About Robert Kasirer

Robert Kasirer is the manager of his family office, where he helped build a national real estate investment and management company with a diversified portfolio across 12 states. In this role, he has been connected to long-term property investment, management, and family enterprise leadership. He also serves as president of his family foundation, where his giving has focused on educational institutions and Jewish causes, including support for universities, schools, camps, campus groups, and community-based organizations.

A History of Family Survival and Strength to Strive

Kasirer is the son of Holocaust survivors, and his family history has deeply shaped his sense of responsibility, faith, and continuity. His mother was imprisoned in a concentration camp, while his father was sent to a forced labor camp. Many members of their family were killed during the Holocaust. His parents came from a small village in the Carpathian Mountains, and his father trained as a shoemaker before helping support his family after his own father died when he was 13.

Robert was born in Europe after his parents were liberated, married, and waited for a visa to move to the United States. He and one of his younger sisters were born there, while his youngest sister was born after the family settled in Los Angeles. His parents were devout Jews who became active in building Jewish life in their new city, where Jewish schools, camps, synagogues, and student opportunities were still limited when they arrived in 1954.

Robert grew up with parents who believed that Jewish identity should be protected, taught, and passed forward with care. They helped establish Jewish educational and religious institutions and supported Jewish causes in the United States and Israel. Their purpose was tied to the memory of the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust and to the hope that young Jews would remain connected to their heritage. That mission became part of his early life and later guided his own work.

His Education and Career Trajectory

Robert Kasirer received both Jewish and secular education, beginning with his time at a Jewish boarding school in New York when he was 13. Alongside general studies, he became proficient in Jewish learning and continued those studies while attending university. He later attended university and law school, passed the New York bar, moved to Los Angeles, and formed a law firm with two associates, where his work focused on public finance matters.

Robert worked on major financing matters as bond counsel and underwriters’ counsel before later joining another law firm in an advisory role. In 1984, he partnered with his father to form a real estate company focused on developing, owning, and operating commercial properties, especially shopping centers in Los Angeles. After his father passed away in 2005, he continued to operate and grow the company while upholding the family’s business values and long-term approach.

Kasirer eventually saw the next generation join the family office and its subsidiaries. His two sons and son-in-law are now involved in the business and lead the company’s day-to-day operations. He serves as chairman, allowing the younger generation to manage daily responsibilities while he remains connected to the enterprise's broader direction. This transition reflects both family continuity and the careful growth of a business that began with his work alongside his father.

The Neshamah Project

Robert Kasirer founded a nonprofit initiative in the United States in 2022 and a related nonprofit in Israel to develop a digital platform and app for Jewish life. The project was created as a broad digital space that brings together music, Jewish learning, prayer, podcasts, videos, and short interactive experiences. Its purpose is to make Jewish content feel personal, welcoming, and accessible for individuals while also serving communities that want to share meaningful material.

Robert shaped the platform to support organizations, synagogues, schools, camps, campus groups, and content creators through customized digital spaces. These spaces allow groups to share their own content while also connecting users with a wider global library. The platform’s purpose is not only to collect resources, but to create a connected ecosystem where Jewish life can be explored across different places, denominations, and levels of affiliation practically and invitingly.

Kasirer has been guided by the belief that every generation must find its own way to keep Jewish life meaningful. His parents helped build Jewish continuity through schools, synagogues, and community institutions, while his own work responds to the digital age. He recognizes that many younger Jews may feel distant from traditional institutions, and he sees technology as one way to create new paths for learning, prayer, culture, belonging, and connection.

Robert views this project as part of a larger shift from isolated programs to connected platforms, and from reactive responses to thoughtful long-term design. The goal is to help Jewish individuals and organizations strengthen identity and engagement through tools that meet people where they are. For him, the work honors the resilience of earlier generations while helping Jewish life remain accessible, relevant, and supportive for future generations.

Personal Life

Robert Kasirer has been married to his wife for 48 years, and together they have four children and 13 grandchildren, including 7 boys and 6 girls. Family remains an important part of his life and reflects the values of continuity, heritage, and responsibility that appear throughout his work. Outside his professional and philanthropic commitments, he enjoys skiing, hiking, and traveling the world while learning from the traditions, cultures, and natural beauty of the places he visits.

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