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You are invited to a gala celebration benefitting Jewish Long Beach's Culinary Connections Initiative - expanding kitchens, building programs, and strengthening Jewish community for all generations!

Sunday, October 26, 2025 • 5 pm

Delicious kosher dinner, drinks, dancing, silent auction, Raise-the-Ladle, and more! 

Alpert Jewish Community Center on the Weinberg Jewish Long Beach Campus

 One Sommer Way • 3801 E. Willow St. Long Beach, CA 90815

Festive attire

Introducing the Culinary Connections Initiative

Cooking Up the Future of Jewish Life in Long Beach

Food is at the heart of Jewish heritage, connecting people and fostering community. Our initiative turns communal kitchens into vibrant spaces for all ages and backgrounds to gather, learn, and celebrate food and culture. This inclusive environment accommodates kosher needs, emphasizing our commitment to community. 

Our Fundraising Goal is $360,000

To meet the challenge, we are calling on the support of our community to lead us with naming sponsorships, community sponsorships, and corporate partnerships. With your generous commitment, we can be cooking soon. Our goals include:

Expand the Early Childhood Student Kitchen

Providing a next-generation learning kitchen where our youngest members explore Jewish culinary traditions hands-on, shaping their Jewish identity.

Design the Alpert JCC Main Kitchen for all

Guided by our mission, we're investing in inclusion and functionality to host larger-scale Kosher programs, community events, and culturally immersive experiences that foster connection and understanding.

Develop Culinary Programs for All Generations

Designing a series of programs that bring together, teens, families and grandparent, not just at holidays but season to season, year after year.

Every ticket purchased and every recipe shared helps build kitchens where generations connect.

 

Tickets & Sponsorship

Reserve your seat at the table

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Community Cookbook

What's your favorite Jewish dish?

Add Your Recipe
 

Live & Silent Auction

See a sneak peek of prizes below

Donate to Auctions

Share in this community experience

Tickets & Sponsorship Options

Your generous sponsorship creates a meaningful evening centered around our impact on the community l'dor v'dor, and proceeds will seed the Culinary Connections Initiative.  

$18,000 • 10 Tickets, full-page recipe in Community Cookbook

$10,000 • 8 Tickets, full-page recipe in Community Cookbook

$5,000 • 6 Tickets, 1/2-page recipe in Community Cookbook

$2,500 • 4 Tickets, recipe listing in Community Cookbook

$1,000 • 2 Tickets, recipe listing in Community Cookbook

$200 • Gala Ticket 

Corporate/Individual Underwriting Opportunities: Dinner Wine, Dessert, Production/Lighting, Bar, Centerpieces, Decor, Photography, Auction 

Community Cookbook

$108 • Full Page Recipe

$72 • Half Page Recipe

$54 • Quarter Page Recipe

$36 • Recipe Listing

Tickets, Recipes, & Sponsorships

Silent Auction: Donations Requested

Add to the excitement of the evening with a tax-deductible contribution of items or services to the Silent Auction! Donations will be acknowledged in the auction program, website, and on our social media channels.

 

Highly Requested Donations: Gift cards, tickets to performances/sporting events, experiences, gift baskets, and more

 

Auction Sneak Peek:

Sports & Entertainment

Dodgers Dugout, Lakers Pre-season, Rams, GRAMMY Museum, ICT, Segerstrom

Experiences

Vacation rentals, whiskey tasting, high tea, and personal coaching

Art & Culture

Fine art, Judaica, collectibles, sports & music memorabilia, and so much more!

Silent Auction Donation Form

Special Thanks

 

Shelley Carl & Kristina Shafton

Gala Chairs

 

Gala Committee

Edie & Joel Brodsky
Linda Burney
Tom Carl
Alissa Cohn
Claire Duvendeck
Joyce  & Mike Greenspan
Mulu Harrison
Lynne Kass
Pam Keiles
Seth Linden
Kathryn McDermott 		 Suzanne Perlitsch
Anna Salusky
Vicki Scherwin
Jeremy Scherwin
Ken Schlesinger
Kristina Shafton
Norma Stein
Sheryl Stewart
Danielle Van Divort
Linda Waltzman

 

Anna Salusky

VP Fund & Community Development
 

Dr. Richard Marcus
President, Jewish Long Beach

 

Lynne Kass
President-Elect, Jewish Long Beach
 

Mark Rothman
Interim CEO, Jewish Long Beach
 

For more information contact Kevin Giser at [email protected] or (562) 456-7601 x1011

Jewish Long Beach is a 501(c)3 non profit. Tax ID #: 95-1647830