GOLDA Girls

Everything with Chive, Knicks in Five

June 12
48 mins

Episode Description

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 inspiration: 

GOLDA Girls' wedding gift picks:

Crystal candlesticks from Happy Kangaroo

Cherry blossom challah board from Happy Kangaroo

Eye tray from ABC Carpet & Home

Travel shabbat candles from Emanuel

Smash glass from Tchotchke

Smash Hamsa from Tchotchke


This week’s Good for the Jews picks: 

Stephanie: Congregation Rodeph Sholom sponsoring West Side Campaign Against Hunger’s recent block party. 

Gabby: Camp Ramah celebrating alumni Caissie Levy’s Tony Award win by sharing this 2015 video of Levy singing “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Mis in Hebrew. 

Esther: A mother-daughter trip to Home Goods.

Diana: Bat mitzvahs! 


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GOLDA Mahjong Night is popping up on Tuesday, June 23 at one of our favorite restaurants on the Upper East Side for a night of open play (no instruction). Location will be revealed to attendees the week before the event. Sign up here.

Sign up for Diana’s snail mail newsletter Modern Jewess here, and Gabby’s Substack here. Get Esther’s novel Sisters of Fortune here and Stephanie’s book, The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia, here.

GOLDA Girls is a production of GOLDA Media. The show is executive produced by Ariel Shapiro and edited by POLDHU. 

Sponsors:

GOLDA Girls is presented by Nu Reads, a new Jewish book subscription series curated by the Jewish Book Council that brings remarkable literature straight to your door. Use code NuGolda at checkout for 15% off your subscription. Visit NuReads.org to get started today.


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