A few weeks ago, Knesset member Michal Biran — chair of the Labor Party’s Young Labor faction — found herself in the focus of media attention and the cause of a mini-storm on social networking sites when it emerged that she had signed up on a popular dating site. At the time, Biran bared her heart to tell everyone that she had decided to join the site after finding herself at age 35 with around-the-clock demanding work, no spouse and no family life on the horizon.
Part of the public viewed her openness as an expression of courageousness, while others viewed it as the cynical attempt of a new, relatively anonymous Knesset member to break into the public awareness. One way or the other, this is another expression of the new boundaries of Israeli politics on the heels of the generational revolution in the Knesset, after the last elections in January. While Biran has become a more familiar figure now as the result of the publicity, she still has not found a mate. But she says that at least she occasionally manages to find the time to date, simultaneous with her political and parliamentary work.
