Cookbook author Jake Cohen: It’s ‘terrifying’ being Jewish in America Nov 22, 2021 03:00 pm Entertainment 15 Cookbook author Jake Cohen says it’s terrifying to be an “outward-facing, proud Jew in America” right now. The up-and-coming foodie, who boasts over 600,000 Instagram followers, revealed that he’s been on the receiving end of some unpleasant glares as he travelled around the country promoting his cookbook, “ Jew-ish: A Cookbook: Reinvented Recipes from a Modern Mensch .” Cohen helped Drew Barrymore whip up something on her talk show. Instagram “You go to places and people’s eyes go straight to my Star of...