Samira K. Mehta is an Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the author of Beyond Chrismukkah: Christian-Jewish Interfaith Families in the United States and The Racism of People Who Love You. She is currently completing God Bless the Pill: Contraception and Sexuality in American Religion. Her views her own and do not necessarily reflect the views of her employer.
Samira Mehta
By Samira Mehta
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Opinion Jewish law has always been clear: Emergency abortions are an essential right
It's possible to believe that religion shouldn't influence our laws, and to acknowledge that it does
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Opinion The American Jewish future is interfaith. It’s about time our rabbis are, too.
At long last, a major Jewish denomination's main seminary will admit and ordain students in interfaith relationships
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Opinion Interfaith Kids Are Still Being Raised Jewish. Here’s How.
Twenty-five years after studies noted unprecedentedly high rates of interfaith marriage for American Jews, noted scholar Steven M. Cohen wrote an article asking how Jews were doing in protecting Jewish continuity in light of intermarriage. His answer, in short, was “Not well.” Dr. Cohen argues interfaith marriage is bad for Jews because it results in…
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