About the Alliance
The JFCS Women’s Alliance is a group of women committed to addressing hunger in our community. By supporting this initiative, you will help ensure that those with the greatest need will have access to healthy and nutritious food.
This membership-based collaboration benefits JFCS programs addressing hunger year after year. Over the past four years, 187 Founding & Sustaining Members have raised over $325,000 in support of the JFCS Mobile Food Pantry.
Why focus on Hunger?
2022 saw a record high inflation rate. While inflation has started to cool, the increase in the cost of food has outpaced overall inflation. According to the recent Consumer Price Index, the cost of food is 6.7% higher than it was a year ago.
JFCS pantries are seeing higher demand than ever – with more families utilizing our on-site pantry AND an increase in requests for mobile distribution locations.
The JFCS mobile and on-site food pantries now distribute over 1,100 bags of food each month as more and more families turn to us for help.
Why become a member?
As a member of the Women’s Alliance, you will be invited to join in the annual member event, receive special gifts tailored to each event, and be listed on our website and in the Annual Report. Most of all, you will be making an impact in the year to come by supporting JFCS food programs.
Member Event – Thursday, October 26, 2023, 6 – 8 PM at Cobblestone Country Club
Cooking up a Conversation with Eitan Bernath
His culinary journey from food photography to philanthropy
Dscussion moderated by Shannon Sarna, Editor-At-Large of The Nosher
Eitan Bernath is an award-winning chef, author, TV personality, entertainer, and social justice activist. Eitan began his gilded entertainment career early, appearing as one of the youngest ever contestants on the Food Network’s Chopped at just 11 years old. Building on his passion to contribute to the global effort to solve hunger, Bernath was appointed by the United Nations World Food Programme as a High Level Supporter in February 2023, becoming the youngest individual ever elevated to such a position. He also serves on World Central Kitchen’s Chef Corps and City Harvest’s Food Council.
Become a member today and join us at the member event in October!
2023 Event Committee
Women’s Alliance Members
2022-2023
2022 – 2023
Sustaining Members
Anonymous (1)
Abrams Foundation / Nati Kushner
Nancy Alter
Leslie Azaroff
Stacey & Todd Bialow
Judy Brickman
Myra Colbert
Andrea Dedrick
Holli Elias
Barbara Essig
Susan Falcon
Julie Fefferman
Bobbi Freedman
Marsha Freeman
Beth Frieder
Heath & Steven Friedman
Ilene & Jonathan Gershen
Carol Golden
Ellen Gordon
Nadivah Greenberg
Paula Heller
Patty Herst
Shara Hofing
Jodi Hornstein
Jill Jaclin
Kathy Lane
Barbara Lawrence
Carol Lerner
Kelly Littman
Mel Lubin
Debby Maisel
Carli Masia
Linda Meisel
Michelle Napell
Regina Neilssen
Danielle Perlman
Robin Persky
Anita Plotkin
Carol Pollard
Sheryl Punia
Lois Riskin
Phlaxy Rosenman
Norma Saks
Pat Schlaefer
Jacqui Schreiber
Marcie Shavel
Denny Siegel
Lisa Smukler
Elaine Sussman
Lisa Tobias
Marissa Treu
Sharon & Bob Voelzke
Amy Vogel
Melissa Wasserman
Stacey Wasserman
Audrey Wisotsky
2022 – 2023
Supporting Members
Jill Chevlin
Emily Josephson
Florence Kahn
Judy Leopold
Rachel Lesser
Wendy Merkovitz
Carol Milstein
Lauren Nazarian
Beverly K. Rubman
Betsy Silverman
Cathy Straus
Stephanie Will
Ann Zecher
2022 – 2023
Contributing Members
Lisa Adler
Lauren Albert
Barbara Berg
Anne Berman-Waldorf
Lauren Blick
Stacey Block
Adena Blum
Charlene Borsack
Judy Bortnick
Janet Cohen
Amy Druker
Beth Englezos
Deborah Fine
Martha Friedman
Debbie Glick
Jacqueline Goldfinger
Helene Gottlieb
Linda Grenis
Betsy Ie
Ilene Janofsky
Leslie Kornsgold
Judith Kosta
Ellen Kuznick
Lois Lichstein
Linda Masia
Ginny Mason
Rabbi Andrea Merow
Jennifer Miller
Jaimie Orland
Lauren Pechter
Arlene Pedovitch
Sharen Popkin
Paula Ruderman
Marcy Samet
Sarah Schweer
Lois Shindelman
Betsey Siegel
Andrea Silverstein
Helane Staller
Ilana Sussman
Tirza Wahrman
Fran Zeitler
Women’s Alliance Founding Members
Anonymous (3)
Abrams Foundation/
Nati Kushner
Jennifer Agran
Meryl Baurmash
Stacey Bialow
Shari Blecher
Stacey Block
Sara Bucholtz
Jill Chevlin
Christine Cirkus
Myra Colbert
Holli Elias
Susan Falcon
Bobbi Freedman
Marsha Freeman
Beth Frieder
Andrea Genek
Carol Golden
Ellen Gordon
Nadivah Greenberg
Linda Grenis
Paula Heller
Patricia Herst
Jennifer Hilton
Amy Hoffman
Jill Jaclin
Emily Josephson
Florence Kahn
Joyce Kalstein
Rakefet Kasdin
Lily Krauss
Kathy Lane
Barbara Lawrence
Carol Lerner
Mel Lubin
Debby Maisel
Carli Masia
Ginny Mason
Linda Meisel
Michelle Napell
Lauren Nazarian
Carole Nimaroff
Alexa Offen
Jacqueline Orr
Reba Orszag
Arlene Pedovitch
Danielle Perlman
Allison Persky
Robin Persky
Carol Pollard
Sheryl Punia
Susan Rappaport
Rachel Reiss
Lois Riskin
Phlaxy Rosenman
Beverly Rubman
Gail Ruderman
Norma Saks
Patricia Schlaefer
Jacqueline Schreiber
Marcie Shavel
Denise Siegel
Lisette Siegel
Betsy Silverman
Lisa Smukler
Deborah Soffen
Helane Staller
Cathy Straus
Polly Strauss
Elaine Sussman
Lisa Tobias
Marissa Treu
Amy Vogel
Linda Weber
Audrey Wisotsky
Ann Zecher
Frances Zeitler
“Hunger is not a problem. It is an obscenity. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
Learn More
Contact Helaine Isaacs at HelaineI@jfcsonline.org / 609-987-8100 ext 104.