In 1918, Katznelson married Reuven Katznelson, becoming the sister-in-law of Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, wife of Zalman Shazar, the third president of Israel. Her children were the educator Shulamit Katznelson and Shmuel Tamir,[2] who later served as a Knesset member from 1965 until 1981 and as Minister of Justice. She died in 1988.