What is American Jewish Food Culture?

What is American Jewish Food Culture?

10am PDT

Is it a melting pot or salad bowl? In our multi-cultural world, Jewish foods have been influenced by the people and the countries they represent. Join the founders of the Great Jewish Food Fest, Gefilteria and authors of the Gefilte Manifesto, Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz to learn about how old-world Jewish foods are reimagined for today. In conversation with resident AJU foodie, Michelle Starkman, VP of Communications.

Jeffrey Yoskowitz is a food entrepreneur and a thought leader in the Jewish food world. He is co-author of the critically acclaimed The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods and co-owner of The Gefilteria, a food venture that’s been reimagining Old World Jewish Foods since 2012. He was co-executive producer of The Great Big Jewish Food Festival. Jeffrey has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, among others. Jeffrey teaches Jewish culinary anthropology at The City College of New York. Follow him on instagram @jeffyosko and @gefilteria. Photo credit: Nomi Ellenson

Liz Alpern is co-author of the critically acclaimed The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods and co-owner of The Gefilteria, a food venture that’s been reimagining Old World Jewish Foods since 2012. Liz is a producer of the Great Big Jewish Food Festival. She is also the creator of Queer Soup Night, a global event series highlighting the talent of queer chefs and raising funds for locally-based social justice organizations. She holds an MBA from CUNY Baruch's Zicklin School of Business and teaches culinary entrepreneurship at the International Culinary Center. Follow her on instagram @lizalpern and @gefilteria. Photo credit: Nomi Ellenson

Michelle Starkman was appointed AJU’s Vice President of Communications in March 2020. In this position, Michelle is responsible for leading the university’s internal and external communications strategies, including media relations. Michelle also oversees digital content, manages the University’s marketing strategy, advertising, and serves on the university’s senior team. Prior to joining AJU in 2017, Michelle served as Admissions and Marketing Director or a local Jewish day school, and as the Director of Marketing and Communications for a local management consulting firm. Michelle holds an MBA from Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Business, and an M.A. and B.A. in Political Science from Cal State Northridge.

Cover photo credit of the speakers: Lauren Volo