A Little Jewish Sparkle: The GOLDA x Mamaleh Necklace

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GOLDA gang, our first official collab is here: the GOLDA necklace from Mamaleh jewelry. 

Soon after I hit publish on the first GOLDA newsletter, I sent an email to Dara Katz of Mamaleh. She makes those cute Yiddish nameplate necklaces that you’ve probably seen—they say things like chutzpah, yenta, and of course, mamaleh. 

I asked Dara if she could make me a necklace that said GOLDA. Being the mensch she is, she made one right away. I’ve been wearing my custom GOLDA bling for months now, and after getting stopped and asked about it again and again, we decided to make it official.

Now the GOLDA necklace is available for sale on the Mamaleh website—and you can get 25% off yours with the code GOLDA.

It makes perfect sense that Mamaleh is our first collab. The brand celebrates being proudly Jewish with a sense of style that I absolutely love. And Dara’s designs play up Yiddishisms that feel especially relevant to Jewish women. Through her fun, eye-catching necklaces she’s giving us permission to wear those labels proudly.

“Mamaleh uses Yiddish words—yenta, mamaleh, chutzpah—not in a slap-stick way but in a way that elevates them and makes them ours again,” Dara told me. “They become little beacons, if you know you know calling cards that say so much in a few letters.”

I’m so proud to add GOLDA to the collection. I think it’s a keeper.

Stay GOLDA,

Stephanie 

Jewish Book Council Recommends:

Lihi Lapid’s I Wanted to Be Wonderful explores the unrealistic expectations society—and women themselves—often carry. What begins as an idyllic story of young love and new motherhood becomes a raw and honest portrait of the messiness of parenting. The novel delves into self-doubt, shattered dreams, and the painful reality that none of us can do it all.

-Naomi Firestone-Teeter, Jewish Book Council CEO