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.

Rivy Poupko Kletenik

Personal life

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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.

Rivy Poupko Kletenik

She is married to Rabbi Moshe Kletenik, and they have four children, including Isaiah Kletenik and Gilah Kletenik.

Rivy Poupko Kletenik

References

External links

On Jewish Education for Women

University of Washington Digital Archives Interview with Rivy Poupko Kletenik 2017

Washington's First Foray into Outdoor Learning with Rivy Poupko Kletenik 2020

Jewish education in the United States

Rebbetzins

Jewish American academics

Jewish American writers

Religious leaders from Pittsburgh

Living people

American women academics

American religion academics

Jewish women writers

Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women