Various aspects of democracy can be traced back to the Hebrew Bible. The speaker discussed the evolution, up to the present day, of the Hebrew worldview’s contribution to democratic values in their various forms.
Perednik is a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (cum laude), and completed his PhD in Philosophy at New York University. He studied the humanities at the Sorbonne (France), San Marcos (Peru), and Uppsala (Sweden). He was honored as an outstanding professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he lectured in several languages. He has written more than a dozen books, among which we highlight the trilogy: “Great Thinkers. Jews in Western Civilization” (2005), “Notable Thinkers. Jews in Western Civilization” (2006), “Famous Thinkers: Jews in Western Civilization” (2007), and “Violin on the Back: Historical Crossroads of the Jewish People” (2008), published by Universidad ORT Uruguay.