Dr. Rav Eliora Peretz received an orthodox smicha (Yoreh Yoreh) from Prof. Rav Daniel Sperber ( Israel Prize for Jewish studies) and Rav Herzl Hefter at Beit Midrash Harel as well as a Ph.D. in Journalism at the Sorbonne University in Paris. She is the Director of French programming and the Mashgiha Ruhanit at the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center. She is an associate lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and part of a Research Think Tank at the Van Leer Institute on Partnership Peace. Her research on the role of media during Transitional Justice processes and peace negotiations has been published in various top ranked peer review academic journals.