Rabinovich (Rabinowitsch) Riva (Riwa) (1931, Riga) — teacher, proofreader.

Riva Rabinovich was the daughter of Bers Rabinovich (1895, Riga — 1969, Tel Aviv) and Ida Rabinovich (née Schmidt) (1904, Kamai, Lithuania). In 1940 she was administratively deported from Latvia together with her mother as the daughter of a merchant. In the 1950s she studied at the Kolpashevo Teachers’ Institute. In 1956–57 she worked as a mathematics teacher at the Voronovskaya Secondary School in the Kozhevnikovsky District of Tomsk Region. In 1957–58 she taught mathematics at Tomsk Secondary School No. 28. In 1959 Riva Rabinovich returned to Riga. From 1961 she worked as a proofreader at the institute “Latgiprostroy”, at the Proftekhizdat printing house, and at the 7th Riga Printing House.

Married to Yerukhim Meilakh (1923, Riga) (marriage dissolved), she had children Ada Meilakh (1953, Parabel village, Tomsk Region) and Mikhail Meilakh (1958, Tomsk). In 1970 Riva Rabinovich received permission to emigrate to Israel upon invitation from her mother.

Family:

Yerukhim Meilakh (1923, Riga) — husband
Ada Meilakh (1953, Parabel village, Tomsk Region) — daughter
Mikhail Meilakh (1958, Tomsk) — son
Bers Rabinovich (1895, Riga — 1969, Tel Aviv) — father
Ida Rabinovich (née Schmidt) (1904, Kamai, Lithuania) — mother
Joseph Rabinovich (1937, Riga) — brother