Monica Geller based the six main characters on some of their own friends and family; Monica is based on Kauffman herself. Observing that each main character was originally written as a "one-note stereotype", Jonathan Bernstein of "The Daily Telegraph" identified Monica as the group's "uptight fun-killer". When "Friends" first aired, the majority of its earliest episodes revolved around Monica, via whom each character appears to be interconnected; "Friends" stars the character's brother, her best friend, her former roommate and her two neighbors socializing in Monica's apartment. In the pilot, Monica is dumped almost immediately after sleeping with her new date Paul on
Jamie Geller Meals in Minutes" (Feldheim Publishers). In August 2012, Geller made aliyah to Israel and settled in Beit Shemesh. Jamie Geller Jamie Geller is an American-born Israeli food writer, celebrity chef, television producer and businesswoman. She is an author of several cookbooks and the founder of the Kosher Media Network. In 2010 KMN launched Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller. Geller hosts online cooking shows called the "Joy of Kosher" cooking series. She has been called "The Kosher Rachael Ray" by the Miami Herald. and the "Queen of Kosher": Geller was born in Philadelphia and raised in a Jewish home in