Margot Nijsure, Montclair Elder Services
Join our conversation with Margot Nijsure, Founder & Owner of Montclair Elder Services and a member of the Hebrew Free Loan Business Circle. Montclair Elder Services offers a full range of personalized care and expert guidance to older adults and those who love...
Lior
Lior was 43 years old and had been trying to have a baby for seven years when she came to Hebrew Free Loan for assistance. Her son, Asher, was born almost exactly a year after she received our interest-free fertility loan. You don’t need to talk with Lior for...
Med Students in Israel
When the sirens woke each of them early in the morning on October 7, 2023, Arielle and Neta both had trouble understanding what was going on. They’ve been attending medical school in Israel for two years, and they had never experienced rockets being fired at Tel Aviv...
Patty and Alan Axelrod
Patty and Alan Axelrod were longtime supporters of Hebrew Free Loan. Their legacy lives on through a generous bequest from their estate after Patty passed away in April 2023. (Alan predeceased her in 2000.) May their memories be a blessing. “My dad grew up in San...
Lead with Life
Rabbi Jamie’s Corner November 2023 We’ve asked Rabbi Jamie Hyams (our Development Director) to periodically share her perspective with our community. The past month has been excruciating. Israel is engaged in an existential war, and I ask myself, “As...
Tanette Goldberg Social Justice Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to the 2023 award winners! Hebrew Free Loan partnered with National Council of Jewish Women San Francisco Section (NCJW SF) to award eight scholarships to Jewish women students who are studying or working in the area of social justice and who intend to...
Elizabeth Shwiff, Shwiff, Levy & Polo, LLP
If you have had the good fortune to meet Elizabeth Shwiff professionally, it might have been because you needed her expert accounting or tax advice at Shwiff, Levy & Polo, the full-service CPA firm she founded almost 35 years ago. You might have met her at a...
Irina Gorelik
Irina Gorelik, who immigrated from Ukraine as a young woman, is a single mother raising three young boys on her earnings as an in-home caregiver. She needed our help to purchase a car to drive her sons to different schools and get herself to her two caregiving jobs. A...
Unending Love & the High Holy Days
Rabbi Jamie’s Corner September 2023 We’ve asked Rabbi Jamie Hyams (our Development Director) to share her perspective with our community. Late summer/early fall is a stressful time for many rabbis. The High Holy Days are only days away and it’s our busiest...
Bellings Brothers Real Estate Team
Join our conversation with Aaron & Michael Bellings, Founders & Owners of Bellings Brothers Real Estate Team and newer members of the Hebrew Free Loan Business Circle. The Bellings Brothers are third generation Realtors and San Francisco natives. Aaron and...