![]() ![]() The two became involved with One Table, an organization that aims to bring people in their 20s and 30s together to celebrate Shabbat in a way that’s approachable and sustainable for them. They had each grown up with what they deemed quintessential Jewish foods, but Cohen’s babka and his husband’s tahdig were worlds apart. He came back with Jew-ish, a documentation of his and his husband’s journey to explore their Jewish identity. The couple both grew up relatively secular, but decided to start hosting Shabbat dinners as adults as a way to connect with their Jewish heritage without going to synagogue. His first book proposal, about the Iraqi Jewish recipes of his husband’s family, was turned down. “I think it’s part of the process, and it makes the sweetness of success that much sweeter when it’s layered over the bitterness of rejection.” “For every great position I’ve had, I’ve been rejected from three to four others,” he said. Despite the impressive resume, Cohen said “there was a crazy amount of rejection the whole way.” He left that job last Fall to strike out on his own. ![]() There was also a short stint as the restaurant critic for Time Out New York before landing his “dream job” at The FeedFeed, helping them build their editorial brand. ![]() Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Excerpted from JEW-ISH: A COOKBOOK: Reinvented Recipes from a Modern Mensch © 2021 by Jake Cohen. ![]()
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