Samira K. Mehta
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!
- I’m honored to be part of @HenryLouisGatesJr’s new series, BLACK AND JEWISH AMERICA: AN INTERWOVEN HISTORY. This unifying and powerful series premieres February 2026 on @PBS, and we encourage you to tune in. #BlackandJewishAmerica #InterwovenHistoryPBS www.youtube.com/watch?v=If-u...
- On this World AIDS Day, I would like to recommend a spectacular podcast about #theChurchWithAIDS. Lynne Gerber has created "When We All Get to Heaven," which is available through Slate and details the Metropolitan Community Church in the Castro during the AIDS crisis. slate.com/podcasts/whe...
- The most remarkable thing about the podcast is that Lynne has used hundreds of tapes of actual sermons/ church services, as well as historic and contemporary interviews with clergy, lay leaders, & members.
- Everything that Lynne turns her hand to is impeccable scholarship, but this is deeply compelling public scholarship.
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View full threadThe series also teaches like a dream. My students listened to the first two episodes for the last class before break and, as I said to Lynne, 3/4 of them cried while talking about the podcast in class. This podcast moved my students like nothing else this semester.
- The new North American Religion series editors at @nyupress.bsky.social! So excited to work with @apetro.bsky.social and Vaughn A. Booker!
- Thank you so much for the shoutout, @theradr.bsky.social!
- Well, this seems like a seasonally appropriate (and evergreen) book to amplify, by @samirakmehta.bsky.social, that I imagine some of you might be glad to know about:
- 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...
- 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
- Reposted by Samira K. MehtaToday! 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/
- Reposted by Samira K. MehtaJoin 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
- Reposted by Samira K. MehtaOne 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.
- 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/
- Reposted by Samira K. MehtaThe 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 @samirakmehta.bsky.social @hfalbk.bsky.social
- Reposted by Samira K. MehtaThis 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".
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 @samirakmehta.bsky.social @hfalbk.bsky.social
- 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
- 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.
- Reposted by Samira K. MehtaJoin 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
- 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...
- 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 @samirakmehta.bsky.social @hfalbk.bsky.social
- 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...
- Reposted by Samira K. MehtaThe city of New Orleans uses the Mississippi River as drinking water. Our current governor begged the state to remove funding from the city of New Orleans to fix the pumps and the decaying sewage and water system UNTIL the DA agrees to prosecute women for abortions. www.essence.com/news/louisia...
- Check out the amazingly @imorianderson.bsky.social on the subject of New Year’s mochi in Japanese American life. www.cbsnews.com/video/how-ja...
- Reposted by Samira K. MehtaDirty Dancing teaches that abortion rights are good and you should never date a guy who reads Ayn Rand, which is 90% of what you need to get through life
