Jonathan Brooks in 2018
We received an email from a concerned reader on Sunday. âAs a concerned Jewish person living in the Circle City,â he wrote. âI was wondering if NUVO would be removing your content surrounding chef Jonathan Brooks.â
This reader is incensed because Milktooth restaurant owner and chef Jonathan Brooks posted on Instagram a post about blood libel. If I m not âreally Jewishâ then how would I be so familiar with the taste of children s blood? he wrote Thursday, using the name âthebeastgodforgot,â on Instagram Stories. Â
Brooks, who is rebranding his restaurant as Jewish deli-influenced, was defending himself with a remark referencing blood libel against a charge of appropriating Jewish food to make a profit.