Baruch Osnia (Hebrew: בָּרוּךְ אָזְנִיָּה, 19 September 1905 – 6 July 1994) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1951 and 1969.
Baruch Osnia | |
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1951–1965 | Mapai |
| 1965–1968 | Alignment |
| 1968–1969 | Labor Party |
| 1969 | Alignment |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 September 1905 Pinsk, Russian Empire |
| Died | 6 July 1994 (aged 88) |
Biography edit
Osnia was born Baruch Eisenstadt in Pinsk in the Russian Empire (now in Belarus) to Samuel Eisenstadt and Zipora Finfelstein. He was educated at a heder and a high school in Danzig (now Gdańsk), before studying at the University of Königsberg. He returned to Danzig to work as a lawyer and was a member of Habonim. In 1929, he became secretary of the central committee of the German branch of Poale Zion.
In 1933, Osnia made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine and was a high school teacher in kibbutz Givat Haim. He was on the Mapai list for the 1949 elections, but did not win a seat. However, he entered the Knesset on 12 February 1951 as a replacement for Abba Hushi,[1] who had resigned. He retained his seat in the July 1951 elections, and was re-elected in 1955, 1959, 1961 and 1965, by which time Mapai had formed the Alignment alliance. He lost his seat in the 1969 elections.
He died in 1994.
References edit
- ^ Knesset Members in the First Knesset Knesset website
External links edit
- Baruch Osnia on the Knesset website