"the party, and during Tony Blair's leadership of the Labour Party, notable senior Jewish politicians included Peter Mandelson, one of the architects of ""New Labour"", Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, The Lord Beecham, and The Lord Gould of Brookwood. Mandelson, party fund-raiser The Lord Levy and Jack Straw (who is of partial Jewish ancestry), were accused by Tam Dalyell, MP, of being a ""cabal of Jewish advisers"" around Blair. Several of Blair's Ministers and Labour backbenchers were Jewish or partially Jewish, including Barbara Roche, Dame Margaret Hodge, Fabian Hamilton, Louise Ellman, The Baroness Hayman, The Baroness King of Bow, and Gillian"
"Meanwhile, Arab lawmakers called the appointment an attempt to ""whitewash Israel's discriminatory policies against its Arab minority"". Knesset: Arab citizens of Israel have been elected to every Knesset, and currently hold 17 of its 120 seats. The first female Arab MP was Hussniya Jabara, a Muslim Arab from central Israel, who was elected in 1999. Supreme Court: Abdel Rahman Zuabi, a Muslim from northern Israel, was the first Arab on the Israeli Supreme Court, serving a 9-month term in 1999. In 2004, Salim Joubran, a Christian Arab from Haifa descended from Lebanese Maronites, became the first Arab to hold a"
"Lily Montagu The Hon. Lilian Helen ""Lily"" Montagu, CBE (22 December 1873 − 22 January 1963) was the first woman to play a major role in Progressive Judaism. Lily Montagu was the sixth of 10 children born to Ellen Cohen Montagu (1843–1919) and Samuel Montagu (1832–1911). Her father, founder of the merchant bank that bore his name, was a self-made millionaire by 1871. He was a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1900 as the MP for Whitechapel, a poor district of the East End of London. In 1907, Montagu was raised to the"
"Haneen Zoabi Haneen Zoabi, also Hanin Zoubi (, ; born May 23, 1969), is an Israeli Arab politician, who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the Joint List. Serving in the Knesset since 2009, Zoabi is the first Arab woman to be elected to Israel's parliament on an Arab party's list. Representing the Balad party, Zoabi was elected in the 2009 and 2013 legislative elections. Haneen Zoabi was born in Nazareth to a Muslim family. Zoabi studied philosophy and psychology at the University of Haifa, earning a Bachelor of Arts, and received a Master of Arts in"
"Florence Prag Kahn Florence Prag Kahn (November 9, 1866 – November 16, 1948) was an American teacher and politician who in 1925 became the first Jewish woman to serve in the United States Congress. She was only the fifth woman to serve in Congress, and the second from California, after fellow San Franciscan Mae Nolan. Like Nolan, she took the seat in the House of Representatives left vacant by the death of her husband, Julius Kahn. Kahn was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Conrad and Mary Prag, Jewish Polish immigrants who befriended the Mormon leader Brigham Young, and"
"titled ""The Pioneer from Ajami"", was published in Hebrew by HaKibbutz HaMeuhad Press. Hilou lived in Jaffa, and died in February 2015. She was survived by a husband and four daughters, Natali, Cristina, Rola and Rena. Nadia Hilou Nadia Hilou (, ‎; 5 July 1953 – 27 February 2015) was an Israeli Arab social worker and politician, who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 2006 and 2009. She was the second female Israeli Arab MK after Hussniya Jabara, and also the first female Christian MK. Hilou was born in Jaffa to Christian Arab parents."
"overturn the suspension was rejected. Haneen Zoabi Haneen Zoabi, also Hanin Zoubi (, ; born May 23, 1969), is an Israeli Arab politician, who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the Joint List. Serving in the Knesset since 2009, Zoabi is the first Arab woman to be elected to Israel's parliament on an Arab party's list. Representing the Balad party, Zoabi was elected in the 2009 and 2013 legislative elections. Haneen Zoabi was born in Nazareth to a Muslim family. Zoabi studied philosophy and psychology at the University of Haifa, earning a Bachelor of Arts, and received"
"Sophie Masloff Sophie Masloff (née Friedman; December 23, 1917 – August 17, 2014) was an American politician. A long-time member of the Democratic Party and civil servant, she was elected to the Pittsburgh City Council and later served as the mayor of Pittsburgh from 1988 to 1994. She was the first woman and the first Jewish person to hold that office. Masloff was born Sophie Friedman on December 23, 1917 to Romanian Jewish parents Jennie and Louis Friedman in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father died when she was two years old. She spoke only Yiddish until she"
"Henrietta Adler Henrietta Adler (1 December 1868 – 15 April 1950), known as Nettie Adler, was a Jewish Liberal Party politician who was one of the first women to be elected and to be able to take her seat on the London County Council. She was the daughter of Chief Rabbi, Dr H. Adler. She was educated at private school and classes. She began social work as a school manager under the London School Board. She was Honorary Secretary of the Committee on Wage Earning Children, 1899–1946. She was a Member of Council of the Anglo-Jewish Association. She was a"
"him that Israel's assassination policy is not helping Israel, the way the suicide bombers are not helping the Palestinian people. She retained tenth place on the Meretz list for the 2003 elections, but lost her seat as the party was reduced to six MKs. Jabara is married to Fathi, a driving instructor, and has three children. Hussniya Jabara Hussniya Jabara (, ; born 11 April 1958) is an Israeli former politician, who served as a member of the Knesset for Meretz between 1999 and 2003. She was the first female Israeli Arab to become a Knesset member. Jabara was born"
"to donate for fear of spreading HIV"". On 9 February 2018 she returned to the Knesset as a replacement for Ya'akov Peri, who had resigned following allegations that he had leaked information during a corruption investigation twenty years beforehand. Pnina Tamano-Shata Pnina Tamano-Shata (; born 1 November 1981) is an Israeli lawyer, journalist and politician. She is currently a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid, and was the first Ethiopian-born woman to hold a Knesset seat. Born in Wuzaba, Tamano-Shata immigrated from Ethiopia to Israel at the age of three. Tamano-Shata was often the target of racism in Israel."
"Simma Holt Simma Holt, (née Milner, March 27, 1922 – January 23, 2015) was a Canadian journalist, author, and the first Jewish woman elected to the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Vegreville, Alberta as Simma Milner, the sixth of eight children, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree, with majors in English and Psychology, in 1944 from the University of Manitoba. That same year she began a 30-year career at ""The Vancouver Sun"" newspaper as a reporter, feature writer, and columnist. Her interest in journalism began as a child when the sole operator of the Vegriville Observer would"
"Layla Moran Layla Michelle Moran (born 12 September 1982) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She has served as the Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon since the 2017 general election. Moran is the first UK Member of Parliament of Palestinian descent and the first female Liberal Democrat MP from an ethnic minority background. Moran was born in Hammersmith to a British father and a Christian-Palestinian mother from Jerusalem. Her great-grandfather was the Palestinian writer Wasif Jawhariyyeh, who published extensive memoirs. On her upbringing, Moran said ""My Palestinian background has made me interested at a global level. Politics"
"Tzipi Livni Tziporah Malka ""Tzipi"" Livni (; born 8 July 1958) is a prominent Israeli politician. A former Foreign Minister of Israel, she is the incumbent Leader of the Opposition, a member of the Knesset for the Zionist Union, and leads the Hatnuah party. Widely considered the most powerful woman in Israel since Golda Meir, Livni has served in eight different cabinet positions throughout her career, setting the record for most government roles held by an Israeli woman. Consequently, she has achieved a number of milestones in Israeli government, as the first female Vice Prime Minister, Justice Minister, Agriculture Minister,"
"San Francisco, and was interred in the Home of Peace Cemetery in Colma, California. The Western Jewish History Center, of the Judah L. Magnes Museum, in Berkeley, California has a large collection of family papers, documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to Florence Prag Kahn and to her husband, Julius Kahn. Florence Prag Kahn Florence Prag Kahn (November 9, 1866 – November 16, 1948) was an American teacher and politician who in 1925 became the first Jewish woman to serve in the United States Congress. She was only the fifth woman to serve in Congress, and the second from California, after"
"Nadia Hilou Nadia Hilou (, ‎; 5 July 1953 – 27 February 2015) was an Israeli Arab social worker and politician, who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 2006 and 2009. She was the second female Israeli Arab MK after Hussniya Jabara, and also the first female Christian MK. Hilou was born in Jaffa to Christian Arab parents. She studied at Tel Aviv University where she gained a BA in social work in 1976. She later returned to qualify for an MA in the same subject. In 1997, she became director of the Division"
"Miriam Moses Miriam Moses (13 November 1884 — 24 June 1965) was a British Liberal politician, philanthropist and social reformer. She served as the first female mayor of Stepney, and the first female Jewish mayor in the United Kingdom. Moses was born in the East End of London on 13 November 1884 to Mark and Hannah Moses. Her father had been born in Torun, then in Germany, and had come to the United Kingdom in 1863 at the age of eight. In London, Mark Moses became a tailor, local councillor, justice of the peace and member of the Board of"
"Israel in a legal context and how to deal with moves the Palestinians are trying to make over Israel's head."" Tzipi Livni Tziporah Malka ""Tzipi"" Livni (; born 8 July 1958) is a prominent Israeli politician. A former Foreign Minister of Israel, she is the incumbent Leader of the Opposition, a member of the Knesset for the Zionist Union, and leads the Hatnuah party. Widely considered the most powerful woman in Israel since Golda Meir, Livni has served in eight different cabinet positions throughout her career, setting the record for most government roles held by an Israeli woman. Consequently, she"
"the only British Jew to have been created a Marquess. Other notable Liberal Jews of the 1800s and early 1900s included: Lionel de Rothschild, the first Jew to serve as an MP, Sir David Salomons, Sir Francis Goldsmid, Sir George Jessel, Arthur Cohen, The Lord Swaythling, Sir Edward Sassoon, The Lord Hore-Belisha Edwin Samuel Montagu, Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln, and The Lord Wandsworth. In the early part of the 20th century, the Liberal Party gave way to the more radical and socialist Labour Party. Leonard Woolf and Hugh Franklin were among the figures influential in the early Labour Party, and Jewish MPs"
"Preet Gill Preet Kaur Gill (born 21 November 1972) is a British Labour Co-operative politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston since 2017. She is the first female British Sikh MP. Preet Kaur Gill was born on 21 November 1972 in Edgbaston, Birmingham, to Daljit Singh Shergill and Kuldeep Kaur Shergill. Her father was a foreman and later a bus driver and her mother worked as a seamstress. Daljit Singh was the longest serving president of the Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick. Gill credits her father and Lord King (first Sikh life peer in the House of Lords)"
"In the elections during which Golda Meir was to become prime minister, only 8 women got into the Knesset. After the 1973 elections, Golda Meir resigned from her position as prime minister as the result of protests after the Yom Kippur War, and Yitzhak Rabin was chosen to succeed her. In 1974, he appointed Shulamit Aloni as a minister without portfolio. She held this position for 5 months, until she resigned in protest over the appointment of Yitzhak Rafael as the Religious Services Minister, despite the fact that he was suspected of having accepted bribes. In 2015, the first Israeli"
"Tonie Nathan Theodora Nathalia ""Tonie"" Nathan (February 9, 1923 – March 20, 2014) was an American political figure. She was the first woman, as well as the first Jew, to receive an electoral vote in a United States presidential election. She was the 1972 vice presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party and running mate of John Hospers, when Roger MacBride, a Republican elector from Virginia, cast the historic vote as a faithless elector. Nathan was born in 1923 to Jewish parents in New York City. Her last name at birth was Nathan, and she married a man, Charles Nathan, who"
"2017 and had representatives from more than 90 countries. Stav Shaffir Stav Shaffir (; born 17 May 1985) is an Israeli politician who is the youngest female Knesset member in Israel's history. Shaffir was placed second in the 13 January 2015 primaries of the Labor Party, and holds the third place in the internal Labor list (or alternatively the fourth place on the combined Labor–Hatnuah list). She was one of a small group of leaders of the 2011 Israeli social justice protests, focusing on housing, public services, income inequality and democracy, and later became spokeswoman of the movement. Shaffir was"
"Knesset on 31 July 1957 as a replacement for Ehud Avriel, who had resigned as an MK to become an ambassador. She retained her seat in the 1959 elections, but lost it again in 1961. However, she returned again as a replacement for the deceased Giora Yoseftal on 23 August 1962. On 14 July 1965 she was amongst the eight MKs to leave Mapai, led by David Ben-Gurion, to establish Rafi. She lost her seat in the elections later that year. She died in Holon on 10 April 1995. Hannah Lamdan Hannah Lamdan (, born Hannah Lerner on 5 January"
"Hussniya Jabara Hussniya Jabara (, ; born 11 April 1958) is an Israeli former politician, who served as a member of the Knesset for Meretz between 1999 and 2003. She was the first female Israeli Arab to become a Knesset member. Jabara was born to a Muslim farming family in Tayibe. She studied physiotheraphy at the Wingate Institute. She joined the Na'amat women's organisation, and was chairwoman of its Tayibe branch between 1992 and 1994. Between 1995 and 1997 she served as Women's and Youth director at the Jewish-Arab Institute at Beit Berl Academic College, and became chairwoman of the"
"member of the Knesset for several parties and mayor of Nazareth, and cousin Haneen Zoubi, who is currently a Knesset member for Balad. Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi (, ; 4 February 1926 – 14 February 1974) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapam and the Alignment from 1965 until his death in 1974. When appointed Deputy Minister of Health on 24 May 1971, he became the first non-Jewish member of an Israeli government. Born in Nazareth during the Mandate era, el-Zoubi was educated at a local high school, before attending"
"Doris Yankelewitz Berger Doris Yankelewitz Berger (May 7, 1934 – May 18, 2016) was a Costa Rican artist, politician, political activist, and member of the National Liberation Party (PLN). She served as the First Lady of Costa Rica from 1982 to 1986 during the presidency of her then-husband, President Luis Alberto Monge. She was the nation's first Jewish First Lady. Yankelewitz was born to Jewish parents on May 7, 1934, in San José, Costa Rica. Her mother, Rosita Berger Spiro, was British, while her father, Jorge Yankelewitz Rodstein, was from Argentina. She had two brothers, Samuel and Daniel. Yankelewitz picked"
"Megan Lloyd George Lady Megan Arvon Lloyd George, (22 April 1902 – 14 May 1966), born Megan Arvon George, was a Welsh politician, who became the first female Member of Parliament (MP) for a Welsh constituency. She also served as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, before later becoming a Labour MP. In 2016, she was named as one of ""the 50 greatest Welsh men and women of all time"". She was the youngest child of David Lloyd George and his wife, Margaret, being born in 1902 in Criccieth, Caernarfonshire. Her name at birth was registered as ""Megan Arvon George"","
"Megan Lloyd George Lady Megan Arvon Lloyd George, (22 April 1902 – 14 May 1966), born Megan Arvon George, was a Welsh politician, who became the first female Member of Parliament (MP) for a Welsh constituency. She also served as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, before later becoming a Labour MP. In 2016, she was named as one of ""the 50 greatest Welsh men and women of all time"". She was the youngest child of David Lloyd George and his wife, Margaret, being born in 1902 in Criccieth, Caernarfonshire. Her name at birth was registered as ""Megan Arvon George"","
"role in the Knesset. Azaria is married to Elyashiv, a Talmud teacher, and has four children, and lives in Jerusalem. She held US citizenship prior to her entering the Knesset, when she had to give it up as a condition of becoming an MK. Rachel Azaria Rachel Azaria (, born 21 December 1977), is an Israeli politician, currently serving as a member of the Knesset for Kulanu. She previously served as deputy mayor and member of the Jerusalem City Council. Rachel Azaria was born in Jerusalem to Israel Azaria, a Tunisian-Jewish immigrant to Israel, and Sharon Friedman, an American Jewish"
"House of Representatives in 1917 as the first woman in either chamber of Congress. Florence Prag Kahn entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1925 as the first Jewish woman in either chamber of Congress. U.S. Representative Vera Buchanan died in 1955, making her the first woman in either chamber to die in office. Patsy Mink, an Asian American, entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1965 as the first woman of color in either chamber of Congress. U.S. Representative Charlotte Reid became the first woman to wear pants in the U.S. House of Representatives or U.S. Senate in 1969."
"Roza Pomerantz-Meltzer Róża Pomerantz-Meltzer, also and , (November 5, 1880 – October 19, 1934) was a Galician Jewish writer and novelist based in Lviv. In 1919, she became the first woman to be elected to the Sejm, the Parliament of Poland, as a member of the Zionist party. A strong promoter of Zionism, she was an influential member of local Jewish women's organizations, especially the ""Koło Kobiet Żydowskich"" (Jewish Women's Circle). She contributed to a number of local and foreign journals, writing in both German and Polish, and participated in international congresses. Born in 1880 in Tarnopol, Roza Pomerantz was"
"Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin Manzila Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin, PC (; Romanized: ""Manzila Pôla Uddin""; born 17 July 1959) is a British life peer and community activist of Bangladeshi descent, being the first Muslim and second Asian woman to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In 2009 she was included on ""The Guardian""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Muslim Women Power List for Britain. Uddin was born in the Rajshahi City Corporation, Rajshahi District, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). She moved with her parents to the United Kingdom in 1973, when she was 13 years of age, and she grew up in the East"