Life hasn’t been easy for Rimma Sukhorukova since she arrived in the U.S. from Ukraine, but she’s nothing if not resilient … and determined. Rimma lost both her parents before she turned 30, and she accumulated credit card debt while caring for them and covering their...
Join our conversation with Stephen Dobrow, President of Primark Benefits, about retirement planning and employee benefits that are relevant to both individuals and small business owners, especially during the pandemic. Click below to watch the video or here to listen...
Joan Laguatan, principal broker and owner of Canvass Properties, recognized from an early age that people need secure housing to feel a sense of dignity and safety. Her parents immigrated from the Philippines before she was born, and they built an immigration law...
Gregg Rubenstein became a donor to Hebrew Free Loan when he was only 28 years old. And the more he learned about the organization, the more he wanted to give. Gregg loved the idea of community members supporting each other through interest-free lending, as an...
For Kelny Denebeim, banking is in her DNA. Her first job as a teenager in San Francisco was at her dad’s bank, the Charter Bank of London, and she worked there every summer through high school and college. Her father, Bruce Denebeim, was a lawyer, banker, and...
When you meet David Poznic (also known as David Poznanter), you know immediately that you’re in the company of a real mensch, someone who lives according to his values. David is a man of many talents — a teacher, actor, circus artist, acrobat, and mask maker. He has...
Please register for one date in the form below. Capacity is limited to provide an intimate experience. You will receive a Zoom link after you register. Questions? Contact Jamie Hyams at jamie@hflasf.org or...
Just a year ago, Ayal and Leah Amzel were celebrating the 20th anniversary of Yali’s Café. They opened the restaurant across the street from UC Berkeley’s North Campus in 1999, two weeks after they got married. Now, because of the Coronavirus pandemic, they’re hanging...
Randall and Lois Stein escaped the Camp Fire of 2018 with the shirts on their backs, and they consider themselves lucky. Three of their neighbors didn’t make it out. The couple was at a doctor’s appointment in a nearby town when the fire started, and Paradise burned...
