Kestenboim (née Pasitselskaya) Svetlana Iosifovna (10 July 1944, Zilair, Bashkir ASSR) — economist.

Svetlana Kestenboim was born into the family of worker Iosif Pasitselsky (1907, Ananyev, Odessa Region – 1949, Kherson) and office employee Lyubov Siganovich (1911, Kalinindorf [Kalininskoye], Kherson Region – 1986, Riga).

In 1973–75 she worked as a technician at the special administration Soyuzorglestekhmonazh.

Since 1975 — economist (senior economist, leading economist) at the Fund Department of the Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR.

In 1976, she married Boris Kestenboim (b. 1946, Gorodok District, Khmelnytsky Region).Their children are Alexander Kestenboim (b. 1982, Riga)and Anatoly Kestenboim (b. 1984, Riga).

In 1990, Svetlana Kestenboim and her family received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her sister, Larisa Tserlina (née Pasitselskaya) (b. 1938, Odessa).

Family:

Boris Kestenboim (b. 1946, Gorodok District, Khmelnytsky Region) — husband
Alexander Kestenboim (b. 1982, Riga) — son
Anatoly Kestenboim (b. 1984, Riga) — son
Iosif Pasitselsky (1907, Ananyev, Odessa Region – 1949, Kherson) — father
Lyubov Siganovich (1911, Kalinindorf, Kherson Region – 1986, Riga) — mother
Zhanna Eidelnant (née Pasitselskaya) (b. 1940, Odessa Region) — sister
Larisa Tserlina (née Pasitselskaya) (b. 1938, Odessa) — sister
Fenya Bindar (née Pasitselskaya) (b. 1947, Kalinin, Kherson Region) — sister
Klara Ansberg (née Pasitselskaya) (b. 1949, Kalinin, Kherson Region) — sister