Ephraim Myer Naftalin
Ephraim Myer Naftalin (1892 - 1962 at 68 years in Cathcart[1]) was a prominent Glasgow based Zionist who served in the 1914-18 war with Jabotinsky in the Jewish Legion. He was part of the large Naftalin family many of who wer leading Glasgow Zionists.
Married Bertha Naftalin (nee Rosenzweig in 1923 in St Clement, Dundee.[2])
Valuation rolls list Ephraim M Naftalin as tenant of the house at 18 Edgemont Street, Cathcart, in 1925 and 1930, and as proprietor/occupier of the house at 97 Holeburn Road, Eastwood, in 1940 (VR010201670).[3] The statutory deaths index records the death of Bertha Naftalin, aged 64, in Pollok in 1961.[4]
Timeline
- 1952-53 - Glasgow Commission of the Jewish National Fund - Hon. Vice-Presidents- W. Golombok, E. M. Naftalin, Thomas Tate, C.A., L. Wolfson, M.P.S.[5]
- 1951-52 - Glasgow Commission of the Jewish National Fund - Hon. Vice-Presidents- Mrs. M. T. Mann, Mr. E. M. Naftalin, Mr. Thomas Tate, C.A., Mr. L. Wolfson, M.P.S., Mr. W. Golombok[6]
- 1938 (5 August) - The Jewish Echo reported that the arrangements for placing J.N.F. boxes in Falkirk "were completed only recently by Mr. E. M. Naftalin, Box Convener of the Glasgow Commission".[7]
- 1938 - DUNDEE. A deputation from the Glasgow Jewish National Fund Commission, consisting of Messrs. E. M. Naftalin, Isidore Naftalin, Montague Jacobs, and K. Cina, Hon. Secretary of the Glasgow J.N.F. Commission, paid a visit to the Dundee congregation on Sunday, 8th May, and addressed a representative meeting held in the Dundee congregation chambers. [8]
- 1937 - At the monthly meeting of the JNF in Glasgow: 'Speaking on box work, Mr. E. M. Naftalin stated that it was his intention to carry the blue box to many of the smaller Jewish communities in Scotland, and he had plans prepared for the campaign.'[9]
- 1914-18 - The Beit Hagdudim (Jewish Legion Museum) in Israel holds short biographies and pictures of Scottish participants in the Jewish Battalion including Charles Black, Alexander Berger, N. Walport, Isadore Most, and Ephraim Myer Naftalin. Jabotinsky mentions Harry First as an ardent Zionist and promoter of the Battalion, and both Jabotinsky and Colonel Patterson praise Lieutenant Lipsey for his work recruiting among Palestinian Jews. See Jabotinsky, The Story of the Jewish Legion, pp. 64, 75-76, 114; SJAC, OHP3 Misha Louvish; Patterson, With the Judeans, p. 60.[10]
Affiliations
Glasgow Commission of the Jewish National Fund Jewish Legion
The website of Giffnock Newton Mearns Synagogue lists "E Naftalin" among the founders of Giffnock Shul (Giffnock and Newlands Hebrew Congregation).[11]
Family
Ephraim was the eldest son of Abraham Naftalin (1870 (Telsiai, Lithuania) - 1948) and Massie Naftalin (alternatively Masha, later Martha, nee Cohen) (1873 - 1950), in 1893, Kelvin.[12] The 1901 census records Ephraim, aged 7, in their Gorbals household, with Abraham aged 31 and Massie aged 29.[13] The statutory deaths index records the death of Abraham Naftalin, aged 78, mother's maiden name Segal, in Cathcart (Glasgow) in 1949,[14] and of Martha Naftalin, aged 87, in Cathcart (Glasgow) in 1960.[15] These index years differ from the 1948 and 1950 death years given above.
He and Bertha had two children:
- Joan Sylvia Naftalin (born 1926)[16]
- Norman Mendel Naftalin (born 1929[17] Married Louise Minette Naftalin (nee Freeman) in 1967 in Glasgow.[18]
His younger siblings were:
- Harry Naftalin (Marcus Harris Naftalin) (b 1895)[19]
- Sophia Rebecca Naftalin (b 1896-1897)[20]
- Etta Naftalin/Ethel Naftalin (b 1898, d 1987[21])
- Tobias Naftalin (b 1899)
- Reuben Naftalin (Also Ruben, wrongly given as Renben in 1911 census) (b 25 April 1901)
- Moses Naftalin (b 17 February 1903, d, 2 Feb 1997 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA) - Married Ruth Naftalin (1903 - 1997)(nee Yoffe) in the US.
- Joseph Naftalin (b 30 November 1904)
- Israel Naftalin/Isidor Naftalin/Isidore Naftalin (b 4 February 1907) Married Sophia Naftalin (nee Shulman) in 1940 in Cathcart.[22]
- Judah Naftalin (b 1908)
- Solomon Naftalin/Sidney Solomon Naftalin (b 1910) - Married Marjorie Miriam Naftalin (d 1986 at 72, nee Jacobs, mothers maiden name Amschiewitz[23]) in 1937 in Milton.[24]
- Leslie Naftalin (1912-2011) Married Beulah Naftalin (née Behrman) in 1939.
- Beatrice Rose Gillman (nee Naftalin)(b 1916)[25] Married Israel Gillman in Pollok in 1942.[26]
See also
Notes
- ↑ NAFTALIN EPHRAIM MYER 68 Cohen M 1962 644 / 12 / 1339 Cathcart (Glasgow)
- ↑ NAFTALIN EPHRAIM MYER ROSENZWEIG BERTHA 1923 282 / 2 / 444 St Clement
- ↑
- NAFTALIN EPHRAIM M Tenant HOUSE 18 EDGEMONT STREET CATHCART 1925 VR010201377-
- NAFTALIN EPHRAIM M Tenant HOUSE 18 EDGEMONT STREET CATHCART 1930 VR010201468-
- NAFTALIN EPHRAIM M Proprietor/Occupier HOUSE 97 HOLEBURN ROAD EASTWOOD 1940 VR010201670-
- ↑ NAFTALIN BERTHA 64 F 1961 644 / 11 / 347 Pollok
- ↑ The Zionist Year Book, 1952-53, p. 120-121.
- ↑ The Zionist Year Book, 1951-52, p. 95.
- ↑ Jewish Echo (Glasgow), 5 August 1938, p. 4, "J.N.F. Boxes Throughout Scotland".
- ↑ Jewish Echo - Friday 13 May 1938
- ↑ Jewish Echo - Friday 26 February 1937
- ↑ https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/files/7484049/Kirk_Hansen_Thesis_Final_Form.pdf
- ↑ Giffnock Newton Mearns Synagogue, "About us", gnms.org.uk, accessed 27 October 2026.
- ↑ NAFTALIN ABRAHAM COHEN MASSIE 1893 644 / 9 / 48 Kelvin
- ↑
- NAFTALIN EPHRAIM 1901 M 7 644/12 10/ 34 Gorbals Lanark
- NAFTALIN ABRAHAM 1901 M 31 644/12 10/ 34 Gorbals Lanark
- NAFTALIN MASSIE 1901 F 29 644/12 10/ 34 Gorbals Lanark
- ↑ NAFTALIN ABRAHAM 78 Segal M 1949 644 / 19 / 20 Cathcart (Glasgow)
- ↑ NAFTALIN MARTHA 87 F 1960 644 / 12 / 22 Cathcart (Glasgow)
- ↑ NAFTALIN JOAN SYLVIA F 1926 633 / B / 387 Cathcart (Lanark)
- ↑ NAFTALIN NORMAN M M 1929 644 / 24 / 518 Cathcart (Glasgow)
- ↑ NAFTALIN NORMAN MENDEL FREEMAN LOUISE MINETTE 1967 644 / 4 / 168 Glasgow
- ↑ NAFTALIN MARCUS HARRIS M 1895 644 / 12 / 339 Gorbals
- ↑ MAFTALIN SOPHIA REBECCA 2 COHEN F 1897 644 / 12 / 754 Gorbals
- ↑ NAFTALIN ETHEL 89 COHEN F 1987 615 / 617 Glasgow, Martha St
- ↑ NAFTALIN ISIDORE SHULMAN SOPHIA 1940 644 / 19 / 432 Cathcart (Glasgow)
- ↑ NAFTALIN MARJORIE 72 AMSCHIEWITZ F 1986 623 / 54 Glasgow, Park Circus
- ↑ NAFTALIN SIDNEY S JACOBS MARJORIE MIRIAM 1937 644 / 10 / 261 Milton
- ↑
- NAFTALIN SOPHIA REBECCA COHEN F 1896 644 / 12 / 890 Gorbals
- NAFTALIN ETHEL COHEN F 1898 644 / 12 / 129 Gorbals
- NAFTALIN TOBIAS COHEN M 1899 644 / 12 / 1015 Gorbals
- NAFTALIN RUBEN COHEN M 1901 644 / 12 / 486 Gorbals
- NAFTALIN MOSES COHEN M 1903 644 / 12 / 252 Gorbals
- NAFTALIN JOSEPH COHEN M 1904 644 / 12 / 1426 Gorbals
- NAFTALIN ISIDOR COHEN M 1907 644 / 17 / 216 Gorbals
- NAFTALIN JUDAH COHEN M 1908 644 / 17 / 1178 Gorbals
- NAFTALIN SOLOMON COHEN M 1910 644 / 17 / 1249 Gorbals
- NAFTALIN LESLIE COHEN M 1912 644 / 17 / 1474 Gorbals
- NAFTALIN BEATRICE ROSE COHEN F 1916 644 / 17 / 546 Gorbals
- ↑ NAFTALIN BEATRICE R GILLMAN ISRAEL 1942 644 / 18 / 224 Pollok