Tzipora Laskov ( he, צפורה לסקוב, 1904–1989) was an Israeli nurse and politician.

Biography

Born in the Russian Empire, Laskov studied to become a nurse. However, she and her husband David were exiled to Siberia by the Soviet government.Jonathan Goldstein (2015) ''Jewish Identities in East and Southeast Asia: Singapore, Manila, Taipei, Harbin, Shanghai, Rangoon, and Surabaya'' The couple fled to China, where they established a branch of

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. They later

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to Mandate Palestine in 1928, where Tzipora and found work at a factory.Tzipora Laskov: Public Activity
Knesset In 1929 she began working as a nurse at a

Histadrut Histadrut, or the General Organization of Workers in Israel, originally ( he, ההסתדרות הכללית של העובדים בארץ ישראל, ''HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael''), is Israel's national trade union center ...

hospital in Ein Harod, later working in the HaEmek hospital. She helped establish Mother and Child clinics in Hadera and Haifa, and was a member of the Nurses Organisation and the Working Mothers Organisation. During World War II Laskov and husband David volunteered for the British Army, in which she helped found the Organisation of Soldiers Wives. She also helped establish an institution for soldiers' children at Kfar Yehezkel and the Shabtai Levy children's home in Haifa. A member of the Ahdut HaAvoda party, she was a member of the Assembly of Representatives, and in

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was elected to the Knesset on the party's list. However, she gave up her seat before being sworn in, and was replaced by Nahum Nir. In 1962 she opened a community clinic for family therapy in Haifa, working there until 1967.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Laskov, Tzipora 1904 births 20th-century Israeli Jews Ukrainian Jews Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Israeli nurses Members of the Assembly of Representatives (Mandatory Palestine) 1989 deaths Ahdut HaAvoda politicians Members of the 3rd Knesset (1955–1959) 20th-century Israeli women politicians