Ben Shemano Jewelry is a San Francisco-based jewelry dealer specializing in estate and custom jewelry. Founded by Ben Shemano in 2013, the company buys and sell fine jewelry, watches, diamonds, precious stones, and metals, and arranges for the design and creation of...
Herb and Judy Schmulewicz of Keller Williams Peninsula Estates facilitate the selling, buying and investment of real estate on the San Francisco Peninsula. They work closely with their clients to understand their values and goals, both short and long term, and are...
Blatteis Realty is a full-service brokerage company specializing in office and retail leasing. Founded in San Francisco in 1922, the company covers the complete range of commercial real estate services: leasing, investment transactions, tenant and landlord...
Alex came to the United States from Romania when she was three years old. Her parents applied for political asylum, but the process was long and difficult, involving denials, appeals, and other bureaucratic complications. Then Alex’s father died, and she and her...
Barbara was almost 80 years old when she left an abusive marriage and moved in with her daughter’s family. A retired social worker, she’d always been involved in the community, and she continued to be active and engaged with her grandchildren and with local issues....
Steve Zimmerman traces his ties to the restaurant industry – and to Hebrew Free Loan – all the way back to the World War II era. He recalls that when his father, Art Zimmerman, was eating his K-rations while on active duty in Europe, he would “dream of the day he...
Heally is an online telemedicine and marketplace platform which connects patients to doctors and cannabis-based medical products. Heally’s peer-to-peer model efficiently provides patients with the care they need, when they need it. CEO Greg Rovner explains...
Steve Grau and his family emigrated from Ukraine in 1989, arriving in San Francisco with $80 to their name. He became interested in health care 15 years later, when he took a hands-on role caring for his grandfather after a series of debilitating strokes. Witnessing...
Mission Pictures is a video production company which specializes in short documentaries and scripted work for non-profits, small businesses, and corporations. “Our tagline reads Better Films for a Better World, and that pretty much says it all,” describes co-founder...
As the needs of our community evolve, so do the ways we lend a hand. In this J Weekly article, learn more about how we’re helping people grow their income and support their businesses.
