Batsheva Katznelson

Batsheva Katznelson (Hebrew: בת-שבע כצנלסון, 1897 – 30 August 1988) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the General Zionists between 1951 and 1955.

Born in Bar in the Russian Empire (today in Ukraine), Katznelson emigrated to Ottoman-controlled Palestine in 1911, and attended Herzliya Hebrew High School in Tel Aviv.

During World War I, she was expelled to Egypt by the Ottoman authorities.

She later became a member of WIZO's national committee, and chairwoman of the Jerusalem branch.

Her children were the educator Shulamit Katznelson and Shmuel Tamir,[2] who later served as a Knesset member from 1965 until 1981 and as Minister of Justice.