Rabbi Yehuda Braver
יהודה ב"ר משה יצחק
Chief Rabbi, Kansas City, MissouriDate of Death:
Mon. November 5, 1956 -
Kislev 1 5717
Rosh Chodesh
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Directions to Kever: Home of Peace Memorial Park Cemetery located in East Los Angeles maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Location: Ohel Dovid Section, Row 1, Grave 11
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Name listed on marker: Rabbi Jehudah Braver
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Interestingly, the Jewish community of Kansas City is no longer in Missouri, its now in Kansas City, Kansas (across the river).
Today there is a very small frum community
there’s a long biography on Rabbi Braver and a picture of him in the sefer תולדות אנשי שם available on hebrew books at he link provided here
http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=6562&st=&pgnum=23&hilite=
While Rabbi Braver was rav in Kansas City, there was a big “machlokes” which was sparked when a fellow rav in the city “massered” on him during the Prohibition Era, in an effort to have Rav Braver’s permit to purchase sacramental wine revoked. It created a huge uproar.
Menachem:
Just how do you know this?
I searched through the personal papers of Rabbi Tuvia Geffen, and in one of the folders is a hachraza admonishing the other rav for “massering” on Rabbi Braver. The hachraza also had a copy of the letter the other rav submitted to the government officials. You can email me privately if you want more info.
It appears to me that his Father Reb Moshe Yitzchok Braver was also a Rabbi here in the US in Sioux City (pernounced Sue-City) Iowa.
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=46565&st=&pgnum=261&hilite=
“Rabbi Yehuda Braver – Torah Pioneer in America”
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/4192
Yd see bbz’s post above.
Anyone know who his descendants are?
Rabbi Yehuda Braver was my mother’s brother. Her name was Miriam Braver. Coincidentally, my hebrew name is Moishe Yitzchak. My mother married David Siegelbaum and I have 1 sister still living and 2 brothers that are deceased. My Mother died in 1952 of leukemia. As a result we had little connection to her family after that.
Rabbi Yehuda Braver was my mother’s brother. Her name was Miriam Braver.
Rabbi Yehuda Braver, tz”l was my grandfather. His daughter Miriam Lifshutz is my mom. I have a very complete family tree. I can be reached at Martin.QuickBooks@gmail.com
His yartzeit 1 Kislev, was yesterday November 4, 2013. May his neshomah have an aliyah.
mel seger please contact shoshana braver dolgin, daughter of rav braver at shoshdb@gmail.com
she is the family archiver
my wife is granddaughter named after yehuda