Tamar Gozansky

Tamar Gozansky
תמר גוז'נסקי
Faction represented in the Knesset
1990–2003Hadash
Personal details
Born (1940-10-03) October 3, 1940
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.[1][2]

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.[3][4]

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.[2][5][6]

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.[7][6]

Works

Books[8][9]

  • 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.[10][11] 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.[12] She resides in Bat Yam.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ "קורות חיים". תמר גוז'נסקי (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-02-19.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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.
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