Beginnings and mission of the Program

For more than last thirty and especially since his move to Israel in 1982, Gustavo Perednik has been teaching in many countries. His vast educational activity abroad was carried out under the auspices of the Hebrew University, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Keren Hayesod, the World Jewish Congress, the World Zionist Organization, Joint, and others.
In order to give a more organized framework to his trips and lectures, the Program for Jewish Education and Information on the Jew’s Role was launched on August 21, 2000 (during the B’nai B’rith Convention in Panama.) The Program was born with the support of the Yehoshua and Haya Gilinski Foundation and is now under the auspices of the Hadar Foundation.
The Program consists in training youths and layleaders, and in lecturing at universities, communities, schools and cultural centers, both for Jews and non-Jews. The aim of the Program is to explain the role of the Jew in various areas of human civilization.
Between 2000 and 2006 our Program offered more than one thousand lectures in one hundred towns of fifty countries, on topics that connect Judaism to Modernity.
Since 2003, all our activities in China are dealt with separately under The Ai Tian Program for Jewish Understanding in China.