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Dear Friends,

This past Sunday my grandmother Bracha Levertov passed away. She was 90 years old.

Bubby Levertov (as she was known to so many of my friends) was born in the Bronx in 1934 to Ahron and Esther Muskal.

In 1954, she married her husband, Rabbi Moshe Levertov, and established a welcoming home of Chesed (kindness). She always put others first, minimizing her own needs to cater to others.

Together with her late husband Rabbi Moshe, she helped run the Ezras Achim organization, helping thousands of Jews in the former Soviet Union.

The chief director of the women's Mikvah and beloved attendant for many years, Bubby was known for her easygoing personality and willingness to accommodate every woman she served.

Known as "Bubby" to many beyond her immediate family, she will be fondly remembered for her warm smile, wild creativity, bubbly personality, and positive perspective on life. (I see a lot of myself in her, mainly in the crazy ideas realm). She would always try to say yes to an opportunity.

She merited to live life to its fullest and raise a dynamic family of children, grandchildren, and many many great-grandchildren, leaders in Jewish communities around the world.

The Austin community has been blessed by Bubby's many visits. We will fondly remember her engaging stories, paintings of biblical stories, and the sheer nachas she experienced with every visit.

I hope to share stories and memories, her example of kindness is an inspiration to us all.

May her memory be a blessing

Wishing you an uplifting Shabbat,

Rabbi Mendy & Mussy

p.s. As always, we would love to chat with you over coffee or drinks, about Judaism, or just life - reply to this email.

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A truly uplifting High Holiday season at YJP with over 500 attending.

Celebrating together at

• Bake Like Bubby,
• New Year's RH dinner,
• soulful HH services,
• Shofar on the Bridge and Happy Hour,
• Oct 7 Remembrance,
• powerful services of Yom Kippur,
• Sukkot Dinners,
• the Republic Square Sukkah,
• YAD + YJP Sukkah Happy Hour,
• Mensch Club,
• One Dor Over Sukkot get together,
• Lulav and Etrog all over town and
• dancing on Simchat Torah

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it was truly a special and powerful season.

We are honored you chose YJP as your home and community to celebrate with.

The joy, the soul, the light, the love is the surest way to kickoff the new year in the best way possible.

A special thank you to our generous community partners

Phil & Adam Loewy

Amy & Josh Landau

Yoni Oettinger

Bill Koen and Joe Koen and Sons Jewelers

Ben Farias and Parlor & Yard

and all the beautiful members of the Chai Society for making these holidays so special.

Here's to a most blessed 5785!

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