Reuben Joshua Poupko

Rabbi Reuben Joshua Poupko is the Rabbi of Beth Israel Beth Aaron Congregation,[1] an Orthodox synagogue in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2][3] He is the son of Gilda Twerski Novoseller Poupko, scion of the Poupko Hasidic dynasty, and Rabbi Baruch Poupko, rabbi for over 60 years of Congregation Shaare Torah[4] in Pittsburgh.[5] Poupko is married to Mindy Shear of Montreal, where they reside with Mindy’s son Shalev. Rabbi Poupko has 5 children: Adina, Hindy, Tamar, Eliezer and Avi. Poupko is the twin brother of Rivy Poupko Kletenik.

He appeared in three films. Schmelvis: The Search for the King's Jewish Roots[6] is a documentary investigating Elvis Presley's supposed Jewish roots.[7][8] He also appeared in the award-winning movie "Once a Nazi" on former Waffen SS soldier turned professor Adalbert Lallier for SCN, CTV, Canal D, CLT and distributed internationally by the National Film Board of Canada.[9] The film Untying the Bonds ... Jewish Divorce is a documentary that was produced by the Coalition of Jewish Women for the Get that tries to "increase awareness of the Jewish divorce issue" features comments by Poupko on the issue.[10]

Poupko has been the spiritual leader on the March of the Living. He is also the "co-chair of the Canadian Rabbinic Caucus".[11]

References
  1. Beth Israel Beth Aaron Website
  2. "Tories eyeing traditionally Liberal ridings", Postmedia News, September 12, 2008
  3. Eisenthal, Bram, "Canadian university decision to ban Barak sparks free-speech demonstration", Jweekly, October 8, 2004
  4. Shaare Torah Website
  5. "Gilda Twerski-Novoseller Dies", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 4, 1983
  6. http://danhartal.com Schmelvis Movie Home Page]
  7. Eichler, Leah, "Love Him Tender", The Jerusalem Report, April 8, 2002
  8. Stoffman, Judy, "All schnook up at Graceland ; Search for Schmelvis Presley kicks off Jewish Film Festival", Toronto Star, April 19, 2002
  9. Hewings, Meg "Nazi victim" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Hour magazine, September 14, 2006
  10. "Religion", American Jewish Year, Book 1998 by David Singer, VNR AG, 1998, Pg. 204
  11. "Jewish community leadership meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas", Canadian Business, May 26, 2009
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