Lamina (née Vulfovich) Ester Mendelevna (27 March 1949, Riga) — teacher.

Ester Lamina was born into a working-class family: Mendel Shlemovich Vulfovich (b. 1911) and Dveira Davydovna Vulfovich (née Levina) (b. 1924).

She graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 18 (1966) and externally completed her studies at the Herzen State Pedagogical Institute in Leningrad (1970).

At the same time, she worked in Riga as a senior pioneer leader at Secondary School No. 57 (1969), and later as a teacher of Russian language and literature at Specialized School No. 50 (1970, Moscow).

Upon returning to Riga, she taught Russian language and literature at Secondary School No. 42 (1971) and Latvian language at Eight-Year School No. 1 (1972).

In marriage with Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Lamin (b. 1940, Moscow), she had a daughter — Simona Vyacheslavovna Lamina (b. 1970, Moscow). The marriage was dissolved in 1972.

In 1973, Ester Lamina received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1967 her aunt (her father’s sister) Elena Shlemovna Kvin (née Vulfovich) (b. 1917) had been living.

Family:

Mendel Shlemovich Vulfovich (b. 1911) — father
Dveira Davydovna Vulfovich (née Levina) (b. 1924) — mother
Dina Mendelevna Vulfovich (b. 1949) — sister
Elena Shlemovna Kvin (née Vulfovich) (b. 1917) — aunt (father’s sister)
Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Lamin (b. 1940) — former husband
Simona Vyacheslavovna Lamina (b. 1970) — daughter