Emuna Elon ( Hebrew: אמונה אלון) (born 1955) is an Israeli author, journalist, and women's rights activist.

Biography

Emuna Elon was born in 1955 in Jerusalem, the daughter of rabbi and professor Pinchas Hacohen Peli and his wife Pnina. She was raised in Jerusalem and

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

, lived for many years in the

Israeli settlement Israeli settlements, or Israeli colonies, are civilian communities inhabited by Israeli citizens, overwhelmingly of Jewish ethnicity, built on lands occupied by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. The international community considers Israeli se ...

Beit El Beit El or Beth El ( he, בֵּית אֵל) is an Israeli settlement and local council located in the Binyamin Region of the West Bank. The Orthodox Jewish town was settled in 1977-78 by the ultranationalist group Gush Emunim. It is located in ...

, 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 o ...

Binyamin Elon, a former Knesset member, and is the mother of six children. The name Emuna means faith. From 1991 to 2005, she wrote a column in '' Yedioth Ahronoth'', Israel's largest newspaper, 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).

Selected books

*''Leftsock'', 2007 (children's novel) *''If You Awaken Love'', London/New Milford, AmazonCrossing, 2007 * ''Beyond My Sight'', Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, 2012 * ''Only When I Close My Eyes'', Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, 2015 * ''House on Many Waters'', Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, 2016 *''Sonja's Zoom'', Amsterdam/Antwerpen, Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, 2018

References

External links

The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature: Biography of Emuna Elon''Inscribe'' review of Emuna Elon's novel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elon, Emuna 1955 births Living people Israeli journalists Israeli settlers Israeli women journalists Israeli novelists Israeli Orthodox Jews Israeli children's writers Emuna People from Jerusalem Israeli women children's writers Israeli women novelists