Rivy Poupko Kletenik
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Rivy Poupko Kletenik, the daughter of Gilda Twerski Novoseller Poupko, scion of the great Hasidic dynasty and Rabbi Baruch Poupko, rabbi for over 60 years of Congregation Shaare Torah in Pittsburgh is presently Head of School at the Seattle Hebrew Academy, after serving as Director of Jewish Education Services for the Jewish Education Council of the Jewish Federation of Seattle for ten years. She has studied on the undergraduate and graduate level at Touro College, Yeshiva University, and the University of Pittsburgh, and spent the year with her family 2000 –2001 in Israel as a fellow on the Melton Senior Educator Program at the Hebrew University. Her articles on topics of Jewish interest appear in local and national publications and she was presented with the American Jewish Press Association first prize award for commentary in 2001. She presently writes a monthly Jewish advice column for Seattle’s JTNews called JQ.
She co-chaired the past two CAJE conference's Bet Midrash program and co-edited the study books, "Turning Heaven and Earth" and "Eat, Drink and Be Merry" for the upcoming national conferences. Rivy teaches and lectures throughout the community and nationwide on all things Jewish. She was awarded the 2002 Covenant Award for Outstanding Jewish Educators and was honored as Distinguished Alumna at Touro College last year. She was the 2006 Seattle Hadassah Honoree. Rivy is the wife of Moshe Kletenik, rabbi of Congregation Bikkur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath in Seattle and is the mother of four children and two grandchildren.
