Reuben Joshua Poupko
Reuben Joshua Poupko is a Canadian-American Orthodox rabbi. He has served as spiritual leader of the Beth Israel Beth Aaron Congregation synagogue in Montreal since 1986,[1][2] and sits as co-chair of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs' Canadian Rabbinic Caucus.[3]
He has appeared in three films: Schmelvis: The Search for the King's Jewish Roots, a documentary on Elvis Presley's supposed Jewish roots;[4][5] Once a Nazi, on former Waffen SS soldier-turned-professor Adalbert Lallier;[6] and Untying the Bonds ... Jewish Divorce, a documentary aiming to "increase awareness of the Jewish divorce issue."[7]
Controversy
[edit | edit source]In an interview with the Montreal Gazette in March 2021, Poupko attributed the upswing of the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant in parts of Montreal to the Lubavitch and Sephardic communities,[8] prompting Federation CJA and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs to issue a joint apology.[9]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Poupko is the son of Gilda Twerski-Novoseller Poupko and Rabbi Baruch Poupko, rabbi for over sixty years of Congregation Shaare Torah in Pittsburgh.[10] His maternal grandfather was Rabbi Dovid Shlomo Novoseller, and maternal grandmother a descendent of the Twersky rabbinic dynasty.[11]
Poupko is the twin brother of Rivy Poupko Kletenik.[citation needed] He is married to makeup artist Mindy Shear of Montreal, where they reside with her son Shalev.[12] Rabbi Poupko has five children: Adina (married to Hillel Silverberg), Hindy (married to Seth Galena), Tamar (married to Elliot Smith), Eliezer (married to Chany Wilner) and Avi (married to Shifra Valvo).[citation needed]
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