Kayla Dolberg is only 23, but she has some advice for those who may be going through a rough time. She encourages people not to be stubborn about accepting help and to consider listening to suggestions from others — including their parents. Kayla grew up in Marin...
Leon Basin immigrated from Kharkov, Ukraine as a child. His wife, Marina Nekhendzy-Basin, immigrated from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Leon was nine years old when he arrived in the Bay Area, and Marina was two. Both watched their parents start over from nothing, which...
Join our conversation with Steve Zimmerman, a true pioneer in the restaurant industry. Steve was President and CEO of Zim’s Restaurants, one of the largest privately-owned restaurant chains in the Bay Area for many years. He went on to found Restaurant Realty...
John Osterweis is a man of many talents and passions. He’s the Founder and Chairman of Osterweis Capital Management in San Francisco, a thriving investment firm that’s been protecting and growing assets for individuals, families, endowments, and institutions for...
Jonathan Morgan’s career path took a few unexpected twists and turns along the way, but he’s delighted with where he’s ended up. He works for Medtronic, the largest medical device company in the world, where he manages sales of pain management devices for the entire...
Regina Jefferson felt like she had been drowning in credit card debt for years when she came to Hebrew Free Loan. Finding out that she and her husband could get an interest-free debt consolidation loan to pay off almost all of their high-interest credit cards was an...
Join our conversation with Alix Wall, an award-winning journalist who’s passionate about food, Jews, and love stories. Alix is a contributing editor at J. The Jewish News of Northern California, where she writes a regular column about Jews in the food industry....
Rabbi Jamie’s Corner May 2022 At Hebrew Free Loan, we applaud and assist intentional change. As I write this, Passover is behind us, and the holiday of Shavuot, which celebrates the receiving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai, is coming up in early June. The two...
When Simmie Baum passed away last year, 13 years after her husband Eric, she left it to her son Randy to distribute the funds left in her and Eric’s charitable remainder trust. Half was to go to Oakland Children’s Hospital, but she wanted Randy and his sister Amy...
Like many young people, it took Raphael Falk a while to find his place in the world. He grew up in Berkeley and Oakland, but never felt quite at home in the U.S. Spending a high school semester in Israel was transformative for Raphael. He returned to Israel for...
