Samira K. Mehta
@samirakmehta.bsky.social
Scholar of American religion, especially American Judaism, focusing on Religion and Reproductive Politics in the US, Interfaith Families, Jews of Color. Knitter, cellist. Dogs and cats, living together!
God Bless the Pill is available for pre-order on the UNC Press site!
God Bless the Pill by @samirakmehta.bsky.social
Religion, sex, and the birth control pill...but not quite the story you think. Shows how mid-century faith leaders actually embraced contraception as part of building the American Dream. uncpress.org/978146969343...
Religion, sex, and the birth control pill...but not quite the story you think. Shows how mid-century faith leaders actually embraced contraception as part of building the American Dream. uncpress.org/978146969343...
God Bless the Pill
Most people today understand contraception as central to women’s liberation, and when the birth control pill arrived in 1960, the media thought it would us...
uncpress.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
God Bless the Pill is available for pre-order on the UNC Press site!
Thank you for sharing!
October 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Thank you for sharing!
For wedding season….
Jewish couples are adapting traditional wedding rituals to reflect gender equality, from revising the ketubah contract to both partners breaking the glass under the chuppah. A Jewish studies scholar explains: buff.ly/i5Lnukn By @samirakmehta.bsky.social @colorado.edu
From the marriage contract to breaking the glass under the chuppah, many Jewish couples adapt their weddings to celebrate gender equality
Traditional Jewish ceremonies, like Christian ones, marked a woman’s transition from daughter to wife − going from her parents to her husband. But there are creative ways to reflect gender equality…
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July 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
For wedding season….
The author of The Jew Who Would Be King makes an awesome vegetarian matzo ball soup.
April 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The author of The Jew Who Would Be King makes an awesome vegetarian matzo ball soup.
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Today! Join HBI at 7 pm (EDT) in person or online when @samirakmehta.bsky.social delivers this year's Diane Markowicz Memorial Lecture on Gender and Human Rights, “God Bless the Pill: Contraception and Sexuality in American Religion”. bit.ly/HBIMarkowicz 1/
March 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Today! Join HBI at 7 pm (EDT) in person or online when @samirakmehta.bsky.social delivers this year's Diane Markowicz Memorial Lecture on Gender and Human Rights, “God Bless the Pill: Contraception and Sexuality in American Religion”. bit.ly/HBIMarkowicz 1/
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Join us tomorrow, March 9, 7 pm EDT in observance of International Women's Day for “God Bless the Pill: Contraception and Sexuality in American Religion” presented by @samirakmehta.bsky.social at HBI’s Diane Markowicz Memorial Lecture on Gender and Human Rights. Hybrid. bit.ly/HBIMarkowicz
March 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Join us tomorrow, March 9, 7 pm EDT in observance of International Women's Day for “God Bless the Pill: Contraception and Sexuality in American Religion” presented by @samirakmehta.bsky.social at HBI’s Diane Markowicz Memorial Lecture on Gender and Human Rights. Hybrid. bit.ly/HBIMarkowicz
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One thing Trump didn't talk about last night: his plans to abandon American women’s right to abortion care in medical emergencies.
I wonder why he wouldn't want anyone to know that.
I wonder why he wouldn't want anyone to know that.
March 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
One thing Trump didn't talk about last night: his plans to abandon American women’s right to abortion care in medical emergencies.
I wonder why he wouldn't want anyone to know that.
I wonder why he wouldn't want anyone to know that.
I mean, I would like to see Katrina for the first time in 25 years.
March 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I mean, I would like to see Katrina for the first time in 25 years.
That’s so lovely!
March 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
That’s so lovely!
Boston friends, come and see me on Sunday night!
Join us this Sunday for “God Bless the Pill: Contraception and Sexuality in American Religion” with @samirakmehta.bsky.social who will deliver the Diane Markowicz Memorial Lecture on Gender and Human Rights. March 9, 7 pm (EDT) in-person at HBI & online, registration and info: bit.ly/HBIMarkowicz 1/
March 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Boston friends, come and see me on Sunday night!
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The Program in Jewish Studies & CU Libraries support visiting scholars whose research interests take advantage of unique resources in the Innovations in Jewish Life Collections.
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DEADLINE: March 1, 2025
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February 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Program in Jewish Studies & CU Libraries support visiting scholars whose research interests take advantage of unique resources in the Innovations in Jewish Life Collections.
tinyurl.com/ShneerFellow...
DEADLINE: March 1, 2025
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@hfalbk.bsky.social
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DEADLINE: March 1, 2025
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@hfalbk.bsky.social
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This is insane. If you wonder why some of us think the rule of law is about to fall, it's this.
The U.S. Attorney for DC is not "President Trump's lawyer" and its job is not to "protect his leadership" nor prosecute people who "refuse to put America first".
The U.S. Attorney for DC is not "President Trump's lawyer" and its job is not to "protect his leadership" nor prosecute people who "refuse to put America first".
February 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This is insane. If you wonder why some of us think the rule of law is about to fall, it's this.
The U.S. Attorney for DC is not "President Trump's lawyer" and its job is not to "protect his leadership" nor prosecute people who "refuse to put America first".
The U.S. Attorney for DC is not "President Trump's lawyer" and its job is not to "protect his leadership" nor prosecute people who "refuse to put America first".
I had this conversation just the other day….
There are so many reasons university endowments can't make up for the dramatic cuts the Trump administration has planned for science.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
No, University Endowments Can’t Replace Federal Science Funding
How Endowments Actually Work
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I had this conversation just the other day….
The incomparable @lauraleibman.bsky.social will be at CU on Monday the 3rd! Join us, in person or on Zoom!
Join the Program in Jewish Studies March 3 for our 2025 Annual Bender Visiting Scholar Public Lecture by Dr. Laura Arnold Leibman. This event is free and supported by the Henry Luce Foundation.
Details and zoom registration at: tinyurl.com/2axxsdbd
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Details and zoom registration at: tinyurl.com/2axxsdbd
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@hfalbk.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The incomparable @lauraleibman.bsky.social will be at CU on Monday the 3rd! Join us, in person or on Zoom!
I am so honored to be invited to give the 2025 Markowicz Memorial Lecture on Gender and Human Rights!
On March 9, International Women's Day, HBI is honored to host @colorado.edu professor Samira K. Mehta @samirakmehta.bsky.social as the 2025 Markowicz Memorial Lecture on Gender and Human Rights guest speaker. Mehta will speak on contraception and sexuality in American religion. bit.ly/HBIMarkowicz
February 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I am so honored to be invited to give the 2025 Markowicz Memorial Lecture on Gender and Human Rights!
I am very excited (or as excited as I can be while the world burns) about this book, by Susannah Heschel and @prof_girlfriend, otherwise known as Sarah Imhoff.
February 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I am very excited (or as excited as I can be while the world burns) about this book, by Susannah Heschel and @prof_girlfriend, otherwise known as Sarah Imhoff.
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Join the Program in Jewish Studies and Jews of Color: Histories & Futures on Feb. 11 for our 2025 Embodied Judaism program. This event is free and supported by the Henry Luce Foundation.
Details and zoom registration at: tinyurl.com/48nttjmu
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January 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Join the Program in Jewish Studies and Jews of Color: Histories & Futures on Feb. 11 for our 2025 Embodied Judaism program. This event is free and supported by the Henry Luce Foundation.
Details and zoom registration at: tinyurl.com/48nttjmu
@samirakmehta.bsky.social
@hfalbk.bsky.social
Details and zoom registration at: tinyurl.com/48nttjmu
@samirakmehta.bsky.social
@hfalbk.bsky.social
I felt the need to share this article today.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I felt the need to share this article today.
May her memory be for a blessing. This was a hard loss, especially today.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards dies at 67
Cecile Richards, a longtime advocate for women’s rights and Planned Parenthood leader, died of brain cancer at 67, her family said.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
May her memory be for a blessing. This was a hard loss, especially today.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
I am excited and curious to read this book by my colleague, neighbor, and friend, Adam Rovner. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
THE JEW WHO WOULD BE KING | Kirkus Reviews
Delving into a little-known odyssey.
www.kirkusreviews.com
January 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I am excited and curious to read this book by my colleague, neighbor, and friend, Adam Rovner. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Join us!!!!
Please join the CU Boulder Program in Jewish Studies on January 27 for our 2025 Holocaust Remembrance Day program with Dr. Brown-Fleming.
Details and zoom registration at: tinyurl.com/3xvk6j9z
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Details and zoom registration at: tinyurl.com/3xvk6j9z
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‘Love and Mercy’ after the Holocaust: The Vatican’s Postwar Clemency Campaign, 1945-1958
This event is in person and streaming via Zoom.
Please join the Program in Jewish Studies for our annual Holocaust Remembrance Day program public lecture, by Dr. Brown-Fleming.
Ernst von Weizsäck...
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January 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Join us!!!!
Did you just make it a little greasier than you otherwise would or do you make it like you regularly would and then add a slug of oil to the leftovers? Also, isn’t it like two in the morning for you?
January 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Did you just make it a little greasier than you otherwise would or do you make it like you regularly would and then add a slug of oil to the leftovers? Also, isn’t it like two in the morning for you?
Let’s be honest. Bua spent decades not having to work. What does the extra fat do?
January 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Let’s be honest. Bua spent decades not having to work. What does the extra fat do?
Does it? My bua swears up and down that you can’t freeze dal, but I just froze a bunch of taco lentils because it was that or have them go bad. But I haven’t defrosted them yet so I don’t know what it’s gonna do to their texture.
January 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Does it? My bua swears up and down that you can’t freeze dal, but I just froze a bunch of taco lentils because it was that or have them go bad. But I haven’t defrosted them yet so I don’t know what it’s gonna do to their texture.
Thank you to @joelhs.bsky.social for posting this piece from a couple of years ago—I love when pieces continue to resonate.
Good piece from @samirakmehta.bsky.social on Hanukkah traditions among Jews of color: www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/un...
‘Untraditional’ Hanukkah celebrations are often full of traditions for Jews of color
Multicultural Jewish families and Jews of color are innovating food-centered holidays to bring their whole selves to the table.
www.yahoo.com
January 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Thank you to @joelhs.bsky.social for posting this piece from a couple of years ago—I love when pieces continue to resonate.