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Batsheva Katznelson

Batsheva Katznelson was an Israeli politician and Zionist activist who served in the Knesset for the General Zionists from 1951 to 1955.

1897 to 1988Knesset member for the General ZionistsLeadership in WIZOOrganization of Hebrew Women leadership

Died: 30 August 1988, Israel
Occupation: politician
Party: General Zionists
Education: University of Geneva

Batsheva Katznelson was born in 1897 in Bar

Katznelson was born in 1897 in Bar, in the Russian Empire. In 1911 she moved to Ottoman Palestine and studied at the Herzliya Hebrew High School in Tel Aviv. During World War I the Ottoman authorities expelled her to Egypt.

After the war she studied humanities at the University of Geneva. In 1918 she married Reuven Katznelson, and in 1920 she returned to the country.

She worked as a teacher for 18 years, including in the Old City of Jerusalem. She was a leader of the Organization of Hebrew Women and took part in founding WIZO, later sitting on its national committee and chairing its Jerusalem branch. She also volunteered with Youth Aliyah.

In 1951 she was elected to the Knesset on the General Zionists list and lost her seat in the 1955 elections. For over a decade she represented the Council of Women's Organizations in Israel in the international mothers' movement. She died on 30 August 1988.

Her children were the educator Shulamit Katznelson, founder of Ulpan Akiva, and Shmuel Tamir, who became Minister of Justice.