Taits (Taitz) (née Gilinskaya) Natalia Izraelovna (2 June 1947, Riga) — engineer.

Natalia Taits was born into the family of Izrael Gilinsky (1905, Daugavpils – 1981, Riga) and Rasya Gilinskaya (née Rapoport) (1905, Daugavpils). In 1965, she graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 9.

In 1965, she worked as an accountant at the “Ausma” factory. In 1966–1967, she was a planning technician at the Riga Knitwear and Headwear Combine. In 1968–1969, she worked as a bookkeeper and accountant at the Riga Reinforced Concrete Structures Plant. From 1969 to 1980, she worked as a senior engineer at the Riga Road Maintenance Administration. From 1981, she was an engineer at the Supply and Sales Administration of the Ministry of Construction Materials of the Latvian SSR.

In 1973, she graduated by correspondence from the Latvian State University, obtaining the qualification of engineer-economist.

In her marriage to Yazep Taits (1946, Riga), two children were born: Geula Taits (1972, Riga) and Amos Taits (1976, Riga).

In 1982, she received permission to emigrate to Israel upon invitation from her husband’s mother, Khana (Kreine) Taits (née Elkan) (1916, Riga). Subsequently, she lived in Canada and worked as a design engineer in Toronto.

Family:

Yazep Taits (1946, Riga) — husband
Geula Taits (1972, Riga) — daughter
Amos Taits (1976, Riga) — son
Izrael Gilinsky (1905, Daugavpils – 1981, Riga) — father
Rasya Gilinskaya (née Rapoport) (1905, Daugavpils) — mother
Khaya Gilinskaya (1936, Daugavpils) — sister
Khana (Kreine) Taits (née Elkan) (1916, Riga) — mother-in-law