Naa­ma She­fi is the founder of the Jew­ish Food Soci­ety, a non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tion, which pre­serves and cel­e­brates Jew­ish culi­nary her­itage. In 2021, she launched Asif: Culi­nary Insti­tute of Israel, a cen­ter in Tel Aviv ded­i­cat­ed to explor­ing the diverse and cre­ative food cul­ture of Israel. She lives on the Low­er East Side with her hus­band, Ilan, and their daugh­ter, Ella.