Miriam Ben-Peretz

Miriam Ben-Peretz was born in 1927 in Wrocław

Miriam Ben-Peretz was born in 1927 in Breslau, Germany, to Israel Abraham and Esther Rabin. The family moved to the Land of Israel in 1935 and settled in Haifa. She studied at the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa.

She was active in the Haganah and served as a weapons instructor in besieged Jerusalem during the War of Independence. Her husband Joseph Koffler, a member of the Lamed Heh unit, was killed in the war. In 1949 she married Moshe Ben-Peretz.

At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem she earned a bachelor's degree in 1958, a master's degree in 1969 and a doctorate in education in 1977. She first worked as a high school biology teacher.

She joined the University of Haifa, where she headed the teacher education department from 1978 to 1985 and the School of Education from 1988 to 1993, and became a full professor in 1990. She was president of Tel-Hai College from 1993 to 1996 and founded the Center for Jewish Education. Her research dealt with curriculum and teacher education, and she was a visiting professor abroad, including at Stanford University.

She also served on the Haifa city council. She received the Israel Prize in 2006 and the EMET Prize in 2015. She died on July 15, 2020.