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    Support for Small Businesses in Queens

    Since March 2020, HFLS has disbursed over 100 loans totaling over $3 million to small businesses in the five boroughs and surrounding counties, including $450K to 20 Queens small business entrepreneurs. Pandemic support in Queens has included loans to help out a graphic designer, a children’s daycare provider, a nail salon, a barbershop, and a laundromat.

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    Organization Offering Zero Interest Loans

    People who are facing an uncertain financial future because of Coronavirus now have one more place to turn. The Hebrew Free Loan Society offers zero interest loans of up to $5,000 to people impacted by the virus.

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    Coronavirus: UJA gives $23m to help New Yorkers

    The Hebrew Free Loan Society and all nonprofits must work hand-in-hand with funders, employers and government to ensure people have access to basic needs as income disappears or payments are delayed…

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    ‘I hope I can get through this:’

    Jewish nonprofits around the country have stepped up to help those affected by the coronavirus – but perhaps none so tangibly as the country’s free loan societies, because they’re putting or keeping cash directly in people’s pockets.

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