Birth Name: Jenji Leslie Kohan
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S
Date of Birth: July 5, 1969
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Jenji Kohan is an American television writer and producer. She is known as the creator of the comedy-drama series Weeds and Orange Is the New Black.
Jenji was born in Los Angeles, California, to Jewish parents, Rhea (Arnold) and Alan “Buz” W. Kohan, who are both from New York City. They are pictured here and here.
Jenji’s paternal grandparents were Charles Kohan and May E. Charles was born in Romania. May was born in New York, to parents from Russia.
Sources: http://www.jewishjournal.com
https://familysearch.org (focusing on her father’s side)
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