Jenia Tversky (, 16 August 1904 – 9 April 1964) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

for

Mapai Mapai ( he, מַפָּא"י, an acronym for , ''Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael'', lit. "Workers' Party of the Land of Israel") was a democratic socialist political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger in ...

Biography

Born Genia Gintsburg (russian: Геня Гинцбург) in 1904 in Baranovichi in the

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(now in

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), Tversky studied at the

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and at a Social Work school in

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. In 1923, she made aliyah to

Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...

, where she became a pioneer of social services. Between 1932 and 1942 she served as director of the Jewish community's social services in Haifa, before working as head of the Social Services Department of the Neighbourhood Committee of Jerusalem between 1942 and 1948. She was also a member of the Executive Committee of the Histadrut trade union, and was sent to the Holocaust survivors' camps as an emissary in 1945. A member of

, she was 53rd on the party's list for the 1949 Knesset elections, but missed out on a seat when the party won 46 seats. However, she entered the Knesset on 5 February 1951 as a replacement for

Heshel Frumkin Heshel Frumkin (; 1896 –11 April 1974) was an Israeli economist and politician. Biography Born in Babruysk in the Russian Empire (today in Belarus), Frumkin was educated in a heder and yeshiva, and was a member of Tzeiri Zion and HeHalutz ...

. She was placed 37th on the Mapai list for the July 1951 elections, retaining her seat as the party won 45 seats. After being placed 49th on the party's list for the 1955 elections, she lost her seat when Mapai won only 40 seats. However, she returned to the Knesset on 6 July 1959 as a replacement for Shlomo Hillel. Placed 47th on the Mapai list for the November 1959 elections, she was re-elected as Mapai won 47 seats. She moved up to 46th place on the party list for the 1961 elections, but left the Knesset as the party won only 42 seats. However, she re-entered the Knesset again on 24 November 1963 after the death of

Meir Argov Meir Argov ( he, מאיר ארגוב, 1905 – 24 November 1963) was a Zionist activist, Israeli politician and a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence. Biography Born Meyer Grabovsky in Rîbnița in the Russian Empire (today in ...

.Knesset Members in the Fifth Knesset
Knesset website She died on 6 April the following year, and was replaced by Aharon Yadlin. She married a Polish Jew, Josef Tversky - a veterinarian. Her son was the psychologist Amos Tversky (1937–1996), co-author (with Daniel Kahneman) of

prospect theory Prospect theory is a theory of behavioral economics and behavioral finance that was developed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in 1979. The theory was cited in the decision to award Kahneman the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. Based ...

.A Psychologist Who Shed Light on Our Irrationality Is Born
Haaretz, 16 March 2016

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