Rachel Tzabari (; 27 July 1909 – 16 February 1995) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

Knesset The Knesset ( , ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Israel. The Knesset passes all laws, elects the President of Israel, president and Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister, approves the Cabinet of Israel, cabinet, and supe ...

for

Mapai Mapai (, an abbreviation for , ''Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael'', ) was a Labor Zionist and democratic socialist political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in January ...

and its successors between 1952 and 1969.

Biography

Born in

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during the

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to Jewish parents who immigrated from Yemen, Tzabari was educated at a girls' school in

Neve Tzedek Neve Tzedek (, ''lit.'' Abode of Justice) is a Jewish neighborhood in southwestern Tel Aviv, Israel. It was the first Judaism, Jewish neighborhood to be built outside the old city of the ancient port of Jaffa. It was founded by a group of 48 J ...

, before studying at a Teachers Seminary in Tel Aviv and at the

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. She had five siblings, including Simha. She worked as a teacher, and taught at the model schools in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. She also lectured at the Teachers Seminary at Beit HaKerem, and was a schools supervisor in

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. A member of the

Haganah Haganah ( , ) was the main Zionist political violence, Zionist paramilitary organization that operated for the Yishuv in the Mandatory Palestine, British Mandate for Palestine. It was founded in 1920 to defend the Yishuv's presence in the reg ...

prior to independence, Tzabari was on the Mapai list for the 1951 elections, but failed to win a seat. However, she entered the Knesset on 4 April 1952 as a replacement for the deceased Yehezkel Hen.Knesset Members in the Second Knesset
Knesset website She retained her seat in elections in

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...

and

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

, by which time Mapai had formed the

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. She lost her seat in the 1969 elections. She died in 1995 at the age of 85.

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* {{authority control 20th-century Israeli women politicians 1909 births 1995 deaths Politicians from Tel Aviv 20th-century Israeli Jews Jews from Mandatory Palestine Israeli people of Yemeni-Jewish descent Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni 20th-century Israeli educators 20th-century Israeli women educators Haganah members Women members of the Knesset Israeli Labor Party politicians Alignment (Israel) politicians Mapai politicians Members of the 2nd Knesset (1951–1955) Members of the 3rd Knesset (1955–1959) Members of the 4th Knesset (1959–1961) Members of the 5th Knesset (1961–1965) Members of the 6th Knesset (1965–1969) Burials at South Cemetery in Israel