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...
Sam used to work as a nurse, but seven years ago he was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was only in his late 50s, and he faced a future of increasing weakness, paralysis, and ultimately death. Sam and Luda spent much of their savings on a...
Joshua Schwartz isn’t the only person who came to San Francisco on a visit and loved the city so much he decided to stay. He also met and fell in love with his husband Joel Villalon here, and 32 years later, the two of them are proud and happy to call San Francisco...
