What is "peretz"

The Jewish name Peretz (Hebrew פרץ) may refer to the following people:

in the Hebrew Bible:

• Perez (son of Judah) in the Book of Genesis (also written as Peretz, Perets, Pharez)

as a modern given name:

• 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

as a surname:

• Amir Peretz (born 1952), former Defense Minister and Labour Party leader in Israel
• Isaac Leib 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 former owner of The New Republic
• Moshe Peretz (born 1983), Israeli singer-songwriter
• Omer Peretz (born 1986), Israel U21 footballer and son of Vicky
• Vicky Peretz (born 1953), former 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

Peretz (Rus. for pepper) is a Russian federal television channel. Its etheric grid is based on the original recreational program of its own production and popular Russian and Western series. It began broadcasting on June 7, 1999 as "Darial-TV", with it rebranding in 2007 to "DTV", and then in 2011 under the current name. It broadcasts in over 400 cities in Russia. Technical penetration of the channel is 72.5% (in 2010).