Regina Jefferson
May 23, 2022Regina Jefferson felt like she had been drowning in credit card debt for years when she came to Hebrew Free Loan. Finding out that…
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Alix Wall, Writer for The J and New York Times
May 19, 2022Join our conversation with Alix Wall, an award-winning journalist who’s passionate about food, Jews, and love stories. Alix is a contributing editor at J. The…
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Passover to Shavuot: Counting the Omer
May 11, 2022In biblical times, Shavuot was a rite marking the spring agricultural season. Each day from Passover to Shavuot, there was a verbal counting of the harvest period. Over time the idea developed that each day of this…
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Simmie and Eric Baum
May 6, 2022When Simmie Baum passed away last year, 13 years after her husband Eric, she left it to her son Randy to distribute the funds…
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Raphael Falk
April 18, 2022Like many young people, it took Raphael Falk a while to find his place in the world. He grew up in Berkeley and Oakland,…
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