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Senetta Yoseftal

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Senetta Yoseftal
Faction represented in the Knesset
1955–1956Mapai
1976–1977Alignment
Personal details
Born
Senetta Punfud

5 December 1912
Fürth, Germany
Died26 July 2007 (aged 94)
Gal'ed, Israel

Senetta Yoseftal (née Punfud) (Hebrew: סנטה יוספטל, 5 December 1912 – 26 July 2007) was an Israeli politician.

Background

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Yoseftal was born in Germany. She joined the HaBonim movement in 1933 and worked in HeHalutz Center in Berlin from 1934 to 1938. In 1936 she married Giora Yoseftal, later a member of the Knesset, and a minister in the 9th and 10th Israeli governments. She immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1938 and helped found Kibbutz Gal'ed in 1945.[1]

She was elected to the Knesset in the 1955 election as a member of Mapai, but gave up her seat after 14 months. She also appeared in the eighth Knesset as a member of the Alignment, replacing Zvi Guershoni after his death, but did not retain her seat in the 1977 elect[1]

In December 2004 she was asked by the Kibbutz Movement to retire from her activities. Towards the end of her life she resided in Kibbutz Gal'ed.[1]

Public activities

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  • Member of Directorate of the United Kibbutz Fund, 1953–1955
  • Member of Organizing Committee of the Histadrut, 1956–1960
  • Director of Economic Department of the United Kibbutz, 1960–1962
  • General Secretary of the United Kibbutz, 1962–1965 and 1967–1970
  • Founder and Director of the Department of Absorption and Development
  • Chairwoman of Mekorot Water Company, 1970–1972
  • Director of Economic Branch of the Agriculture Association, 1974–1979
  • Member of Secretariat and Central Committee of the United Kibbutz Movement and member of Central Committee of the Labour Party

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Senta Josephthal". Jewish Women's Archive. 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
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