Mazel Tov, Taylor! with Jackie Tohn

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.Events:Join GOLDA for an NYC opening weekend screening of The Floaters 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 here: 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-70548076Send us your Ask GOLDA questions at [email protected] (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.Stephanie: Audrey Gelman’s collaboration with the Wallach Project, which preserves lost German-Jewish textile making. Mark: Funny Business, an upcoming cultural history by Matt Singer of the Judd Apatow-era of comedy.Subscribe to GOLDA at goldaguide.com and follow us on Instagram at @goldaguide.Where you can find the GOLDA Girls:Follow Gabby’s writing at jewishinsider.com/authors/gabby-deutch and subscribe to her Substack at gsdeutch.substack.com. Sign up for Diana’s print newsletter, Modern Jewess, at modern-jewess.com, and buy her book, We Need to Talk About Antisemitism, at rabbidianafersko.com/books.  Get Esther’s novel Sisters of Fortune at bookshop.org/a/110357/9780593734544, and her children’s book I Share My Name, at bookshop.org/a/110357/9781532432187. Buy Stephanie’s book, The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia, at bookshop.org/a/110357/9781579658939.Buy Mark’s biography of Judy Blume at https://bookshop.org/a/110357/9780593714447Sponsors: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.You can listen to GOLDA Girls on:Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/golda-girls/id1895644983Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1eLma0Exh3LDv2Ay8fx8CqPocket Casts https://pocketcasts.com/podcast/golda-girls/ed7285a0-2487-013f-2ec2-0e872f6a2b21Leave us a review and we’ll send you a GOLDA sticker! Email a screenshot of your review to [email protected]. Stay GOLDA.