Education
She trained as a nurse at the Beilison School of Nursing, as well as gaining a Bachelor in general studies from Thames Valley University, an Master of Business Administration from the University of Derby, a certificate in director"s training at Bar-Ilan University.
Career
Born in Lviv in the Soviet Union (today in Ukraine), Kirschenbaum made aliyah to Israel on 31 December 1973. In 1981 she moved to the Israeli settlement of Nili in the West Bank. Together with Likud MK Danny Danon she proposed the controversial law to set up two parliamentary panels of inquiry into left-wing human rights and anti-occupation Israeli Non-governmental organizations.
After several month long discussion in Knesset and Israeli press, the law, opposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Tzipi Livni, was voted against by Knesset.
She was re-elected in 2013, and joined the new government as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs on 18 March 2013. Kirschenbaum retired from politics in January 2015 after a police investigation into corruption.
Kirschenbaum is married with three children.
Membership
She served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2009 and 2015. She served as its council secretary, and was a member of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. She has also served as deputy chairwoman of the Israeli branch of the World Jewish Congress, and as a member of the board of directors of the Museum of the Jewish Diaspora.