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Lecture: “The Eichmann Trial: A Global Perspective”

December 11, 2012
On December 10, 2012, ORT Pocitos hosted the lecture “The Eichmann Trial: A Universal Perspective” by Gustavo Perednik, a visiting professor in the Department of Jewish Studies. This was the first lecture held as part of the 50th anniversary of the trial of Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem. The speaker discussed the historical, legal, and moral considerations surrounding this trial. The event was organized by the Department of Jewish Studies.

Perednik is a visiting professor in the Department of Jewish Studies. He is a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (cum laude), and completed his Ph.D. in Philosophy in New York. 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. Among other works, he published “Great Thinkers: Jews in Western Civilization” (2005), “Notable Thinkers: Jews in Western Civilization” (2006), “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), published by Universidad ORT Uruguay.