GOLDA Girls

GOLDA founder Stephanie Butnick and novelist Esther Chehebar are joined by guest host Mark Oppenheimer, Stephanie’s former co-host on Unorthodox and the author of Judy Blume: A Life , to break down how Jewish—or not—the mega-wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce was. Plus, Stephanie sits down with Nobody Wants This actress Jackie Tohn to discuss her new Jewish summer camp film, The Floaters . E...

GOLDA founder Stephanie Butnick, journalist Gabby Deutch, novelist Esther Chehebar, and Rabbi Diana Fersko are joined by cookbook author Jake Cohen to talk all things 4th of July, from being Jewish in America as the country turns 250 to kosher-friendly BBQ prep.  Send us your Ask GOLDA questions at hi@goldaguide.com (voice notes are best; be sure to tell us who you are and where you’re calling fro...

GOLDA founder Stephanie Butnick , journalist Gabby Deutch , and Rabbi Diana Fersko are joined by Food Network star Molly Yeh to discuss all things Jewish summer. Check out today’s GOLDA newsletter to get Molly’s summer essentials. They also answer a listener question about matchmaking. Send us your Ask GOLDA questions at hi@goldaguide.com (voicenotes are best; be sure to tell us who you are and wh...

GOLDA founder Stephanie Butnick , journalist Gabby Deutch , and Rabbi Diana Fersko chat with a special guest for Father’s Day: Former U.S. Congressman, current American Jewish Commitee CEO, and dad-of-the-pod Ted Deutch. This week’s Father’s Day-themed Good for the Jews picks:  Stephanie: A (free) subscription to Sapir for Father’s Day Gabby: Jewish servicemen and women , especially Gabby’s Pa Ber...

GOLDA founder Stephanie Butnick , journalist Gabby Deutch , novelist Esther Chehebar , and Rabbi Diana Fersko chat about the Tony Awards, Gabby’s recent Jewish insider article on AI’s implications for Jewish life, and the bagel-fueled excitement over the Knicks’ NBA Finals run.   The hosts also share their summer wedding gift recommendations in response to a listener who wrote in looking for some...

GOLDA founder Stephanie Butnick , journalist Gabby Deutch , novelist Esther Chehebar , and Rabbi Diana Fersko break down two hot topics: the rising cost of Jewish life in America, and Sacha Baron Cohen and Brett Goldstein’s unlikely turn as the summer’s leading men—and what it means when our funny guys are also the hunks.  Our guest is Noam Ash, the screenwriter and star of Bookends , which premie...

GOLDA founder Stephanie Butnick and her co-hosts— journalist Gabby Deutch , novelist Esther Chehebar , and Rabbi Diana Fersko —untangle our Jewish relationship with our hair: from the flat-ironing to the chemical straightening and the embrace of natural curls. “ Totally Booked ” podcaster and publisher Zibby Owens joins the GOLDA Girls to share her summer reading picks and help answer a listener q...

GOLDA founder Stephanie Butnick and her co-hosts— journalist Gabby Deutch , novelist Esther Chehebar , and Rabbi Diana Fersko —discuss how Shavuot became all about cheesecake and explore the Jewish implications of the race to replace longtime New York Congressman Jerry Nadler. Special guest Julie Klausner joins the show to answer a listener question in Ask GOLDA.  This week’s Good for the Jews pic...

This week, GOLDA founder Stephanie Butnick and her co-hosts, journalist Gabby Deutch, Rabbi Diana Fersko, and novelist Esther Chehebar discuss what Jewish leadership looks like today. Reflecting on the death of Abe Foxman and the fractured moment in Jewish life, the GOLDA Girls spotlight people who have stepped up to offer meaningful, clear-eyed leadership in different ways. They include:  Sarah H...

On this special episode of GOLDA Girls, Stephanie Butnick talks to author Fran Fabriczki about her novel Porcupines , which is the latest selection from Nu Reads , the Jewish book subscription series (and our show’s sponsor!). The novel tells the story of Sonia, a Jewish immigrant from Budapest, and her 5-year-old daughter Mila, a Los Angeles native looking to piece together her mom’s mysterious p...

Stephanie Butnick, founder of GOLDA and former host of the hit podcast Unorthodox , brings together an all-star group of Jewish women to discuss culture, identity, and the everyday moments shaping our modern Jewish lives.  This week, Stephanie and her co-hosts, journalist Gabby Deutch, Rabbi Diana Fersko, and novelist Esther Chehebar, discuss Jewish Mother’s Day, bageling , and more. Influenced wr...

GOLDA founder Stephanie Butnick, former host of the hit Jewish podcast Unorthodox , is back with a brand new show that brings together an all-star group of Jewish women to discuss the issues facing our community each week: from the headlines dominating their feeds to the dramas lighting up their group chats. GOLDA Girls is a show about culture, community, identity, and the everyday moments shaping...