Your Jewish Life Your Way with Karen Cinnamon Karen Cinnamon

We’re going to be taking a little bit of a break from the show. We’ll be back soon with something that we think you are going to LOVE!

Meanwhile Karen and the Your Jewish Life team wish you a beautiful and meaningful Chag Sameach.

Smashing Life, my Jewish community
https://smashinglife.club/

Jewish Joy Journal - get a 10% discount with the code “JEWISHJOYPODCAST”
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Karen sits down with bestselling cookbook author Jake Cohen for a chat about his new cookbook, I Could Nosh (coming out September 12!); his journey from being told Jewish food was too niche to hitting the New York Times bestseller list; bringing back grandma hospitality; and why we all need challah monkey bread in our lives.

LINKS:

Jake’s new book, I Could Nosh
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/i-could-nosh-jake-cohen?variant=40997057527842

Jake on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/jakecohen/

Jake on TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@jakecohen?lang=en

Jake’s website
https://www.wakeandjake.com/

Jake’s baked goods on Goldbelly
https://www.goldbelly.com/jake-cohen

Smashing Life, my Jewish community
https://smashinglife.club/

Jewish Joy Journal - get a 10% discount with the code “JEWISHJOYPODCAST”
https://jewishjoyjournal.com/

Karen sits down with her 8-year-old daughter Zara for a chat about what it’s like to be a young Jewish Londoner in 2023. They talk about how Zara balances her strong Jewish identity with life in a diverse community, what she loves about journaling, her favorite Shabbat tradition, and why her beloved late grandma was a true octo-superwoman. 


LINKS:

Shop the Jewish Joy Journal - get a 10% discount with the code “JEWISHJOYPODCAST”
https://jewishjoyjournal.com/

Smashing Life, our Jewish community
https://smashinglife.club/

Sacha’s podcast episode
https://yourjewishlife.co/podcast/my-9-year-old-jewish-life-with-karens-daughter-sacha/

Challah covers by Micaela Ezra
https://ahyinjudaica.com/
 
Karen’s wedding
https://www.smashingtheglass.com/karen-jeremy-london-wedding-at-the-wallace-collection/

Karen sits down with Sara Gibbs, the author and comedy writer behind upcoming Jewish rom com Eight Bright Lights, for a chat about autistic Jewish life, being diagnosed with autism as an adult, standing up to antisemitism, and so much more.

We were so lucky to have Sara on staff at Smashing The Glass, our Jewish wedding platform, in the brand’s early days - and it’s wonderful to see how her writing career has blossomed since then!

You’ll find out:
- What it was like for Sara being diagnosed with autism at age 30
- How confronting antisemitism at university ultimately strengthened Sara’s Jewish identity 
- Sara’s experience being doxxed for being publicly Jewish online 
- How Sara’s time writing for Smashing The Glass informed her new romantic comedy
- How Sara’s autism diagnosis helped her learn to be easier on herself 
- The importance of having boundaries when putting yourself in the public eye
- Why it’s so important to try to understand other people rather than jumping to conclusions


LINKS:
Sara on Twitter 
https://twitter.com/Sara_Rose_G

Sara’s novel 
https://geni.us/EightBrightLightsBook

Sara’s memoir
https://saragibbs.com/drama-queen/

Sara’s wedding on Smashing The Glass
https://www.smashingtheglass.com/sara-john-incredible-granny-chic-vintage-jewish-wedding-kidbrooke-park-sussex/

Smashing The Glass, our Jewish wedding platform
https://www.smashingtheglass.com/

Smashing Life, my Jewish community - try it out for one month with code “JEWISHJOY”
https://smashinglife.club/

Jewish Joy Journal - get a 10% discount with the code “JEWISHJOYPODCAST”
https://jewishjoyjournal.com/

Karen sits down with author Corie Adjmi for a fascinating look at the Syrian Jewish community. Corie’s new novel, The Marriage Box, draws on her own experiences moving from a Reform upbringing in New Orleans to a traditional Orthodox Syrian life in Brooklyn as a teenager - and along the way, it shines a spotlight on a close-knit Jewish community that can seem mysterious to outsiders. Corie shares how she got started writing in her 30s after a career in education, why family is at the heart of Judaism, how she’s learned to balance her own desires with her culture’s expectations, and so much more. 


You’ll find out:

- What it’s like being part of an incredibly close-knit Jewish community 
- Why it’s so important to highlight diverse Jewish voices
- What inspired Corie to start writing 
- How the Syrian community is evolving in the 21st century
- Corie’s advice for aspiring writers 
- What makes the Syrian Jewish community so special 
- Corie’s tips for a quick Friday night dinner



LINKS:

Corie’s website
https://corieadjmi.com/

Corie on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/corieadjmi/

The Marriage Box
https://amzn.to/46f7rtw

Smashing Life, my Jewish community - try it out for one month with code “JEWISHJOY”
https://smashinglife.club/

Jewish Joy Journal - get a 10% discount with the code “JEWISHJOYPODCAST”
https://jewishjoyjournal.com/

Karen sits down with Emily Scheinfeld, a beloved member of the Smashing Life community, to chat about her own Jewish life. Emily is an absolute ray of sunshine who’s contributed so much to the vibrant, accepting group that is Smashing Life, and it’s such an honor to have her come on here and talk about everything from figuring out how to take charge of your own Judaism as an adult to saying no to Jewish guilt to starting L’dor V’dor Judaica, a nonprofit focused on rehoming unloved Judaica, and, above all, how Smashing Life helped Emily bring Judaism back to the forefront of her life after many years of disconnection.


You’ll find out:

- How Emily became part of the Smashing Life community - and how the group helped her reconnect to Judaism
- What it was like going from a very Jewish upbringing in Atlanta to feeling Jewishly isolated while working in East Texas as an adult
- How COVID led Emily’s non-Jewish boyfriend to get involved in her Jewish life
- What Shabbat looks like for Emily
- How Smashing Life inspired Emily to start her own nonprofit devoted to providing Judaica for people in need
- Emily’s advice for those struggling to feel confident in their Jewish identity




LINKS:

Smashing Life, my Jewish community
https://smashinglife.club/

L'dor V'dor Judaica
https://www.ldorvdorjudaica.org/

L'dor V'dor Judaica on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ldorvdorjudaica/

L'dor V'dor Judaica on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/ldorvdorjudaica/

Jewish Joy Journal - get a 10% discount with the code “JEWISHJOYPODCAST”
https://jewishjoyjournal.com/