| Baruch Osnia | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 September 1905 |
| Place of birth | Pinsk, Russian Empire |
| Year of aliyah | 1933 |
| Date of death | 6 July 1994 (aged 88) |
| Knessets | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Party | Alignment (1965-1968, 1969) |
| Former parties | Mapai (1951-1965) Labor Party (1968-1969) |
Baruch Osnia (Hebrew: ברוך אזניה, born Baruch Eisenstadt on 19 September 1905, died 6 July 1994) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1951 and 1969.
Born in Pinsk in the Russian Empire (now in Belarus). His parents were Samuel Eisenstadt and Zipora Finfelstein. Osnia 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 he made aliyah to Mandate Palestine and taught in a kibbutz high school. 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.