Tamar Gozansky

Tamar Gozansky
תמר גוז'נסקי
Faction represented in the Knesset
1990–2003Hadash
Personal details
Born (1940-10-03) October 3, 1940 (age 86)
Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine

Tamar Gozansky (Hebrew: תמר גוז'נסקי, also spelt Tamar Gozhansky; born October 3, 1940) is an Israeli politician.

Biography

Tamar Gozansky was born in Petah Tikva in 1940 to a Russian Jewish family. She earned an MSc in Economics from Leningrad State University. She later worked as an economist.

Political career

Gozansky joined the Communist Party of Israel, the major part of the Hadash alliance. She entered the Knesset in July 1990 as a replacement for veteran Hadash MK Tawfik Toubi and retained her seat in the 1992 elections, after which she chaired the Knesset's joint committee on early childhood.

She was reelected in 1996, and again chaired the joint committee on early childhood. Following a third re-election in 1999 she became chairwoman of the committee on the rights of the child and the special committee for school dropout rates.

Prior to the 2003 election, Gozansky announced that she would not seek re-election, which required a special majority of the party for its veteran representatives in the Knesset.

Works

Books

Source:

  • Economic Independence – How?: Summaries of Israel’s Economic Development 1948–1968. Tel Aviv: Iyun, 1969.
  • What is Communism? (Hebrew translation by Gozansky). Tel Aviv: Iyun, 1976.
  • The Development of Capitalism in Palestine. Haifa: University Publishing Projects, 1986.
  • Bread and Work: The Israeli Working Class – Contemporary and Historical Perspectives. Haifa: Pardes, 2013.
  • Between Dispossession and Exploitation: Arab Wage-Earners – Conditions and Struggles. Haifa: Pardes, 2014.
  • Mizrahi Communists: The Campaign Against Ethnic Discrimination and for the Right to Housing. Haifa: Pardes, 2018.

Edited volumes

  • Arise, ye Workers from your Slumber – Life and Collected Works of Eliyahu (Alyosha) Gozansky (1914–1948). Haifa: Pardes, 2009.
  • Against the Mainstream! The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) 1919–2008: Articles and Posters (Co-editor with Dr. Angelika Timm). Tel Aviv: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, 2009.

Personal life

Gozansky was married to Yoram Gozansky, a leader in the Communist Party of Israel from 1961 until his death in 2025. She has 2 children: Eli, a computer expert and Dr. Yuval Gozansky, a scholar of children's media and Chair of the Communications Department at Sapir Academic College. She resides in Bat Yam.

References

  1. ↑ "קורות חיים". תמר גוז'נסקי (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  2. 1 2 "Knesset Members throughout the years - Tamar Gozansky". The Knesset.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ שליט, דוד (2009-05-01). "לתמר גוז'נסקי יש סיבה טובה לחגוג והיא רוצה שכולם ילמדו לקח: "מי שקבר את 1 במאי חי באשליה"". Globes. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  4. ↑ Bisharat, Odeh. "Class warfare: How 'Hebrew labor' destroyed Jewish-Arab solidarity". Haaretz.com. Archived from the original on 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  5. ↑ "Special Committee for School Dropout Rates - Historical Makeup". The Knesset Committees.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. 1 2 CPI. "'Netanyahu, You Need a Revolt': An Interview with Tamar Gozansky | Communist Party of Israel". Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  7. ↑ "ח"כ גוז'נסקי לא תתמודד בבחירות". ynet (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2025-02-21. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  8. ↑ "פרסומים". תמר גוז'נסקי (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  9. ↑ "Search Results on the National Library of Israel Website". www.nli.org.il. Archived from the original on 2025-12-31. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  10. ↑ הדרך", מערכת "זו (2025-04-26). "המנהיג הקומוניסטי הוותיק יורם גוז'נסקי הובא למנוחות בבית העלמין של קיבוץ גבעת השלושה". זו הדרך (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  11. ↑ "יורם גוז'נסקי, ממובילי התנועה הקומוניסטית ותושב בת ים, נפטר". batyamnet.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  12. ↑ "ד"ר יובל גוז'נסקי". המכללה האקדמית ספיר (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  13. ↑ Littman, Shany. "'To dislodge Netanyahu, you need a revolt': An interview with an Israeli communist icon". Haaretz.com. Archived from the original on 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  14. ↑ הדרך", מערכת "זו (2023-03-29). "תמר גוז׳נסקי קיבלה את אות יקירת העיר בת ים בהוקרה על פועלה הציבורי המסור". זו הדרך (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-02-19.