People of the Pod: Chef Jake Cohen on the Diversity of Jew-ish Food and Countering Antisemitism with His Own Brand of Advocacy

This week, guest host Dana Steiner, director of AJC ACCESS Global, American Jewish Committee's young professional division, sat down with Jake Cohen, food writer and author of New York Times bestseller Jew-ish: A Cookbook: Reinvented Recipes, to discuss the convergence between food and Judaism, the antisemitism he has faced throughout his career, and how sharing recipes and their connected stories from across the Jewish world is his form of advocacy. 

Then, Manya Brachear Pashman, Dana Steiner, and Dan Pashman, host of The Sporkful podcast and who also spoke to Jake Cohen this week, dig into their Rosh Hashanah menus.

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Episode Lineup:

• (0:40) Jake Cohen
• (20:21) Manya Brachear Pashman, Dana Steiner, and Dan Pashman

Show Notes:

• The State of Jewish Life on College Campuses: last week’s episode with University of Michigan’s Tilly Shemer and American Jewish University’s Dr. Jeffery Herbst
• The Rice Cooker That Changed Jake Cohen’s Life: The Sporkful episode with Jake Cohen, hosted by Dan Pashman