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...
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, 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...
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...
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...
Rabbi Jamie’s Corner July 2023 I am sitting outside in early July enjoying the unusually cool weather. It’s the time of year that brings to mind watermelon, corn-on-the-cob, and sunlight until almost 10 pm. School is out, and many of us are enjoying some time...
Join our conversation with Alex Chuzhoy, Founder & Owner of Alex Chuzhoy Photography and a newer member of the Hebrew Free Loan Business Circle. Alex reinvented himself more than once since immigrating from Kyiv to San Francisco at the age of 19. His current...
Jonathan sometimes can’t believe he’s even alive, let alone starting his third year of medical school at UC Davis. He came from Mexico with his parents as a toddler and grew up in a rough neighborhood of Redwood City. His dad was incarcerated during Jonathan’s...
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...
