Peretz

Peretz

The Jewish name Peretz may refer to the following people
* Amir Peretz (born 1952), former Defense Minister and Labour Party leader in Israel
* I.L. Peretz, (1852–1915), a modernist Yiddish language author and playwright
* Jesse Peretz (born 1968), rock video director and son of Martin
* Martin Peretz (born 1938), Harvard University lecturer and owner of "The New Republic"
* Omer Peretz (born 1986), Israel U21 footballer and son of Vicky
* Peretz Smolenskin, (1842–1885), a Russian Jewish novelist
* Peretz Hirshbein, (1880–1948), a Yiddish-language playwright
* Peretz Markish, (1895 - 1952), a Soviet Yiddish-language poet.
* Vicky Peretz (born 1953), former Israeli international footballer

Other similar names

* David "Paretz", a Bulgarian painter
* Perec (a Slavonic name) (occasionally, pronounced faultily like [perek] )
* Pharez used in the Book of Genesis (also written as Peretz, Perets)
*Perutz
*Perez and Peres (an Iberian family name, confused by some writers with a similar term meaning 'son of the father' and by others with a patronymic for "child of Peter"). Perez is the Spanish form of the Hebrew family name Peretz. It was adopted as a family name by Spanish Hebrew (Sephardi Jews) families during a time of religious intolerance (1318 c.e.) in Spain. The name is also one of the names of the Messiah in Rabbinic tradition. It is a common family name among descendants of Spanish Jewish families that converted during the Inquisition.


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  • PERETZ (I. L.) — Peretz est le dernier (en date) des trois classiques de la littérature yiddish moderne, les deux autres étant: Mendélé Mokher Seforim et Cholem Aleikhem. On dit communément que, si Mendélé est l’aïeul de cette jeune littérature et si Cholem… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Peretz — ist der Familienname von: Amir Peretz (* 1952), marokkanisch israelischer Politiker und Gewerkschafter Jizchok Leib Perez (1852–1915; alternative Schreibweise Peretz), jiddischer Schriftsteller Peretz ist der Vorname von: Peretz Bernstein… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Peretz — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Patronyme Nom porté par de nombreuses personnalités israéliennes ou juives : Amir Peretz, ministre israélien de la défense ; I.L. Peretz,… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Peretz, I.L. — ▪ Polish Jewish writer in full  Isaac Leib Peretz , also spelled  Yitskhak Leybush Perets , Leib also spelled  Loeb  or  Löb  born May 18, 1852, Zamość, Poland, Russian Empire died April 3, 1915, Warsaw       prolific writer of poems, short… …   Universalium

  • Peretz — n. family name; male first name; Amir Peretz (born 1952), Defense Minister of Israel and Deputy Prime Minister in the 31st Israeli Government, leader of the Israeli Labour Party, former chairman of the Israeli Histadrut federation …   English contemporary dictionary

  • PERETZ, ISAAC LEIB — (Yitskhok Leybush; 1852–1915), Yiddish and Hebrew author. Peretz was one of the three classic Yiddish writers – with S.Y. Abramovitsh and sholem aleichem – and the founder of Yiddish modernism. In the first decade of the 20th century he was at… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • PERETZ, AMIR — (1952– ), Israeli politician, chairman of the New Histadrut and the Israel Labor Party, member of the Knesset since the Twelfth Knesset. Peretz was born in Bozar in Morocco, and immigrated with his family to Israel in 1956. The family settled in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • PERETZ, ABRAHAM — (1771–1833), one of the first maskilim in Russia and a leader of the Jewish community. Son of the rabbi of Lubartow, Peretz married the daughter of wealthy joshua zeitlin of Shklov. He was a fellow student of J.L. Nevakhovich , and at the end of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Peretz Hirshbein — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Peretz Hirshbein (*7 de noviembre de 1880 en Melnik, Grodno f 16 de agosto de 1948 en Los Ángeles) fue un dramaturgo judeoalemán, pieza clave del renacimiento del Teatro judeoalemán en Rusia. Fue autor de varias… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Peretz Smolenskin — Peretz ben Mosche Smolenskin (auch: Peretz Smolenski, Peres Smolenskin, Smolensky oder Perez Smolenskin; * 1842 in Monastyrschtschina bei Smolensk; † 1. Februar 1885 in Meran) war ein russisch hebräischer Romancier und Publizist. 1868 grün …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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