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Gustavo Perednik presented a book and gave a lecture on the 70th anniversary of the State of Israel

May 16, 2018
Gustavo Perednik, a visiting professor in the Department of Jewish Studies at Universidad ORT Uruguay, presented his book *Judeophobia* on May 14, 2018, and on May 15 he delivered a lecture titled “Seventy Years: Israel’s Anniversary—A Dream Come True.”

At the book presentation, the author addressed questions such as what specific characteristics of anti-Semitism cause it to resurface time and again in different parts of the world. During the lecture, the speaker traced the path from the beginning to the establishment of the State of Israel, seventy years after its founding. Both events took place at 7:30 p.m. on the university’s Pocitos campus (2633 España Blvd.).

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 the following works : *Great Thinkers: Jews in Western Civilization* (2005), *Notable Thinkers: Jews in Western Civilization* (2006), and *Famous Thinkers: Jews in Western Civilization* (2007), as well as *Violin in Hand: 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 Shoah, and Their Trivialization (2014).

Argentine philosopher explains how anti-Semitism arises and why it persists- interview with Perednik published on the Radio Sarandí website

Video of the book launch for *Judeophobia*

https://youtu.be/q_8DWKQbhUg?si=mX_Y-U2q7Tym5qsq

Video of the lecture "Seventy Years: Israel's Anniversary—A Dream Come True"

https://youtu.be/QU7xNXSLdtM?si=EZH9grpjW202qN3U