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Book Launch: "A Beginning Without an End"

September 30, 2008
On Wednesday, September 24, the launch of Rabbi Aarón Ribco’s book *Un principio sin final* took place at the ORT Pocitos Auditorium. The presentation was given by Dr. Juan Raúl Ferreira, Pastor Juan Armin Ihle, and the author. The event was organized by the Department of Jewish Studies and the Jewish-Christian Fellowship of Uruguay.

"A Beginning Without an End" is a book that tells stories, tales, and fables designed to foster dialogue based on the universal values of the Torah (Pentateuch).

Dr. Juan Raúl Ferreira holds a degree in International Relations from George Washington University in the United States. He earned a diploma in Economics from the Montevideo Institute of Economics and a Ph.D. in Economic Relations from Lasalle University in the United States. He served as president of the Uruguayan Association Against Racism and Apartheid, the Uruguayan Commission for Soviet Jews, and the Uruguayan Commission Against Racism and Ethnic Persecution. He has written more than a dozen books, including “El Desafío Externo” (1986), “Con la patria en la valija” (2000), and “Vadearás la Sangre” (2006).

Juan Armin Ihle is a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Río de la Plata and Acting President of the Jewish-Christian Fellowship of Uruguay.