Iranian Jews honor local Jewish nonprofits, HIAS

By Karmel Melamed
Published on February 13, 2013

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

Published on December 20, 2012

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

By Ryan Torok
Published on October 19, 2011

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.

Perfect storm for charities— contributions go down and requests go up

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 19, 2008

No one has gone unscathed by the convulsions of the global economy. Even the wealthy are losing money -- and if they cut their charitable giving, it is likely to ripple across the Jewish nonprofit sector

Briefs: Court nixes Neuwirth suit, Pearl family menorah at White House

Published on December 6, 2007

News Briefs

Meltzer Wants to Invest in You

By Marc Ballon
Published on February 19, 2004

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

By Marc Ballon
Published on June 12, 2003

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.