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David Saxe is co-founder and managing principal of Calvera Partners, a real estate investment firm. He is vice chair of the Contemporary Jewish Museum and chair of the museum’s development committee. He is also a member of the Jewish Federation Bay Area’s capital planning committee. 

Melissa Saxe Blaustein and David Saxe asked their wedding guests to donate to four Bay Area art institutions instead of giving traditional gifts. (Courtesy Radostina Boseva)
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How we turned our wedding into a celebration of tzedakah

Melissa Blaustein (Courtesy)David Saxe (Courtesy) by Melissa Saxe Blaustein and David Saxe December 17, 2025December 17, 2025

From the moment Dave got down on one knee in our Sausalito home and sent Bowie, our chocolate Lab, racing up the stairs to me with a ring tied around […]

Igor Bencion Kožemjakin reads aloud from an antique Torah scroll housed in the Sephardic synagogue of Sarajevo. (Courtesy)
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Visiting Balkan Jews reminded us of the long tradition of mutual responsibility

Melissa Blaustein (Courtesy)David Saxe (Courtesy) by Melissa Saxe Blaustein and David Saxe July 22, 2024November 19, 2025

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