Kaplan Ishiya (b. 25 June 1934, Riga) — worker.

Ishiya Kaplan was born out of wedlock. His father, Adolf Marian (b. 1904, Poland), emigrated to then-Palestine in 1935, a year after Ishiya’s birth. His mother, Anna Efremovna Kaplan (1904–1965, Riga), raised him until their evacuation in 1941 to Karasu, Kyrgyz SSR.

After returning to Riga, Ishiya lived in an orphanage (1945–1948). He completed 6 classes of primary school (1949), then worked as an apprentice shoemaker in the artels Kurpnieks and Spars (1949–1951), later as a shoemaker in the artel Dzirkstele and at the shoe factory 1 May (1951–1954). He served in the Soviet Army (1954–1958). After demobilization, he worked as a shoemaker at Riga’s shoe factories 1 May and Ērglis (1958–1967).

Ishiya Kaplan was married to Rosa Abramovna Kaplan (née Kapulskaya) (b. 1937, Riga). Their daughter is Henrietta Ishievna Kaplan (b. 1961, Riga).

In 1971 Ishiya Kaplan received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his father Marian Adolf (1904) had lived since 1935.

Family:

Adolf Marian (b. 1904, Poland) — father
Anna Efremovna Kaplan (1904–1965, Riga) — mother
Rosa Abramovna Kaplan (née Kapulskaya) (b. 1937, Riga) — wife
Henrietta Ishievna Kaplan (b. 1961, Riga) — daughter