Justyn Lezin

Justyn is a lifelong resident of the Bay Area, if you don’t count that she lived elsewhere from ages 4 through 24. She feels like she and her family slowly found Kehilla despite numerous glowing recommendations from friends, and the relationship deepened considerably when her child started attending Kehilla school in 2015. Justyn is a current member of the Generosity Committee and Chevra Kadisha, and is grateful to be able to give and receive support from this very special and eponymic community, aka Kehilla. Justyn is a lawyer and recovering litigator who worked successively as a public defender, legal aid attorney representing domestic violence survivors, and, since 2011, in private practice as a family law attorney with a particular emphasis in mediation, consulting, and working with LGBTQ families. As part of deriving great comfort from ever-evolving Jewish traditions, Justyn cares deeply about issues of social, racial, and environmental justice, and feels fortunate to be part of a “community that reaches for joy, shared liberation, and justice, rooted in Jewish spiritual teachings and practice.”