Naphtali According to the Book of Genesis, Naphtali (; ) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Bilhah (Jacob's sixth son). He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali. Some biblical commentators have suggested that the name ''Naphtali'' ma ...

is the sixth son of Jacob (and second son with Bilhah) in the Bible and the founder of the Israelite

Tribe of Naphtali The Tribe of Naphtali () was one of the northernmost of the twelve tribes of Israel. It is one of the ten lost tribes. Biblical narratives In the biblical account, following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites, Joshua al ...

. Naphtali, Naftali or Naftoli may also refer to:

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Naftali

Naftali Bendavid Naftali Bendavid is the deputy campaign editor for ''The Washington Post'' covering the 2020 United States presidential election. He was a former United States Congress, Congressional reporter for ''The Wall Street Journal'',' the deputy Washing ...

, Congressional reporter for ''The Wall Street Journal'' *

Naftali Bennett Naftali Bennett ( he, נַפְתָּלִי בֶּנֶט, Transliterated: , ; born 25 March 1972) is an Israeli politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Israel from 13 June 2021 to 30 June 2022, and as the 3rd Alternate Prime Minist ...

(born 1972), Israeli businessman and politician *

Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (20 November 1816 in Mir, Russia – 10 August 1893 in Warsaw, Poland), also known as Reb Hirsch Leib Berlin, and commonly known by the acronym Netziv, was an Orthodox rabbi, ''Rosh yeshiva'' (dean) of the Volozhin Ye ...

(1816–1893), Orthodox rabbi, dean of the Volozhin Yeshiva and author *

Naftali Bezem Naftali Wahba Bezem ( he, נפתלי בזם; November 27, 1924 - October 2, 2018) was an Israeli painter, muralist and sculptor. Biography Naftali Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent under Nazi oppressio ...

(1924–2018), Israeli painter, muralist and sculptor *

Naftali Blumenthal Naftali Blumenthal ( he, נפתלי בלומנטל; 1 March 1922 – 1 May 2022) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment from 1981 until 1984. Biography Born in Stanisławów in Poland (now Ivano-Franki ...

(1922–2022), Israeli politician * Naftali Bon (1945–2018), Kenyan track and field runner * Naftali Hertz ben Yaakov Elchanan, 17th century German rabbi, kabbalist and author * Naftali Feder (1920–2009), Israeli politician * Naftali Frankel, 16-year-old killed in the

2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers On 12 June 2014, three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped at the bus/ hitchhiking stop at the Israeli settlement of Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, as they were hitchhiking to their homes. The three teens were Naftali Frenkel (1 ...

* Naftaly Frenkel (1883–1960), GULAG creator * Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005), Grand Rebbe of Bobov * Naftali Herstik, Hungarian-Israeli chazzan (cantor) and teacher *

Naftali Yehuda Horowitz Naftali Yehuda Halevi Horowitz is the Bostoner Rebbe, having succeeded his father, Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, the second Bostoner Rebbe, upon the latter's death in December 2009. He is the rebbe of the Boston Hasidic community from the N ...

, Bostoner Rebbe of Boston * Naftali Herz Imber (1856–1909), Jewish poet, Zionist and writer of the lyrics of the national anthem of Israel *

Naftali Tzvi Labin of Ziditshov Naftali (also spelled Naftula) Tzvi Labin of Zidichov (נפתלי צבי לאבין מזידיטשוב) (c. 1916 – March 6, 2009)http://www.ivelt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=7093#p205023 (Yiddish language, Yiddish) was the Zidichov (Hasidic d ...

(c. 1916 – 2009), Zidichover Rebbe * Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz, Melitzer Rebbe of Ashdod, Israel *

Naftali Nilsen Naftali Nilsen (1890 – 1968) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Trondenes. He was a brother of Alfred Nilsen and an uncle of Rolf Nilssen, both politicians. In 1910 he moved to the United Stat ...

(1890–?), Norwegian newspaper editor and politician *

Naftali Temu Nabiba Naftali Temu (20 April 1945 – 10 March 2003) was a Kenyan long-distance runner. He became Kenya's first gold medalist when he won the 10,000 metres race at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Biography Temu started systematic traini ...

(1945–2003), Kenyan long-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist *

Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai ( he, נפתלי הרץ טור-סיני; born 13 November 1886 – 17 October 1973) was a Bible scholar, author, and linguist instrumental in the revival of the Hebrew language as a modern, spoken language. Tur-Sinai was the f ...

(1886–1973), Bible scholar, author and linguist instrumental in the revival of the Hebrew language as a modern, spoken language *

Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz Naftali Zvi Horowitz of Ropshitz (May 22, 1760 – May 8, 1827) was a Galician ''rebbe''. Biography Horowitz was born on May 22, 1760, the day that the Baal Shem Tov died, to Menachem Mendel Rubin of Linsk. His mother Beila was the daughter of ...

(1760–1827), rabbi and first Ropshitzer Rebbe

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* Naphtali Busnash (assassinated 1805), statesman and chief of the Algerian Jews * Naphtali Cohen (1649–1718), also known as Naphtali Katz, Russo-German rabbi and kabalist *

Naphtali Daggett Naphtali Daggett (September 8, 1727 – November 25, 1780) was an American academic and educator. He graduated from Yale University in 1748.Kelley, Brooks Mather. (1999)''Yale: A History,'' p. 62./ref> Three years later, he became pastor of the ...

(1727–1780), American academic and educator, first professor of Yale University and later university president *

Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim (german: Herz Cerf Beer von Medelsheim, born yi, נַפְתָּלִי(־הערץ) בֶּן דּוֹב־בּער ''Naphtali Ben Dov-Beer'', 1730 – December 7, 1793) was a French Jewish philanthropist. He was a contrac ...

(1730–1793), Yiddish birth name Naphtali Ben Dov-Beer, French Jewish philanthropist *

Naphtali Friedman Naphtali Friedman (sometimes also spelled Naftali; 15 May 1863, Juodžiai, Kovno Governorate - 5 May 1921) was a Jewish Lithuanian lawyer and politician. Elected as a Russian Constitutional Democratic Party deputy representing Kovno Governorate ...

(1863–1921), Jewish Lithuanian lawyer and politician in the Russian Empire and Lithuania *

Naphtali Keller Naphtali Keller (25 January 1834 in Tarnów, Galicia – 5 August 1865 in Rožnov (Rožnau, Rosenau), Moravia) was an Austrian scholar. He was the son of Israel Mendel Keller, a well-to-do innkeeper. Naphtali as a mere youth practised speaki ...

(1834–1865), Austrian Jewish scholar *Naphtali Tuli Kupferberg (1923–2010), American counterculture poet, author, cartoonist, pacifist anarchist, publisher and co-founder of the band The Fugs *

Naphtali Lewis Naphtali Lewis (14 December 1911 – 11 September 2005) was an American papyrologist who published extensively on subjects ranging from the ancient papyrus industry to government in Roman Egypt. He also wrote several social histories of Ptolem ...

(1911–2005), American papyrologist and Egyptologist * Naphtali Luccock (1853–1916), American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church * Naphtali Hirsch Treves, kabbalist and scholar of the 16th century * Naphtali Hirz Wessely (1725–1805), German Jewish Hebraist, educator and advocate of reform

Naftoli

Naftoli Shapiro Rabbi Naftoli Shapiro (1906–1981) was an Orthodox Talmudic scholar and rosh yeshiva in Glasgow for 40 years. Born in 1906 in the town of Mir, Poland, Rabbi Shapiro studied at the prestigious Mir yeshiva from the age of twelve. He also lear ...

(1906–1981), Orthodox Talmudic scholar and rosh yeshiva in Glasgow, Scotland * Naftoli Trop (1871–1928), Talmudist and rosh yeshiva in Poland

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ben Naphtali Ben Naphtali ( Hebrew: אַבּוּ עִמְרָן מֹשֶׁה בֶּן דָּוִד בֶּן נַפְתָּלִי; Tiberian Hebrew: ''ʾAbbū ʿĪmrān, Mōše ben Dāwīḏ ben Nap̄tālī'') was a rabbi and Masorete who flourished around 890-9 ...

(first name in dispute), a rabbi and Masorete who flourished about 890–940 C.E. * Peretz Naftali (1888–1961), Zionist activist and Israeli politician *

Timothy Naftali Timothy Naftali is a Canadian-American historian who is clinical associate professor of public service at New York University. He has written four books, two of them co-authored with Alexander Fursenko on the Cuban Missile Crisis and Nikita Khrus ...

, director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum {{given name, type=both Jewish given names Hebrew-language given names