Fridman (Friedmann) (née Lifshits) Riva (Riwa) Abramovna (17 March 1946, Riga) — educator.

Riva Fridman was born into the family of Abram Tevelevich Lifshits (born 1919, Varakļāni) and Khana Simonovna Lifshits (née Frid) (born 1924, Varakļāni). In 1962 she completed nine classes at Riga Secondary School No. 15.

From 1962 to 1964 she worked as a cloakroom attendant at the Riga City Children’s Clinical Hospital, while simultaneously studying at the Riga Evening School for Working Youth No. 10. From 1964 to 1965 she worked as a controller at the VEF factory. From 1965 to 1972 she studied at the Liepāja Pedagogical Institute, while also working as a preschool educator at kindergarten No. 176. From 1973 to 1980 she worked as a methodologist-educator in the housing administration (ZhEK) of the Moscow District No. 29 in Riga.

She was first married to Lev Minaevich Livshits (born 1939, Nelidovo, Kalinin Region). Their son is Alexander Lvovich Livshits (born 1967, Riga). The marriage was dissolved in 1979.

She later married Valdi Faivishovich Fridman (born 1940, Dvinsk, now Daugavpils); the couple had no children.

In 1980 she received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1975 her aunt (her mother’s sister), Faina Semenovna Zitser (née Frid) (born 1926, Varakļāni), had been living.

Family:

Abram Tevelevich Lifshits (1919) — father
Khana Simonovna Lifshits (née Frid) (1924) — mother
Lev Minaevich Livshits (1939) — first husband
Alexander Lvovich Livshits (1967, Riga) — son
Valdi Faivishovich Fridman (1940) — second husband
Faina Semenovna Zitser (née Frid) (1926) — aunt