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Lecture: “The Jewish Calendar: Tradition and Evolution of a Civilization: Hanukkah”

December 7, 2012
On December 6, 2012, ORT Pocitos hosted the lecture “The Jewish Calendar: Tradition and Evolution of a Civilization: Hanukkah,” presented by Rafael Winter, a professor in the Jewish Studies Department at the Escuela Intergral Hebreo Uruguaya-Instituto Ariel Hebreo Uruguayo and vice president of the Montevideo Holocaust Memorial Center. Mr. Winter spoke about Hanukkah (the Festival of Lights) within the context of the Jewish calendar’s festivals and commemorations. The lecture was organized by the Department of Jewish Studies.

Prof. Winter holds a Master’s degree in Contemporary Judaism from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and specialized in Jewish Education for the Diaspora at the university’s Melton Center. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences at the University of the Republic. He is a member of the Press and Public Relations Commission of the Central Israeli Committee of Uruguay. He is a member of the Jewish-Christian Fellowship of Uruguay and a frequent columnist for the Semanario Hebreo and the Mensuario Identidad. He served as Coordinator and Instructor in the Jewish Studies Department at the Ariel Hebrew Institute of Uruguay.