The Peculiar Power of Jewish Food Influencers (Re-release)

Something to nosh on as we go inside the world of Jewish food influencers. Kosher food influencers can often create a platform where niche religious content has an appeal beyond its immediate circle. Has social media brought Jewish food to the mainstream? Shayna Weiss, Associate Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University returns to Identity/Crisis to explore the overlap of eating and social identity, kosher food culture and the power of Jewish food influencers with host, Yehuda Kurtzer. This episode originally aired on May 3rd, 2022. You can listen to Shayna Weiss's previous Identity/Crisis appearance in Ep. 10: "The Hasidim of Netflix and the Israelis of HBO".