Who Speaks for Us?

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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 [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/obituaries/abraham-foxman-dead.html] 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 Hurwitz, speechwriter and author of As a Jew [https://mijal.substack.com/] and Here All Along [https://mijal.substack.com/]. (Gabby pick) Mijal Bitton, spiritual leader and writer of the Committed [https://mijal.substack.com/] Substack. (Esther pick) Rachel Goldberg Polin, mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and the author of When We See You Again [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/obituaries/abraham-foxman-dead.html]. (Diana pick) Avital Chizik-Goldschmidt, writer [http://www.avitalchizhik.com/] and cofounder/rebbetzin of The Altneu [https://thealtneu.org/]. (SB pick) GOLDA Girls is presented by Nu Reads [https://go.shopmy.us/p-55725075], 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 [http://nureads.org/] to get started today. This episode is also sponsored by: * The Mindich Fellowship for Jewish Fiction, part of Miami Book Fair’s Emerging Writer Fellowship. If your novel or fiction project centers Jewish life, culture, or themes, this is an incredible year-long opportunity to develop that work in community. Apply by May 31, 2026 at miamibookfair.com/program/emerging-fellows/ [https://miamibookfair.com/program/emerging-fellows/]. * Joyva [https://amzn.to/4cXSDn4], a fourth generation family business that crafts tahini, halvah and confections in Brooklyn, NY. Get your today [https://go.shopmy.us/p-55727364]. GOLDA Girls is a production of GOLDA Media [https://www.goldaguide.com/]. Our executive producer is Ariel Shapiro. Editing by POLDHU [https://go.shopmy.us/p-55854400]. Subscribe to GOLDA’s newsletter at www.goldaguide.com [https://www.goldaguide.com/] and follow GOLDA on Instagram at @goldaguide [https://www.instagram.com/goldaguide/]. You can listen to GOLDA Girls on: * Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/golda-girls/id1895644983 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/golda-girls/id1895644983] * Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1eLma0Exh3LDv2Ay8fx8Cq [https://open.spotify.com/show/1eLma0Exh3LDv2Ay8fx8Cq] * Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1ee25ff2-b2af-401f-bbf4-1e7ab58b8177/golda-girls [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1ee25ff2-b2af-401f-bbf4-1e7ab58b8177/golda-girls] Please consider leaving us a rating or review! Stay GOLDA.

Mazel Tov, Taylor! with Jackie Tohn

GOLDA [https://www.goldaguide.com/] founder Stephanie Butnick and novelist [https://go.shopmy.us/p-68803847] Esther Chehebar are joined by guest host Mark Oppenheimer, Stephanie’s former co-host on Unorthodox and the author of Judy Blume: A Life [https://bookshop.org/a/110357/9780593714447], 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 [https://go.shopmy.us/p-70546660] actress Jackie Tohn [https://www.instagram.com/jackietohn/?hl=en] to discuss her new Jewish summer camp film, The Floaters [https://go.shopmy.us/p-70019382]. Events: Join GOLDA for an NYC opening weekend screening of The Floaters [https://go.shopmy.us/p-70019382?utm_campaign=golda-events&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=www.goldaguide.com] on Sunday, June 12 at 7 p.m. at Quad Cinema. After the screening Stephanie will be moderating a conversation with the film’s director Rachel Israel and producer Shai Korman. Get your tickets https://go.shopmy.us/p-69518036?utm_campaign=golda-events&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=www.goldaguide.comhere: https://go.shopmy.us/p-69518036 [https://go.shopmy.us/p-69518036] . Esther will be part of a Hadassah virtual panel on the Sephardic and Mizrahi experience in the United States on Thursday, July 16 at 7 p.m. Register here: https://go.shopmy.us/p-70548076 [https://go.shopmy.us/p-70548076] Send us your Ask GOLDA questions at hi@goldaguide.com [hi@goldaguide.com] (voicenotes are best; be sure to tell us who you are and where you’re calling from.) This week’s Good for the Jews picks: Esther: The Jewish volunteer watch group Shomrim, who jumped into action during the floods in Monmouth County [https://www.nj.com/weather/2026/07/flooded-roads-cars-stuck-in-water-in-nj-as-life-threatening-thunderstorms-drop-heavy-rain.html]. Stephanie: Audrey Gelman’s collaboration [https://www.goldaguide.com/p/audrey-gelmans-german-jewish-inspired-homeware-collection-six-bells-wallach-project] with the Wallach Project, which preserves lost German-Jewish textile making. Mark: Funny Business, an upcoming cultural history [https://bookshop.org/a/110357/9798217047949] by Matt Singer of the Judd Apatow-era of comedy. Subscribe to GOLDA at goldaguide.com [https://www.goldaguide.com/] and follow us on Instagram at @goldaguide [https://www.instagram.com/goldaguide/]. Where you can find the GOLDA Girls: Follow Gabby’s writing at jewishinsider.com/authors/gabby-deutch [https://jewishinsider.com/authors/gabby-deutch/] and subscribe to her Substack at gsdeutch.substack.com [http://gsdeutch.substack.com/]. Sign up for Diana’s print newsletter, Modern Jewess, at modern-jewess.com [http://modern-jewess.com], and buy her book, We Need to Talk About Antisemitism, at rabbidianafersko.com/books [https://rabbidianafersko.com/books/]. Get Esther’s novel Sisters of Fortune at bookshop.org/a/110357/9780593734544 [https://bookshop.org/a/110357/9780593734544], and her children’s book I Share My Name, at bookshop.org/a/110357/9781532432187 [https://bookshop.org/a/110357/9781532432187]. Buy Stephanie’s book, The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia, at bookshop.org/a/110357/9781579658939 [https://bookshop.org/a/110357/9781579658939]. Buy Mark’s biography of Judy Blume at https://bookshop.org/a/110357/9780593714447 [https://bookshop.org/a/110357/9780593714447] Sponsors: GOLDA Girls is presented by Nu Reads [https://go.shopmy.us/p-55725075], 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 [http://nureads.org/] to get started today. You can listen to GOLDA Girls on: * Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/golda-girls/id1895644983 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/golda-girls/id1895644983] * Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1eLma0Exh3LDv2Ay8fx8Cq [https://open.spotify.com/show/1eLma0Exh3LDv2Ay8fx8Cq] * Pocket Casts https://pocketcasts.com/podcast/golda-girls/ed7285a0-2487-013f-2ec2-0e872f6a2b21 [https://pocketcasts.com/podcast/golda-girls/ed7285a0-2487-013f-2ec2-0e872f6a2b21] Leave us a review and we’ll send you a GOLDA sticker! Email a screenshot of your review to hi@goldaguide.com [hi@goldaguide.com]. Stay GOLDA.

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