Rina Frenkel

Rina Frenkel was born in 1956 in Smolensk

Rina Frenkel was born in 1956 in Smolensk, in the Soviet Union, to Maria and Avraham Vitkin. She earned a master's degree in musicology from the Sobinov Academy of Music in Saratov. From 1980 to 1989 she ran a music school in Kyiv.

She immigrated to Israel with her family in 1990. From 1991 to 2003 she worked as a placement officer at the employment office in Nahariya. From 2003 to 2006 she managed the employment office in Ma'alot-Tarshiha.

From 2006 to 2012 she was deputy director for placement in the Employment Service's northern district, overseeing 24 offices. In October 2012 she left the service and joined Yesh Atid.

She was placed 15th on the party's list and entered the Knesset in 2013. She chaired caucuses on industry and employment in the north and on single-parent families. Before the 2015 elections she announced she would not run again. She lives in Nahariya, is a widow and has a child.