Samira Mehta

Samira K. Mehta receives Kayden Research Award

Maggie Rosenau — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:53:34 +0000

Samira K. Mehta receives Kayden Research Award Maggie Rosenau Fri, 02/28/2025 - 08:53

Samira K. Mehta has received a Kayden Research Award.

These are awards to foster and promote research, creative works and translations, which have a high probability of issuing in publication.

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Samira Mehta joins Jewish of Color Collecting Project advisory board

Maggie Rosenau — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:59:11 +0000

Samira Mehta joins Jewish of Color Collecting Project advisory board Maggie Rosenau Fri, 01/03/2025 - 09:59

Samira Mehta has joined the advisory board of the Jewish of Color Collecting Project at the Smithsonian-affiliated Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Samira K. Mehta’s article chosen as a Revealer Winter Holiday Favorite

Maggie Rosenau — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:35:15 +0000

Samira K. Mehta’s article chosen as a Revealer Winter Holiday Favorite Maggie Rosenau Fri, 12/20/2024 - 10:35

Samira Mehta’s article “The December Dilemma: Less Oy, More Joy” was chosen as a Revealer Winter Holiday Favorite. With Hanukkah starting on December 25 this year, explore the myriad ways Jewish-Christian interfaith families navigate the winter holiday season.

Read the Revealer's Winter Holiday Favorites here: https://therevealer.org/winter-holiday-articles-we-love/

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Samira K. Mehta interviewed about Chrismukkah in Moment Magazine

Maggie Rosenau — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:30:10 +0000

Samira K. Mehta interviewed about Chrismukkah in Moment Magazine Maggie Rosenau Thu, 12/19/2024 - 10:30

Samira K. Mehta was recently interviewed about Chrismukkah in Moment Magazine.

"Although Chrismukkah observers sometimes fuse elements of Christmas and Hanukkah more literally—resulting in quirky creations such as eggnog sufganiyot (jelly-filled donuts traditionally enjoyed during Hanukkah) or “Hanukkah bushes”—they’re more likely to celebrate separate traditions from the holidays, concurrently. “Most people did a little bit of Hanukkah and a little bit of Christmas, but they didn’t merge them,” explains Samira K. Mehta, author of Beyond Chrismukkah: The Christian-Jewish Interfaith Family in America, reflecting on her dissertation research about Christian-Jewish interfaith families—the main demographic celebrating Chrismukkah."

Read the article here: https://momentmag.com/chrismukkah-as-defined-by-a-jew-who-celebrates/

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Samira K. Mehta gives interview for the University of Florida’s Writing It! Podcast

Maggie Rosenau — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:12:31 +0000

Samira K. Mehta gives interview for the University of Florida’s Writing It! Podcast Maggie Rosenau Wed, 12/18/2024 - 11:12

Samira K. Mehta recently gave an interview of the role of relationships in the writing process to for the University of Florida’s Writing It! Podcast. The conversation focuses on fellowships, writing groups, writing coaches, and friends and colleagues with whom we exchange writing.

Listen to the episode here: https://writingit.fireside.fm/38?fbclid=IwY2xjawG9ehdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQWMGk9OIBsml8EcjdPe2mIb49exY0zKrikDbZm4SnsEdgtJ4lUVSE0qeA_aem_Kli4ou-QklC9YIbZobWcSw

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Samira K. Mehta interviewed by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Maggie Rosenau — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:33:34 +0000

Samira K. Mehta interviewed by Australian Broadcasting Corporation Maggie Rosenau Mon, 12/16/2024 - 07:33

Samira K. Mehta was a guest on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's program "God Forbid" to discuss how the U.S. elections will shape abortion access in Australia.

Listen to the interview here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/godforbid/us-election-abortion-healthcare-australia/104452876

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Samira K. Mehta publishes a piece about new claim Columbus was Jewish

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 16:55:57 +0000

Samira K. Mehta publishes a piece about new claim Columbus was Jewish Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 11/04/2024 - 09:55

Professor Mehta's latest piece about the new claim that Columbus was Jewish is published in Religion Dispatches.

Click the hyperlink to read the article "New Doc Claiming Columbus was Jewish May Have Some Accuracy Issues — But There’s a Far Bigger Issue We Need to Reckon With."

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PBS picks up Samira K. Mehta's piece on the Netflix show "Nobody Wants This"

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:40:52 +0000

PBS picks up Samira K. Mehta's piece on the Netflix show "Nobody Wants This" Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/09/2024 - 11:40

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, which is also featured in PBS News.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/in-nobody-wants-this-century-old-rom-com-tropes-get-a-new-twist-the-cute-rabbi

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

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:45:06 +0000

Samira K. Mehta interviewed by NPR on Rabbis in Interfaith marriages Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 08/19/2024 - 07:45

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

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:41:01 +0000

Samira K. Mehta publishes piece on interfaith Jewish relationships Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 06/25/2024 - 11:41

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, because — until now — no one in an interfaith relationship could be trained or ordained as a rabbi by the Orthodox, Conservative or Reform movements..."

Read the full article here.

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