Samira Mehta

Samira K. Mehta publishes a piece on the Netflix’s show "Nobody Wants This"

Oct. 9, 2024

Nice Jewish men wanting to date non-Jewish women has been a trope of U.S. stage and screen for 100 years. Read Samira K. Mehta's latest piece in The Conversation here: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/in-nobody-wants-this-century-old-rom-c...

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Samira K. Mehta interviewed by NPR on Rabbis in Interfaith marriages

Aug. 19, 2024

Professor Samira K. Mehta was recently interviewed by NPR to discuss how, for the first time, the largest branch in American Judaism has agreed to ordain rabbis who are in interfaith marriages. Listen to the interview and read the transcript here.

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Samira K. Mehta publishes piece on interfaith Jewish relationships

June 25, 2024

Professor Mehta's latest piece in The Forward talks about how a major Jewish denomination’s main seminary will admit and ordain students in interfaith relationships. "The majority of new Jewish marriages are interfaith; these couples are raising interfaith families. But despite that, few rabbis have personal experience in interfaith nuclear families,...

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Samira K. Mehta publishes a piece on the diversity of American Jews

June 13, 2024

Most ideas about Jewish culture in the United States come from Ashkenazi traditions, but there’s a vast landscape of Jewish cultures around the world—and represented in the U.S. The diversity of American Jews is a major focus Mehta's research, both through her current project, Jews of Color: Histories and Futures...

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Samira K. Mehta interviewed by Interfaith Voices Radio

May 15, 2024

Professor Samira K. Mehta discusses how words like “sacred,” “ensoulment,” “mother,” and “baby” have been used by both sides of the culture war over reproductive rights and how they have changed our perception of pregnancy. Listen to the podcast here.

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Samira K. Mehta publishes an article in the Conversation on Asian Jewish Americans

May 15, 2024

"May is both Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month. Two entirely separate commemorations for two entirely separate communities, right? Think again. Not only do Asian American Jews exist, but we come from a variety of places and come to Judaism in a...

CU Boulder student viewing the Know Your Nosh: Food, Jewishness, & Identity exhibit in Norlin Library. (Lucy Adlen/CU Independent)

The 2022-24 Embodied Judaism exhibit was featured in the CU Independent.

April 1, 2024

The Know Your Nosh exhibit: Exploring the significance of food in Jewish identity As part of the university’s Embodied Judaism Series, the exhibit explores the role of food and agriculture within Jewish cultural, national and political identities. It also uses food to delve into the connection between the United States,...

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Know Your Nosh: Exhibition on Jewish food opens at the University Libraries

Jan. 19, 2024

A new exhibition, " Know Your Nosh: Food, Jewishness & Identity ", is on display in Norlin Library on the third floor outside of the Rare and Distinctive (RaD) Collections classroom (Room N345). This exhibition is the fifth installment of the Embodied Judaism Series and its development—researching, selecting materials and...

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Samira K. Mehta publishes a piece on Hanukkah and Christmas

Dec. 6, 2023

Samira K. Mehta's article "Hanukkah celebrations have changed dramatically − but the same is true of Christmas" was recently published in The Conversation . You can read it here.

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Samira K. Mehta's book a Jewish Women’s Archive Book List Pick

Sept. 13, 2023

Samira K. Mehta's book The Racism of People Who Love You is on the Jewish Women’s Archive Book List Picks for the 2023-2024 year. Learn more here .

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