"Ben, who asked not to have his last name used in this article, has been furloughed since the [government] closure began. Some other federal staffers are working without pay... He hopes that some of his fears will be allayed soon. Ben has been approved for a loan by the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Washington and is waiting for the money to be disbursed.  'It’s a good feeling. Certainly it helps ease the stress,' he said."

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"... One Jewish organization, the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Washington, is offering no-interest loans of up to $2,000 to furloughed Jewish workers and waiving a requirement that they provide two guarantors. On Tuesday, it processed the first of these loans. 'This is addressing a very acute cash flow need for those Jewish federal employees in the greater D.C. area who are encountering problems,' said David Farber, chairman of the association. 'We’re there for them.'"

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"The Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Washington is offering a total of $30,000 interest-free to Jewish federal employees in need, Forward reports. Fran Kritz, president of the organization, is married to a federal worker and remembers struggling to pay bills during a government shutdown in 1995. The group has received several loan requests, said David Farber, the board president, and at least one loan is expected to go out this week."

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"Approximately 50,000 Jewish federal workers face weeks or months without pay due to a government shutdown over funding for US President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico, the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington told The Jerusalem Post this week.But those struggling to pay their bills are being thrown a lifeline. The Hebrew Free Loan Society of Greater Washington will offer interest-free emergency loans to those affected by the shutdown, offering essential aid to workers and their families entering an interminable period of financial instability."

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"When the federal government shut down in late 1995, leaving federal workers without paychecks for nearly a month, Fran Kritz and her family worried that they could lose their home. 'We had a new baby and a toddler,' said Kritz, whose husband is a federal employee. 'We had no extra money. At that point in our lives, we just lived paycheck to paycheck.' This time around, Kritz says that she and her family will be fine. But the charity she runs, the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Washington, is offering help to federal workers in the situation she was in a few decades ago."

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