A Jewish scion to a business fortune with deep ties to the Bay Area Jewish community will be San Francisco’s next mayor. Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss clothing empire who has never ...

Susie Gelman's grandfather, Walter Haas, transformed Levi Strauss into a global denim brand ... Susie Gelman's involvement in Jewish issues began early, meeting her husband through a youth ...

Goldman was the grandson of the late Jewish philanthropist Richard Goldman and his wife, Rhoda, who was the great-grandniece of Levi Strauss, the founder of the famed blue jeans manufacturer.

Born Lob Strauss on February 26, 1829, in Buttenheim, Bavaria (now Germany), Levi was the youngest of six children. His family was Jewish, and like many during that time, they faced economic ...