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Biden kneels before Rivlin aide after learning she has 12 kids

  • The Israeli President clasped his hands in surprise at the gesture by the American leader as the two met in the White House

By Cnaan Liphshiz, Times of Israel, July 2, 2021

US President Joe Biden has had four children of his own, but he is clearly impressed by mothers who raise more.

In a meeting with Israel’s outgoing president Reuven Rivlin at the White House on Monday, Biden knelt before Rivlin’s chief of staff, a Haredi Orthodox woman named Rivka Ravitz, in deference to the fact that she has 12 children.

The moment was reported by several media outlets, alongside a photo taken of the moment by a member of Israel’s Government Press Office accompanying the Israeli presidential delegation.

Rivlin had mentioned to Biden that Ravitz, 45, a key adviser for years, runs a household of 13 in addition to her demanding job, when the president knelt before her to express his admiration.

Rivlin clasped his hands in apparent surprise as he and Ravitz looked down at Biden, who lowered one knee to the floor and bowed his head.

Rivlin will be replaced as president next week by Isaac Herzog, who headed the Jewish Agency. The visit to the United States was Rivlin’s last overseas trip as president.

Ravitz’s father was born in the United States. She studied to be a teacher in Jerusalem and became a parliamentary aide to the late Avraham Ravitz, a Haredi communal leader and former lawmaker in the Knesset. He was her father-in-law.

She began working for Rivlin in 1999, when he was a lawmaker.

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