Miriam Peretz (Hebrew: מרים פרץ; born 10 April 1954) is an Israeli educator and public speaker.

[1] Peretz was born to Moroccan Jewish parents Yaakov Ohayon and Ito Vaknin in Casablanca, Morocco.

[2] Following the signing of the Egypt–Israel peace treaty, the Sinai Peninsula was returned to Egypt in 1982, and Israeli settlers were forced to relocate.

Peretz and her family first relocated to Giv'on HaHadasha, and later to Giv'at Ze'ev, both Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

[4] Following the deaths of her two eldest sons and her husband, Peretz became a public speaker on issues surrounding Zionism and coping with loss, lecturing the youth and Israel Defense Forces soldiers.