Judaism Unbound Episode 534: God Bless the Pill - Samira Mehta

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Samira Mehta is the author of a new book entitled God Bless the Pill: The Surprising History of Contraception and Sexuality in American Religion. She joins Lex and Rena Yehuda for a conversation exploring her book, along with what it can teach us about the history of American religion -- and about Jewish history in particular. This episode is the 1st in an ongoing unit of Judaism Unbound episodes exploring reproductive justice, bodily autonomy, and their intersections with the Jewish past, present, and future.

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[3] For a recording of Pete Seeger’s song The Pill, which Mehta references, click here.

[4] Check out a video of Samira Mehta giving a presentation related to this episode, entitled “More Babies and More Birth Control: American Jews and the Politics of Reproduction,” via this link.

[5] For the 1977 Lilith Magazine article that Mehta referenced, written by Shirley Frank and entitled “The Population Panic: Why Jewish leaders want Jewish women to be fruitful and multiply,” click here.