1.701189|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203160024/http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/news/1.701189|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2016|accessdate=February 3, 2016|work=Haaretz|date=February 3, 2016}}</ref> His parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland.<ref name="haaretzobit"/><ref name="forwardobit">{{cite news|title=Manuel Tenenbaum, Latin American Jewish Congress Head for 3 Decades, Dies |url=http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/332800/manuel-tenenbaum-latin-american-jewish-congress-head-for-3-decades-dies/|accessdate=February 3, 2016|work=The Forward|date=February 3, 2016}}</ref>
==Career== Tenenbaum was an educator.<ref name="jtamanueldies">{{cite news|title=Manuel Tenenbaum, Latin American Jewish Congress head for 3 decades, dies|url=https://www.jta.org/2016/02/03/news-opinion/world/manuel-tenenbaum-latin-american-jewish-congress-head-for-3-decades-dies|accessdate=February 3, 2016|work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|date=February 3, 2016}}</ref> According to ''Haaretz'', he was the "director of a secondary school in Montevideo, on the faculty of the Jewish teachers’ seminary and a college professor."<ref name="haaretzobit"/> Additionally, he was the author of several articles and books on Jewish history,<ref name="haaretzobit"/> including ''Talmud y derecho''.
Tenenbaum served as the president of the Uruguay chapter of B'nai B'rith from 1972 to 1974.<ref name="haaretzobit"/> He went on to serve as the inaugural president of the Latin American Jewish Youth Council.<ref name="jtamanueldies"/> He served as the president of the Central Jewish Committee of Uruguay from 1976 to 1978.<ref name="haaretzobit"/> He served as the president of the Latin American Jewish Congress, the South American branch of the World Jewish Congress, from 1978 to 2007.<ref name="haaretzobit"/><ref name="forwardobit"/>
==Death== Tenenbaum died on February 1, 2016, in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he was buried.<ref name="haaretzobit"/><ref name="jtamanueldies"/> He was eighty-one years old.<ref name="jtamanueldies"/>
==Works== *{{cite book|last=Tenenbaum|first=Manuel|title=Talmud y derecho|publisher=Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de la República : Fundación de Cultura Universitaria|location=Montevideo, Uruguay|date=2005|isbn=9789974205642|oclc=183928358}}
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