RIF
As a acronym/initialism, RIF refers to:
- Rabbi Isaac Fasi, a major author of Talmudic commentary;
- Reading Is Fundamental, an organization promoting children's literacy;
- reconnaissance in force, a military intelligence-gathering tactic;
- Reduction in force, a euphemism for a large-scale employment termination;
- the Renju International Federation.
- Rabid Inuyasha Fan, a type of unruly anime watcher;
- Rif is also a region in Morocco (not an acronym).
- an acronym present in soap bars distributed in Polish ghettos by German occupation authorities. The Jews interpreted it as Rein Jüdisches Fett ("Pure Jewish Fat"), starting rumors about Jewish corpses being turned to soap. The actual meaning was Reichsstelle für Industrielle Fettversorgung ("Reich Center for Industrial Fat Provisioning")