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Moving & Shaking: JFLA gala, Bret Stephens lecture, and LA Jewish Comedy Festival
Sultan’s new Sharia laws prompt Jewish groups to shun Beverly Hills Hotel
Some of Southern California’s largest Jewish organizations plan to stay away from the Beverly Hills Hotel, suspending future events at the landmark venue owned by the state-run Brunei Investment Agency.
Fertility loan fund pays it forward
Alan and Emily Feit tried four times to have a child through in vitro fertilization (IVF), an infertility treatment that can cost well over $10,000 per attempt. On the fifth try, however, they ended up with twins — and now they want to help others in similar situations.
Iranian Jews honor local Jewish nonprofits, HIAS
Nearly 500 local Iranian Jews packed two auditoriums at UCLA’s Fowler Museum on Jan. 28 for an event honoring three prominent Los Angeles-area Jewish nonprofits and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS).
Jewish Free Loan Association: Small-business help
Dan Savell and his wife, Abby, knew exactly what they needed to take their percussion rental business to the next level.
Jewish Free Loan crosses $10 million mark for first time
For the first time in more than a century of offering small interest-free loans to people struggling financially, the Jewish Free Loan Association (JFLA) has in excess of $10 million in outstanding loans.
Briefs: Court nixes Neuwirth suit, Pearl family menorah at White House
News Briefs
Meltzer Wants to Invest in You
When Mark Meltzer became executive director of the Jewish Free Loan Association (JFLA) in 1980, the agency had $800,000 in total assets, the equivalent of three and a half full-time employees and largely made interest-free loans to people for groceries, car repairs and other such emergencies. In the words of JFLA President and long-time board member Jim Kohn, JFLA was \”small, unknown and stuck in the corner somewhere.\”
Loans Give Hope to Infertile Couples
When Susan First married five years ago at 35, she badly wanted children. With her \”biological clock\” ticking, she and her husband wasted little time trying to expand their new family.