Chefs & Community

This is not your ordinary cookbook! An enormous thank you goes to the chefs, restaurants, friends, family, JFSLA leadership, staff, and board members whose cherished stories and beloved recipes made this book possible.

Restaurants & Chefs
Adeena Sussman, Cookbook Author & Chef 
adeenasussman.com | @adeenasussman

Aly Walansky, Food & Travel Journalist
muckrack.com/aly-walansky | @alywalansky 

Bonnie Morales, Kachka
kachkapdx.com | @kachkapdx 

Breadblok
breadblok.com | @breadblok 

Brittainy Turnquist, Poppy Cake Baking Co.
poppycakebakingcompany.com | @poppycakela 

Carly Maltzman, Cobblestone Goods
cobblestonegoods.com | @cobblestonegoods

Dan Pashman, Sporkful Podcast
sporkful.com | @thesporkful 

Doug Weinstein, Diamond Bakery Los Angeles
diamondbakeryla.com | @diamondbakeryla  

Eitan Bernath, Eitan Eats the World
eitanbernath.com | @eitan 

Elizabeth Mehditach, Cafe Lēza
cafeleza.com | @cafe_leza

Emily Fiffer, Botanica
botanicarestaurant.com | @botanicafood |
@emilyfiffer 

Eric Greenspan, Virtual Dining Concepts
chefericgreenspan.com | @chefgreeny 

Evan Bloom, Wise Sons Jewish Deli
wisesonsdeli.com | @wisesons 

Ines Chattas, Open Kitchen
openkitchenmiami.com | @openkitchenmiami

Jacqueline Canter, Canter’s Deli
cantersdeli.com | @canters_deli 

Jamie Geller, Kosher Network International
jamiegeller.com | @jamiegeller 

Jeffrey Yoskowitz & Liz Alpern, The Gefilteria
gefilteria.com | @gefilteria  

Jenn Sills, Gjusta Bakery
gjusta.com | @gjustabakery  

Jeremy Fox, Birdie G’s & Rustic Canyon
birdiegsla.com | @chefjeremyfox | @birdiegsla

Joanne Weir, TV Host, Author & Food Personality
joanneweir.com | @chefjoanneweir

Joey Miller & Laura Reader, Hearth & Stone
@hearthandstone.la

John & Katianna Hong, Yangban Society
yangbanla.com | @yangbanla 

Jon Shook & Vinny Dotolo, Jon & Vinny’s
jonandvinnys.com | @jonshook | @animalvinny

Josh Russ Tupper & Niki Russ Federman,
Russ & Daughters
russanddaughters.com | @russanddaughters 

Kelly Campbell, Cocohaus
cocohauskitchen.com | @cocohauskitchen

Ksenia Prints, At the Immigrant’s Table
immigrantstable.com | @immigrantstable

Laurent Quenioux, The Wolves & Bistro LQ
bistrolq.com | @lqfoodings

Marcy Goldman, A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking
betterbaking.com | @marcygoldman

Marlene Bernstein, The Lunch Lady LA
chefmarlenebernstein.com | @chefmarleneb |
@lunchladyla

Matthew Biancaniello, Eat Your Drink
matthewbiancaniello.com | @eatyourdrink

Mica Talmor, Pomella
pomellaoakland.com | @pomellaoakland

Micah Siva, Nosh with Micah
noshwithmicah.com | @noshwithmicah

Michael Kassar, Wexler’s Deli
wexlersdeli.com | @wexlersdeli

Michael Solomonov, Zahav
cooknsolo.com | @mikesolomonov |
@zahavrestaurant

Or Amsalam, Lodge Bread
lodgebread.com | @lodgebreadco

Pati Jinich, Pati’s Mexican Table
patijinich.com | @patijinich

Roger Anderson, The Kitchen Counter Podcast
kitchencounterpodcast.com |
@kitchencounterpodcast

Sarit Packer & Itamar Srulovich, Honey & Co.
honeyandco.co.uk | @honeyandco

Shimi Aaron, King of Babka
shimiaaron.com | @chef_shimi_aaron

Stanley’s Wet Goods
stanleys.la | @stanleyswetgoods

Suzanne Goin, A.O.C
aocwinebar.com | @suzannegoin

JFSLA Board of Directors

Officers

Randy Magnin, Board Chair

Tami Kupetz Stapf, Vice Chair Resource Development

Andrea Rothschild, Vice Chair Programs

David Hirsch, Treasurer

Doreen Klee, Secretary

Board of Directors

Sara Aftergood

Judy Axonovitz*

Debby Barak

Ann Barton

Jonathan M. Brandler

Sarah Braun

Eileen Brown

Melanie Brunswick

Paul S. Castro

Philip W. Colburn

Rabbi Elliot Dorff

David B. Elghanayan

Terry Friedman

Michael Gendler

Claire Gering

Monique Maas Gibbons 

Roz Goldstine

Dorothy Goren

Lois Gunther

Renee Haas

Phalen (Chuck) Hurewitz

Rachael Kallick

Charlotte Kamenir

Eugene Kapaloski

Richard Kaplan

Sandra King

Martin Kozberg

Nina Leung

David O. Levine

Georgette Morrow

Jeffrey Nagler

Bernard B. Nebenzahl

Wendy Ordower

Shana Passman

Nancy G. Pope

Lawrence Rauch

Janet Rifkin

Dustin Rosen

Judy Friedman Rudzki

Arnold Saltzman

Dena Schechter

Eric Sussman

Nina Tassler

Marcia F. Volpert

Dick Weiner

Sanford Weiner

Kenneth J. Weiss

COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTORS

Alice Rotenberg

Barbara Kozberg, Wife of JFSLA Board Member Martin Kozberg

Bradley Tuck

Bruce Newberg

Cameron Saffle 

Carly Moaven

Caroline Feldsher

Cathy Rogers

Elaine Horwitz

Florence Levine*, Mother of JFSLA Board Member & Past Board Chair David O. Levine

Frances Nicole Shcharber

Honey Levine*, Mother-in-Law of JFSLA Board Member & Immediate Past Board President, Nina Tassler 

Hugo Perez, Food Service Manager, JFSLA Hirsh Family Kosher Kitchen 

Jeanne Herman

Judy Wolf

Laura Adler

Ludmila Gierowitz

Marianna Pilch

Nelly Shcharber

Nikki Read

Norma Tassler*, Mother of JFSLA Board Member
& Immediate Past Board President, Nina Tassler 

Rosa Gross, Mother of JFSLA Senior Director of Multipurpose & Senior Centers, Susan Mendlowitz-Belgrade

Roxana Ardebilchi

Shana Passman, JFSLA Board Member & Past Board Chair

Sherrie Zacharius, Wife of JFSLA Board Member
& Past Board Chair David O. Levine

Susan Templer

Toni Bernstein

Vadim Averbukh