Hebrew Free Loan’s treasure trove of historical documents provides a unique lens into the history of Jewish life in Northern California. During the 128 years we have been serving the Jewish community, we have accumulated over 50,000 documents, including loan...
Yitzhar Goretsky was 14 years old when he knew that medicine was his calling. He spent that summer in England shadowing a pediatrician, where he discovered he had a knack for connecting with children and their parents alike. Yitzhar saw how a good doctor can make an...
Being active in the Jewish community has always been important to Chaim Rappaport. And now that his wife, Lisa Rappaport, is the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Israel in Chico, he’s in the public eye more than ever. But over the last few years, being out in the...
Rabbi Jamie’s Corner January 2022 By Jamie Hyams Development Director Hebrew Free Loan “If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, do not act toward them as a creditor; exact no interest from them.” The text above comes from this week’s Torah...
Join our conversation with Eric Benhamou about the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and immigration. Eric is the former CEO of 3Com & Palm Computing (makers of the Palm Pilot) and Founder of Benhamou Global Ventures & Israel Venture Network (IVN)....
Maya Katz-Ali is a multicultural Jew in every sense of the word, from her heritage to her experiences to her values. Maya is conversant in Hebrew, which she learned from her mother, a New York Jew who spent time in Israel, and she was inspired to learn Urdu by her...
Karen and Dale received an interest-free loan from us in 2018 to turn the downstairs of their home in the Santa Cruz Mountains into a rental unit that helped them make ends meet. Last year Karen reached out to let us know their house had burned to the ground in the...
Ariane and Rachel are already excited for their annual Hanukkah party next year. They’ll be cooking 300 latkes from scratch in the kitchen of their new home, a two-bedroom house in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset that’s just a few blocks from Ocean Beach. The couple met...
Rabbi Jamie’s Corner November 2021 By Jamie Hyams Development Director Hebrew Free Loan The holiday of Hanukkah recalls events from thousands of years ago which still feel incredibly relevant today. At its core, Hanukkah is about miracles, faith and Jewish...
Bonnie Patrick grew up on a ranch in the Central Valley where physical activity was a fact of life. So her job as Fitness Manager at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center (OFJCC) in Palo Alto comes naturally to her. After twelve years at the OFJCC, Bonnie still...
