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Protestant leaders once championed birth control – not to liberate women, but as part of ‘responsible parenthood’

As birth control became increasingly accepted, some supporters’ views were based in religious beliefs about what motherhood should look like.

06.05.2026 10

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Samira Mehta

Merry Jewish Christmas: How Chinese food and the movies became a time-honored tradition for American Jews

What do you do on Dec. 25 if you don’t celebrate Christmas? For Jewish Americans, the answers range from takeout to filling a shift for Christian...

08.12.2025 30

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Samira Mehta

Protestant ideas shaped Americans’ support for birth control – and the Supreme Court ruling protecting a husband and wife’s right to contraception

Griswold v. Connecticut, decided in 1965, set the precedent for several other landmark cases about sex and privacy.

15.08.2025 20

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Samira Mehta

From the marriage contract to breaking the glass under the chuppah, many Jewish couples adapt their weddings to celebrate gender equality

Traditional Jewish ceremonies, like Christian ones, marked a woman’s transition from daughter to wife − going from her parents to her husband. But...

30.06.2025 20

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Samira Mehta