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Lecture: "China and the Jews"

July 1, 2011
On Tuesday, July 19, the lecture "China and the Jews" was held at the ORT Pocitos Auditorium. It was presented by Gustavo Perednik, a member of the Sino-Jewish Institute based in California, United States, and founder of the Ai Tian Program for Jewish Enlightenment in China. The event was organized by the Department of Jewish Studies.

The two oldest civilizations, which experienced a renaissance in the 20th century, share common ground, as highlighted by the speaker based on his experience in building bridges between them.

Perednik is a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (cum laude), and he completed his Ph.D. 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), and “Famous Thinkers. Jews in Western Civilization” (2007), and “Violin on the Back: Historical Crossroads of the Jewish People” (2008), published by Universidad ORT Uruguay.