Jenia Tversky
Jenia Tversky Hebrew ז'ניה טברסקי, née Jewgenia Ginzburg (born August 16, 1904 in Baranavichy , Russian Empire ; died April 9, 1964 in Israel ) was an Israeli social worker and politician.
Life
Jewgenia Ginzburg graduated from high school and attended the University of Warsaw and a school for social work in Berlin. In 1923 she emigrated to Palestine and worked there as a social worker among the Jewish population. Jenia Tversky headed social services in Haifa from 1932 to 1942. From 1942 to 1948 she worked in a similar capacity in Jerusalem . After the end of the National Socialist regime, she also worked for a while in Europe as a social worker among Holocaust survivors. Tversky was a member of the leadership committee of the Histadrut union .
In the parliamentary elections in Israel in 1949 Tversky ran for one of the lower list places of the Mapai . As a successor, she received the mandate in the Knesseth shortly before the new elections for the 2nd Knesseth in 1951, to which she was then immediately elected. She also ran in the following elections in 1955, 1959 and 1961, was elected immediately in 1959 and was again a successor in the other two parliaments.
She was married to the veterinarian Josef Tversky. Her son Amos Tversky (1937–1996) was a business psychologist.
Web links
- Jenia Tversky , at Knesset (en)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tversky, Jenia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ginzburg, Jewgenia (maiden name); ז'ניה טברסקי & lrm (Hebrew) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli social worker and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baranavichy , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1964 |
| Place of death | Israel |