2013 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

103 Universidad ORT Uruguay , Jewish Universidad ORT Uruguay : Diego Freedman, B.A. (Argentina), Director of Community Development at the American Joint Distribution Committee and Director of Leatid. He delivered the lecture “Hot Judaism, Gourmet Judaism, Kosher Judaism, Halakhic Judaism, and Swallow Judaism” on August 28. Dr. Mario Silva (Canada) President representing Canada at the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). He participated in the panel “Human Rights and the Holocaust” organized by the Canadian Embassy, the Central Israeli Committee of Uruguay, and Universidad ORT Uruguay. The event was opened by Prof. Charlotte de Grünberg, Director General, on November 13. Pilar Rahola (Spain), former Member of the Spanish Parliament for the Catalan Republican Left (1993–2000) and former Deputy Mayor of Barcelona (1994–2000). Journalist for the newspaper La Vanguardia, Onda Cero, and Tele Cinco. She delivered the lecture “Israel, the Arab World, and the Media,” organized by Keren Kayemet LeIsrael and the Department of Jewish Studies, June 6. LECTURES AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2013 Pilar Rahola, Lic. Charlotte de Grünberg, Director General, ORT Uruguay