Rivy Poupko Kletenik
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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 a Covenant Foundation Award for Jewish educators in 2002.


Personal life

Born and raised in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...
, Poupko Kletenik is the daughter of Gilda Twerski Novoseller Poupko, descendant of a Hasidic dynasty, and Baruch Poupko, rabbi for over 60 years of Shaare Torah Congregation in Pittsburgh. She is married to Rabbi Moshe Kletenik, and they have four children, includin
Isaiah Kletenik
and Gilah Kletenik.


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On Jewish Education for WomenUniversity of Washington Digital Archives Interview with Rivy Poupko Kletenik 2017Washington's First Foray into Outdoor Learning with Rivy Poupko Kletenik 2020
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