Tamar Gozansky

Tamar Gozansky was born in 1940 in Petah Tikva

Gozansky was born Tamar Alkofer in Petah Tikva in 1940 and grew up in Tel Aviv. Her parents, Shlomo and Miriam Alkofer, were born in Poland and were members of Mapai. At 14 she joined the Israeli Communist Youth League.

In 1961 she joined the Communist Party of Israel, which sent her and her husband Yoram to study in the Soviet Union. She earned a master's degree in political economy from Leningrad State University. She returned to Israel in 1966.

She was elected to the party's central committee in 1971 and to its political bureau in 1981. In 1977 she was among the founders of Hadash, and from 1984 to 2011 she edited the party weekly Zo HaDerekh. In 1982 she helped found a committee against the Lebanon War.

She entered the Knesset in 1990, replacing Tawfik Toubi, and served until 2003. She founded and chaired the committee on the rights of the child. The Knesset passed 37 laws she initiated, including free education from age 3.

She was married to Yoram Gozansky from 1961 until his death in 2025, and they have 2 children. She lives in Bat Yam, which named her a distinguished citizen in 2023.