Peretz

'''Peretz''' (Hebrew פרץ) is a Jewish given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

==In the Hebrew Bible== *Perez (son of Judah) in the Book of Genesis, also written as Peretz, Perets, or Pharez

==Given name== *Peretz Lavie (born 1949), Israeli expert in the psychophysiology of sleep and sleep disorders, the 16th president of the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Dean of the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine *Peretz Markish, (1895–1952), a Soviet Yiddish-language poet. *Peretz Hirshbein, (1880–1948), a Yiddish-language playwright *Peretz Smolenskin, (1842–1885), a Russian Jewish novelist

==Surname== *Amir Peretz (born 1952), former defense minister and Labor Party leader in Israel *Daniel Peretz (born 2000), goalkeeper for FC Bayern Munich and the Israel national football team *Isaac Leib Peretz (1852–1915), modernist Yiddish language author and playwright *Isabelle Peretz (born 1956), Canadian professor of psychology researching music cognition and amusia *Jesse Peretz (born 1968), rock video director and son of Martin *Martin Peretz (born 1938), Harvard University lecturer and former owner of ''The New Republic'' *Moshe Peretz (born 1983), Israeli singer-songwriter *Omer Peretz (born 1986), Israel U21 footballer and son of Vicky *Rafi Peretz (born 1956), Israeli Orthodox rabbi who served as Chief Military Rabbi and is now Education Minister of Israel *Vicky Peretz (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

==See also== *{{srt}} *Pérès *Pérez *Perez *Perec *Perutz *Píriz