Elizabeth Boner has been an educator her entire adult life, and she always assumed that owning a home in the Bay Area was out of reach for her. Now, a year after purchasing a modest home in the historic Atchison Village Cooperative in Richmond, Liz still can’t believe...
Rabbi Jamie’s Corner May 2023 It is the kind of spectacularly beautiful day that takes your breath away. It’s a Thursday morning, and I’m pedaling through the Livermore wine country. My cycling buddy and I are deeply engaged in a conversation about the weekly...
Jesse Brandt was a senior at Berkeley High School when the pandemic hit, and finishing his senior year from home wasn’t easy. But it inspired him to reflect on what really mattered to him, ultimately putting him on a whole new life trajectory. For the first time in...
When Leandro Margulis stopped at a vista point in the Marin Headlands so his friends from abroad could admire the view of the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco skyline, he didn’t know he was about to meet his future spouse. Neither did Gorica, who had just...
Rabbi Jamie’s Corner April 2023 “Hey Rabbi Jamie, what does Judaism say about…?” How many times have I heard this? People like to think that Judaism will give them a definitive answer about a given issue, but that isn’t always so. An early Jewish sage named Ben...
When Stephanie Stone and Bill Schwartz came to us for help, they owed $47,000 in student loans that Stephanie had taken out 30 years ago to become a nurse-midwife. Because of compounding interest, Stephanie had barely made a dent in the total despite many years of...
Emma Krasovich and Alan Southworth were each a few years out of college, living in New York City, when they met on a dating app. They’re both long-distance runners, and they connected over a love of nature and their mutual passion for running. Alan is also a musician,...
Join our conversation with Sandy Lipkowitz, Founder & Owner of We Make Travel Easy and a newer member of the Hebrew Free Loan Business Circle. Now that the Covid pandemic has eased, people are ready to make travel plans and satisfy their pent-up desires to see the...
Alex Chuzhoy has reinvented himself more than once since immigrating from Kyiv to San Francisco at the age of 19 with his parents. His current incarnation as a real estate photographer brings together all his previous skills and experiences in a way Alex could never...
It didn’t take Tyler Karow long, once he finished at University of Southern California, to figure out that he was going to have to find his own path in life. He tried putting his degree in civil engineering to use in conventional jobs, and he enjoyed a position...
