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ish name Peretz (Hebrew פרץ) may refer to the following people: in the

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. '' Perez (son of Judah) Perez, also written as Pharez/Peretz (), was the son of Tamar and her father-in-law Judah, and the twin of Zerah, according to the Book of Genesis. The twins were conceived after Tamar tricked her father-in-law Judah into having sexual intercou ...

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(also written as Peretz, Perets, Pharez) as a modern

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Peretz Lavie Peretz Lavie (; born 19 February 1949) was the 16th president of the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, having taken the position on 1 October 2009 through September 2019. Lavie, an expert in the psychophysiology of sleep disorders, sleep a ...

(born 1949), Israeli expert in the

psychophysiology Psychophysiology (from Greek , ''psȳkhē'', "breath, life, soul"; , ''physis'', "nature, origin"; and , '' -logia'') is the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes. While psychophysiolog ...

of sleep and sleep disorders, the 16th president of the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Dean of the

Rappaport Faculty of Medicine The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine is the medical school of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. It is located in Bat Galim, Haifa, Israel. The faculty was established in the late 1960s by a group of physicians who found the ...

Peretz Markish Peretz Davidovich Markish () () (7 December O.S. 25 November">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. 25 November1895 – 12 August 1952) was a Russian Jewish poet and playwright who wrote pr ...

, (1895–1952), a Soviet

Yiddish-language Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

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Peretz Hirshbein Peretz Hirshbein (); 7 November 1880, Kleszczele, Grodno Governorate – 16 August 1948, Los Angeles) was a Yiddish-language playwright, novelist, journalist, travel writer, and theater director. Because his work focused more on mood than ...

, (1880–1948), a

playwright * Peretz Smolenskin, (1842–1885), a

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Amir Peretz Amir Peretz (; born 9 March 1952) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Israeli Labor Party, Labor Party. A Knesset member almost continuously from 1988 to 2021, he has served as Ministry of Defense (Israel), ...

(born 1952), former Defense Minister and Labor Party leader in Israel *

Daniel Peretz Daniel Peretz (, ; born 10 July 2000) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for German club Bayern Munich and the Israel national team. Early and personal life Peretz was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, to an Israeli famil ...

(born 2000), FC Bayren Munich & the

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Isaac Leib Peretz Isaac Leib Peretz (May 18, 1852 – April 3, 1915), also sometimes written Yitskhok Leybush Peretz (; ), was a Polish Jewish writer and playwright writing in Yiddish. Payson R. Stevens, Charles M. Levine, and Sol Steinmetz count him with Mendele ...

(1852–1915),

modernist Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy), subjective experience. Philosophy, politics, architecture, and soc ...

Yiddish language Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

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Isabelle Peretz Isabelle Peretz (born 1956) is a professor of psychology at the University of Montreal, holding a Canada Research Chair and Casavant Chair in neurocognition of music. She specializes in music cognition, focusing on congenital and acquired musica ...

(born 1956), Canadian professor of psychology researching music cognition and amusia *

Jesse Peretz Jesse Peretz (born May 19, 1968) is an American film and television director, TV producer and former musician. He first rose to prominence as a bass guitarist and founding member of The Lemonheads, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based band that form ...

(born 1968), rock video director and son of Martin *

Malkiel Peretz Malkiel is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Malkiel Ashkenazi, 16th-century Ottoman rabbi * Malkiel Gruenwald, Israeli hotelier, journalist, and stamp collector *Malkiel Kotler, Rosh Yeshiva of Beth Medrash Go ...

(born 1943), Israeli chess master *

Martin Peretz Martin H. Peretz (; born December 6, 1938) is an American former magazine publisher and Harvard University assistant professor. In 1974, he purchased ''The New Republic'', and he later assumed editorial control of the magazine. In 1996, Peretz fo ...

(born 1938),

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lecturer and former owner of ''

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Moshe Peretz Moshe Haim Peretz (; born 10 May 1983) is an Israeli Mizrahi music pop singer-songwriter and composer. Beginning in 2013, Peretz acted as judge for The X Factor Israel. Early life Peretz was born and raised in Tiberias, Israel, to a Sephardi ...

(born 1983), Israeli singer-songwriter *

Omer Peretz Omer Peretz (; born 26 January 1986) is an Israeli football manager and former player who manages Hapoel Petah Tikva. A forward and defender played at Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Netanya. His father, Vicky, was also a foot ...

(born 1986), Israel U21 footballer and son of Vicky *

Rafi Peretz Rafael "Rafi" Peretz (; born 7 January 1956) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and former politician. A former military officer and helicopter pilot who also served as the Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces, he was the leader of the ...

(born 1956), Israeli Orthodox rabbi who served as Chief Military Rabbi and is now Education Minister of Israel *

Vicky Peretz Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz (; 11 February 1953 – 29 June 2021) was an Israeli association football, football player and manager. He played for Maccabi Ramat Amidar F.C., Maccabi Ramat Amidar, Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv, RC Stras ...

(1953–2021), Israeli international footballer * Yitzhak Peretz (born 1936), Israeli politician who served as Deputy Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism. * Yitzhak Peretz (born 1938), Israeli politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs and of Immigrant Absorption, and member on Israeli Chief Rabbinate Council

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Perets Perez, also written as Pharez/Peretz (), was the son of Tamar and her father-in-law Judah, and the twin of Zerah, according to the Book of Genesis. The twins were conceived after Tamar tricked her father-in-law Judah into having sexual intercou ...

Perec Perec is a surname of several French people, including: *Georges Perec, (1936–1982), French novelist of Polish-Jewish origin (the surname is the Polish spelling of the Biblical Hebrew name Peretz) *Marie-José Pérec, (born 1968), French athlete ...

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