Emuna Elon (

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: אמונה אלון) (born 1955) is an Israeli author, journalist, and

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activist.

Biography

Emuna Elon was born in 1955 in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

, the daughter of rabbi and professor Pinchas Hacohen Peli and his wife Pnina. She was raised in

and New York, lived for many years in the Israeli settlement of Beit El, and currently lives in Jerusalem. She was married to the late

Rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...

Binyamin Elon Rabbi Binyamin "Benny" Elon ( he, בנימין אלון, 10 November 1954 – 5 May 2017) was an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Moledet and the National Union between 1996 and 2009. A ninth-genera ...

, a former

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member, and is the mother of six children. The name Emuna means

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. From 1991 to 2005, she wrote a column in ''

Yedioth Ahronoth ''Yedioth Ahronoth'' ( he, יְדִיעוֹת אַחֲרוֹנוֹת, ; lit. ''Latest News'') is a national daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 1939 in British Mandatory Palestine, ''Yedioth Ahronoth'' is the largest paid n ...

'', Israel's largest

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, where she advocated the separation of Judaism and politics. She has written novels for adults and children, as well as non-fiction books. Some of her novels have been translated into English. "If You Awaken Love", was her first novel translated into English. It was a finalist for the 2007

National Jewish Book Award The Jewish Book Council (Hebrew: ), founded in 1944, is an organization encouraging and contributing to Jewish literature.The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature: Biography of Emuna Elon''Inscribe'' review of Emuna Elon's novel
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