Naphtali Friedman

Friedman in 1913

Naphtali Friedman (sometimes also spelled Naftali; Russian: Нафтали Ма́ркович Фри́дман 15 May 1863, Juodžiai, Kovno Governorate – 5 May 1921) was a Jewish Lithuanian lawyer and politician.

He was elected as a Russian Constitutional Democratic Party deputy representing Kovno Governorate to the Third (1907–1912, out of 2 Jewish deputies) and Fourth (1912–1917, out of 3 Jewish deputies) State Duma.[1] In 1914, he made a speech in which he said that the Jews would fight until the victory of the Russian Empire was achieved.[1] He was also elected on April 19, 1920 to the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania on a common Jewish ticket[1] and died on 5 May 1921.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dov Levin, The Litvaks: a short history of the Jews in Lithuania, Berghahn Books, 2000 ISBN 1-57181-264-4, ISBN 978-1-57181-264-3


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