Stephanie Butnick is a prominent voice in the Jewish world.

 

As a founding co-host of the hit Jewish podcast Unorthodox, she is known for her smart and entertaining conversations and has built a devoted fanbase with her authentic and relatable perspective. She spent 13 years at Tablet Magazine in various writing and editing roles. 

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Stephanie hosts an interview series at The Jewish Museum with the Jewish Book Council, and has moderated events for the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center, the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, and others. She speaks regularly to audiences around the country, offering unique insights into Jewish life with her trademark wit and charisma.  

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She is the co-author of The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar’s and Everything in Between (a great holiday gift!), and has written about Jewish pride and Jewish noses for The New York Post. She was featured on CBS Sunday Morning talking about hamantaschen​, which her grandmother has probably already told you.

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Stephanie has a bachelor’s degree in Religion from Duke and a master’s degree in Religious Studies from NYU. She lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with her husband and their three-year-old daughter.