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Hebrew Free Loan

Food donation barrels at the Jewish Family and Children's Services food bank in San Francisco last year. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Hidden from view, more Bay Area Jews are struggling financially

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 19, 2025December 20, 2025

As Jewish communities face a cascade of overlapping crises, the question many donors are asking this season is not whether to give, but where their support is needed most. From […]

A line of people stand near the Ukraine border
Posted inNews

Hebrew Free Loan offers cash assistance to Bay Area residents with family in Ukraine

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
Sen. Scott Wiener presents to Sharon Silverman, then president of Hebrew Free Loan, a State Senate resolution commending the organization for 120 years of service the organization's 2017 gala. (Photo/Kamran Zohoori)
Posted inBay Area, Jewish Life, News, Philanthropy, Seniors

At 81, Sharon Silverman reflects on a life of trailblazing volunteerism and leadership

by Liz Harris September 30, 2021October 1, 2021
Jewish Vocational Services helped Monica Rivera get a job right as the pandemic began. (Photo/Courtesy JVS)
Posted inNews

Our Pandemic Year: Change is here to stay, say heads of local Jewish agencies

by Gabriel Greschler March 17, 2021March 17, 2021
Oshman Family JCC in July 2020, after the facility had been mostly deserted for months due to the pandemic. (Photo/Seth Leslie)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Our Pandemic Year: 12 months of frenzied fundraising and philanthropy

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 12, 2021March 16, 2021
Volunteers providing food to those who were forced to flee the 2017 fires in Sonoma County. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Family and Children’s Services)
Posted inNews

Local Jewish agencies ready to provide fire relief

by Gabriel Greschler August 25, 2020August 27, 2020
Volunteers from Jewish Family and Children's Services get ready to deliver groceries. (Photo/Courtesy JFCS)
Posted inOpinion

In pandemic crisis, Jewish community has all of our backs

by J. Editorial Board April 29, 2020April 29, 2020
The S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund is making changes to its board.
Posted inPhilanthropy

SF-based Jewish Federation announces first wave of emergency grants

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 29, 2020May 10, 2020
The S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund is making changes to its board.
Posted inPhilanthropy

‘This is the rainy day’: S.F.-based Federation expedites emergency funding

by Dan Pine April 1, 2020April 1, 2020
Sam Buckwalter requested a loan from Hebrew Free Loan after being laid off from his job at a Japanese restaurant in San Francisco early in the pandemic.
Posted inNews

Hebrew Free Loan ‘inundated’ with $1 million in loan requests

by Gabriel Greschler March 24, 2020March 24, 2020

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