Melton Faculty

Peta Jones Pellach

Peta Jones Pellach, Education Director for Encounters @ Shalom, has been teaching Melton since its inception in Sydney, is a regular guest lecturer at the University of Sydney and a Jewish representative on numerous interfaith delegations.

She is interfaith education consultant to the ECAJ. Peta obtained her BA from UNSW, MA in International Affairs from Columbia University, New York, and was a Jerusalem Fellow (1989 – 1991).  Peta is the author of two chapters in 'New Under the Sun' (Black Inc 2006), ‘Adult Education’ (with Paul Forgasz) and ‘Interfaith Dialogue’.  A prayer she composed is included in Mosaic: Favourite Prayers and Reflections from Inspiring Australians (Rosalind Bradley ed) (ABC 2008) and in 2008 her commentary on Parshat Masei was included in a book to mark Israel's 60th anniversary.