Grinmanis Ber (Boris) Isaakovich (22 November 1901, Ludza – ?) — educator.
Ber Grinmanis studied at the Theological Seminary in Rēzekne from 1912 to 1915, and from autumn 1915 to spring 1918 at the Theological Seminary in Ludza. Between 1919 and 1921, he attended the Municipal Russian Secondary School in Ludza.
In September 1931, he graduated from the Faculty of National Economy and Jurisprudence at the University of Latvia, receiving a Candidate of Law diploma. In June 1940, he was awarded a master’s degree.
Grinmanis began his teaching career in the 1921/22 academic year in Ludza as acting teacher of Latvian at a primary school. In 1922/23, he taught at the Primary School of the Jewish Society “Cheder Msukon” in Riga, which became the Tushiya Private Jewish Gymnasium in 1923.
From August 1923, he served as both teacher and headmaster of the Municipal Jewish Primary School in Krustpils. On 1 January 1924, he was appointed acting Inspector of Jewish Studies at the Ministry of Education. On 1 August 1925, he was appointed Head of the Schools Department within the Jewish Education Administration of the Ministry of Education. In 1930, he became Head of the Department of Jewish Secondary and Vocational Education.
From 1 July 1932, he worked as Inspector of Jewish Schools in the School Department of the Ministry of Education. On 1 April 1933, he was appointed Head of the Schools Division of the Jewish Education Administration. From 7 June 1934, he served as Acting Director of the Riga Municipal Jewish Gymnasium, and from 1 December 1936, as Director of the Jewish State Gymnasium in Liepāja.
In October 1935, he received certification as a fully qualified secondary school teacher. In autumn 1940, he was dismissed from his post as school director but was granted permission to teach legal subjects in Latvian and Russian schools in Liepāja.
He was married to Sheina Hesse (née Druyan, b. 1902), and they had two daughters, Esther (b. 1923) and Leah (b. 1926), and a son, Ariel (b. 1934).
Sheina Hesse (née Druyan, b. 1902) — wife
Esther Grinmanis (b. 1923) — daughter
Leah Grinmanis (b. 1926) — daughter
Ariel Grinmanis (b. 1934) — son