Ephraim Myer Naftalin
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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])
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.[3]
- 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[4]
- 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. [5]
- 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.'[6]
- 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.[7]
Affiliations
Glasgow Commission of the Jewish National Fund Jewish Legion
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.[8]
He and Bertha had two children:
- Joan Sylvia Naftalin (born 1926)[9]
- Norman Mendel Naftalin (born 1929[10] Married Louise Minette Naftalin (nee Freeman) in 1967 in Glasgow.[11]
His younger siblings were:
- Harry Naftalin (Marcus Harris Naftalin) (b 1895)[12]
- Sophia Rebecca Naftalin (b 1896-1897)[13]
- Etta Naftalin/Ethel Naftalin (b 1898, d 1987[14])
- 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.[15]
- 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[16]) in 1937 in Milton.[17]
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
- ↑ The Zionist Year Book, 1952-53, p. 120-121.
- ↑ The Zionist Year Book, 1951-52, p. 95.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ NAFTALIN ABRAHAM COHEN MASSIE 1893 644 / 9 / 48 Kelvin
- ↑ 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