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 in New York. He studied the humanities at the Sorbonne (France), San Marcos (Peru), and Uppsala (Sweden). He was recognized as an outstanding professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
He is the author of numerous books and articles. Universidad ORT Uruguay his works 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), The Homeland Was a Book: The Bible, Its Legacy, Its People, and Its Land Until 1880 (2010), and Since the Eichmann Trial: On Nazism, the Holocaust, and Their Trivialization (2014).
The event is organized by the Department of Jewish Studies.