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Rivy Poupko Kletenik • JTNews Columnist
Dear Rivy, I am confused. The startling revelations around the National Security Agency’s surveillance are deeply disturbing. It turns out “Big Brother” is watching, more…
Posted June 19, 2013


Rivy Poupko Kletenik • JTNews Columnist
Dear Rivy, This year on Father’s Day, besides the regular celebrations, we are also commemorating a significant birthday for my father, the patriarch of our…
Posted May 22, 2013


Rivy Poupko Kletenik • JTNews Columnist
Dear Rivy, The Boston Marathon bombing is just devastating and shocking, one more tragic life-changing milestone in our country’s loss of innocence. This has been…
Posted April 22, 2013


Rivy Poupko Kletenik • JTNews Columnist
Dear Rivy, Year after year at the seder all is going well, then — there it is — the paragraph that unsettles me every time,…
Posted March 20, 2013


Rivy Poupko Kletenik • JTNews Columnist
Dear Rivy, On one hand, the good news is that everything turns out okay for us at the end of the Megillah — a fine…
Posted February 20, 2013


Rivy Poupko Kletenik • JTNews Columnist
Dear Rivy, Golden Globes, Oscar nominations — any Jewish thoughts on this year’s movies? Having not yet seen “Guilt Trip,” the obvious Jewish choice for…
Posted January 21, 2013


Rivy Poupko Kletenik • JTNews Columnist
Dear Rivy, With December coming to an end and 2013 looming, I was wondering if it is permitted to make New Year’s resolutions even if…
Posted December 19, 2012


Rivy Poupko Kletenik • JTNews Columnist
Dear Rivy, I have always wondered about this question in connection to Hanukkah: Why, of all the different vessels in the Temple, does the story…
Posted November 26, 2012


Rivy Poupko Kletenik • JTNews Columnist
Dear Rivy, As we begin the new cycle of the Torah reading I can’t help but feel — for lack of a better phrase —…
Posted October 18, 2012


Rivy Poupko Kletenik • JTNews Columnist
Dear Rivy, Maybe it was the madeleine on the cover of his book, “Proust was a Neuroscientist.” Who knows? But I was a huge fan…
Posted August 28, 2012


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What's Your JQ?
Using the Torah as example, renowned educator and the Seattle Hebrew Academy head-of-school, Rivy Poupko Kletenik, takes questions from readers about Judaism and living a Jewish life. Send your own question to mailto:rivy@jtnews.net.
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