Samira Mehta
Samira K. Mehta publishes piece on Jewish Christmas traditions in The Conversation.Read her article here:听"Merry Jewish Christmas: How Chinese food and the movies became a time-honored tradition for American听Jews"- Samira K. Mehta has been awarded the American Jewish Archives Rabbi Joachim Prinz Memorial Fellowship听for research in the 2025-2026 academic year.
- "During research for my book Beyond Chrismukkah about Christian-Jewish interfaith families, many interviewees wound up talking about their weddings and the rituals that they selected or innovated for the day to reflect their
- Samira K. Mehta has joined the Jewish Life Committee of the Rose Community Foundation.
- 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.
- 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.
- Samira Mehta鈥檚 article 鈥淭he December Dilemma: Less Oy, More Joy鈥 was chosen as a Revealer Winter Holiday Favorite. With Hanukkah starting on December 25 this year, explore the myriad ways Jewish-Christian interfaith families
- Samira K. Mehta was recently interviewed about Chrismukkah in Moment Magazine."Although Chrismukkah observers sometimes fuse elements of Christmas and Hanukkah more literally鈥攔esulting in quirky creations such as eggnog sufganiyot
- Samira K. Mehta recently gave an interview of the role of relationships in the writing process to for the University of Florida鈥檚 Writing It! Podcast. The conversation focuses on fellowships, writing groups, writing coaches, and
- 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/