Robert Kasirer manages his family office, where he built a national real estate investment and management company with a diversified portfolio across 12 states. His work has included real estate investment, property management, and long-term oversight of a family enterprise. He also serves as president of his family foundation, where his charitable giving focuses on education and Jewish causes. Through this role, he has supported schools, universities, camps, campus groups, and community institutions that help encourage learning, heritage, identity, and continued connection.
Robert is the son of Holocaust survivors, and his family’s past has had a lasting effect on his values, faith, and sense of responsibility. His mother was imprisoned in a concentration camp, while his father was sent to forced labor. Many relatives 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 losing his own father at a young age.
Kasirer was born in Europe after his parents were liberated, married, and waited for permission 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 helping build Jewish life in their new community, where Jewish schools, camps, synagogues, and student opportunities were still limited when they arrived in the mid-1950s.
Robert Kasirer grew up in a home where remembrance, education, faith, and service were treated as lasting responsibilities. His parents helped establish Jewish educational and religious institutions and also supported Jewish causes in the United States and Israel. Their mission was shaped by the memory of the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust and by their hope that younger generations would remain connected to their heritage. That purpose became part of his upbringing and later influenced his own charitable work.
Robert received both secular education and Jewish learning during his youth, shaped by the values his parents carried into their new life. At age 13, he attended a Jewish boarding school in New York, where he continued general studies while becoming proficient in Jewish learning. He continued those studies during his university years. He later completed law school, passed the New York bar, and moved to Los Angeles, where he began a legal career focused on public finance.
Kasirer formed a law firm with two associates after moving to Los Angeles, and the practice specialized in public finance matters. His legal work included financing projects across the United States, with responsibilities including bond counsel and underwriters’ counsel. He later joined another law firm in an advisory role before partnering with his father in 1984. That transition moved his career from legal practice into real estate development, ownership, management, and long-term business operations.
Robert Kasirer worked with his father to form a real estate company focused on developing, owning, and operating commercial properties, mainly shopping centers in Los Angeles. After his father passed away in 2005, he continued to operate and grow the company. Over time, the business expanded into a family office with many related subsidiaries. His two sons and son-in-law later joined the organization and now lead daily operations, while he serves as chairman and remains involved in broader planning.
Robert founded a nonprofit initiative in the United States in 2022, along with a related nonprofit in Israel, to develop a digital platform and app for Jewish life. The project brings together music, Jewish learning, prayer, podcasts, videos, and short interactive digital experiences in one accessible place. Its purpose is to help individuals and communities discover Jewish content that feels useful, personal, and welcoming across different locations, denominations, and levels of affiliation.
Kasirer helped shape the platform so it could serve both individual users and organizations through customized digital spaces. Synagogues, schools, camps, campus organizations, and content creators can share their own materials while also connecting users with a broader shared library. The platform supports learning, prayer, culture, and community engagement in a connected format. It reflects his belief that technology can help strengthen Jewish life while remaining respectful of tradition, identity, and community needs.
Robert Kasirer has been guided by the belief that each generation must find meaningful ways to keep Jewish life active and connected. His parents supported continuity through schools, synagogues, and community-building efforts, while his own work responds to the digital age. He understands that many younger Jews may feel distant from traditional institutions, and he sees technology as one way to create new paths for identity, belonging, learning, prayer, culture, and community participation.
Robert views this digital effort as part of a broader shift from separate programs toward a more connected ecosystem. The platform supports a model where individuals and organizations can share resources, build engagement, and strengthen identity through accessible tools. Its purpose is to help Jewish life remain rooted in tradition while adapting to changing communication habits. For him, the work honors the survival and commitment of earlier generations while helping future generations stay connected in practical and meaningful ways.
Robert Kasirer has been married to his wife for 48 years, and together they have four children and thirteen grandchildren, including seven boys and six girls. His family life reflects the values of continuity, heritage, and responsibility that have shaped much of his professional and philanthropic work. Outside his business and charitable commitments, he enjoys skiing, hiking, and traveling the world, especially when he can experience different traditions, cultures, and natural beauty through the places he visits.
