Edna Solodar (; 15 March 1930 – 9 April 2024) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

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for the

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and Labor Party between 1982 and 1992. She was the recipient of the 2024 Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement.

Biography

Born in

Ashdot Ya'akov Ashdot Ya'akov () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Originally founded in 1924 by a kvutza of Hashomer members from Latvia on the land which is today Gesher, it moved to its current location between 1933 and 1935. It was named after the rapids of ...

during the Mandate era, Solodar later moved to kibbutz Gesher. She was educated at the kibbutz's high school and went on to attend the Rubin Academy of Music in

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. Solodar worked as a music teacher in kibbutzim,

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and the Jordan Valley. From 1967 until 1971 and again from 1978 until 1980, she was secretary of kibbutz Gesher, and also served as the Internal Affairs secretary of the Kibbutz HaMeuhad movement between 1972 and 1982. For the 1981 Knesset elections she was placed on the Alignment list. Although she failed to win a seat, she entered the Knesset on 16 January the following year as a replacement for

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, another kibbutz activist who had been killed in a traffic collision. She was re-elected in

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and

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, but lost her seat in the 1992 elections. Between 1992 and 1998 she served as chairwoman of the

United Kibbutz Movement The Kibbutz Movement (, ''HaTnu'a HaKibbutzit'') is the largest settlement movement for kibbutzim in Israel. It was formed in 1999 by a partial merger of the United Kibbutz Movement and Kibbutz Artzi and is made up of approximately 230 kibbutzim. I ...

. Solodar died on 9 April 2024 at the age of 94. A day after her death, her family was informed that she had won the 2024 Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement.

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* {{authority control 1930 births Kibbutzniks People from Northern District (Israel) Jews from Mandatory Palestine Israeli educators Israeli women educators Women members of the Knesset Alignment (Israel) politicians Israeli Labor Party politicians Members of the 10th Knesset (1981–1984) Members of the 11th Knesset (1984–1988) Members of the 12th Knesset (1988–1992) 20th-century Israeli women politicians 2024 deaths Israel Prize recipients Israeli music educators