Stars, Stripes, and Sha-BBQ with Jake Cohen
GOLDA founder Stephanie Butnick, journalist Gabby Deutch, novelist Esther Chehebar, and Rabbi Diana Fersko are joined by cookbook author Jake Cohen [https://www.instagram.com/jakecohen/] to talk all things 4th of July, from being Jewish in America [https://jewishinsider.com/2026/07/as-america-turns-250-american-jews-embrace-a-complicated-patriotism/] as the country turns 250 to kosher-friendly BBQ prep.
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This week’s Good for the Jews picks:
Stephanie: America!
Gabby: Jews representing at Pride 🌈
Diana: The Golem of Prague [https://www.jmberlin.de/en/golem-from-mysticism-to-minecraft]—which comes in many souvenir [https://go.shopmy.us/p-68884018] versions (and even a gold pendant [https://go.shopmy.us/p-68883809]).
Esther: Mel Brooks turning 100 [https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/06/long-live-mel-brooks/687730/].
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Sign up for Diana’s print newsletter, Modern Jewess, here [https://go.shopmy.us/p-68801803], and buy her book, We Need to Talk About Antisemitism, here [https://go.shopmy.us/p-68889481].
Get Esther’s novel Sisters of Fortune here [https://go.shopmy.us/p-68803847], and her children’s book I Share My Name, here [https://go.shopmy.us/p-68902029].
Buy Stephanie’s book, The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia, here [https://go.shopmy.us/p-68595874].
GOLDA Girls is a production of GOLDA Media [https://www.goldaguide.com/]. The show is executive produced by Ariel Shapiro and edited by POLDHU [https://go.shopmy.us/p-55854400].
Sponsors:
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