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Kletenik
Kletenik ( ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Gilah Kletenik, American scholar and religious leader * Moshe Kletenik (born 1954), American rabbi * Rivy Poupko Kletenik Rivy Poupko Kletenik is an American lecturer and educator. Career Poupko Kletenik is Head of School at the Seattle Hebrew Academy and wrote a monthly Jewish advice column called JQ for Seattle's ''The Jewish Sound''. She was the recipient of ..., American lecturer and educator References {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilah Kletenik
Gilah Kletenik is an academic and rabbi. Career Kletenik is a Starr Fellow at Harvard University. She has written about Jewish Studies and other topics. Previously she was a congregational scholar at the Modern Orthodox Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. During her tenure at Kehilath Jeshurun, which concluded in 2014, Kletenik was among a few Orthodox women worldwide functioning as religious leaders. Kletenik has been a vocal advocate of advancing women as rabbis and clergy, notably suggesting as much in a public sermon. She has written about this position, which has been deemed controversial, in the ''Huffington Post''. Kletenik has also written on political affairs, which she considers through a philosophical lens, most recently opining on ISIS in '' 3:AM Magazine''. Working towards a more egalitarian Jewish leadership landscape, she is also a founder of the Orthodox Women’s Leadership Project. The broader Jewish community has recognized h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moshe Kletenik
Moshe Kletenik is an American rabbi. Biography He was born in Chicago in 1954. His parents are Rabbi Shya and Rochelle Kletenik. After studying in the Hebrew Theological College and Yeshivas Brisk of Chicago, he received "Yoreh Yoreh" '' semicha'' from Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik . Kletenik received ''semicha'' in the areas of gittin and Even Ha'ezer and "Yadin Yadin" semicha from Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz in 2004 and 2009 respectively. He has served as a congregational rabbi, at Shaare Torah Congregation of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in Seattle at Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath Congregation from 1994 until June 2013. He is currently the ''Av Beth Din'' and ''Mesader Gittin'' for the Vaad HaRabbanim of Greater Seattle. Kletenik was President of the Rabbinical Council of America and a member of the Faith Advisory Board to Governor Christine Gregoire of Washington State. He has written extensively on contemporary issues of Jewish law, especially Jewish medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |