In its six decades of existence, the State of Israel has produced ten Nobel laureates, a remarkable achievement that invites reflection on the Jewish contribution to intellectual life.
Perednik is a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (cum laude), and 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 been invited to give lectures at dozens of American, Spanish, and Chinese universities. Among his published works, 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), “Violin on the Back. Historical Crossroads of the Jewish People” (2009), and “The Homeland Was a Book. The Bible, Its Legacy, Its People, and Its Land Until 1880” (2010), all published by Universidad ORT Uruguay.