Berkovich (Berkowitzch) (née Zilberman)Irena Kopelovna Berkovich (née Zilberman)(July 2, 1946, Riga) – Employee.

Irena Berkovich was born into a family of clerks. Her father was Kopel Mendelevich Zilberman (1910, Daugavpils – 1963, Riga) and her mother was Raisa Nikolaevna Zilberman (née Gelfand) (born 1915, Daugavpils).

Irena studied at Riga Secondary Schools No. 26, 40, and 25 (1953–1963). After school, in 1963 she started work as a secretary-typist at the Housing Management of Riga's October District. In 1964 she was a packer and goods sorter at the Central Stationery Supply Base. In 1965–1969 Irena Berkovich was a goods receiver and saleswoman at the Gaisma bookstore, and from 1969 to 1972 she worked as a senior technician at the Riga branch of the All-Union Design Institute “Teploelektroproekt”.

Irena was married to Alexander Lvovich Berkovich(1944, Leningrad), they had a son Dan Alexandrovich Berkovich (1971, Riga).

In 1973, Irena Berkovich received permission to emigrate to Israel, where her cousin (son of her aunt), Rudolf Alexandrovich Alexandrov, had been living since 1971.

Family:

  • [[en:people:berkovich_alexander|Husband: Alexander Lvovich Berkovich]] (born 1944, Leningrad).

  • Son: Dan Alexandrovich Berkovich (born 1971, Riga).

  • Brother: Mendel Kopelovich Zilberman (1941–1941).

  • [[en:people:alexandrov_rudolf|Cousin: Rudolf Alexandrovich Alexandrov]] (born 1946, Riga).

  • Father: Kopel Mendelevich Zilberman (1910, Daugavpils – 1963, Riga) 

  • [[en:people:zilberman_raisa|Mother: Raisa Nikolaevna Zilberman (née Gelfand)]] (born 1915, Daugavpils).