Mayim Bialik#Grok Nation

Mayim Chaya Bialik was born on December 12, 1975, in San Diego, California,{{cite thesis |title=Hypothalamic regulation in relation to maladaptive, obsessive-compulsive, affiliative, and satiety behaviors in Prader-Willi syndrome |date=2007 |institution=University of California, Los Angeles |degree=PhD |last=Bialik |first=Mayim Chaya |id={{ProQuest|304879069}} |oclc=732917927}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/sep/11/mayim-bialik-star-big-bang-theory|title=Mayim Bialik: Big Bang Theory is changing the way people think of nerds and geeks|access-date=May 23, 2018|date=September 11, 2015|last=Davis|first=Nicola|newspaper=The Guardian|quote=Born in San Diego, California to first-generation Jewish-American parents.|archive-date=May 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524151144/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/sep/11/mayim-bialik-star-big-bang-theory|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Mayim Bialik|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Mayim-Bialik/|publisher=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-date=January 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110090131/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Mayim-Bialik/|url-status=live}} to Beverly (née Winkleman) and Barry Bialik.{{cite web |last=Bialik |first=Mayim |date=April 21, 2015 |title=Mourning My Father's Death |url=http://www.kveller.com/mayim-bialik-mourning-my-fathers-death/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324104933/http://www.kveller.com/mayim-bialik-mourning-my-fathers-death/ |archive-date=March 24, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2016 |work=Kveller}}{{cite web |date=2006-02-23 |title=Obituaries: Frank Winkelman |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/obituaries/article/obituaries_20060224 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228231346/http://www.jewishjournal.com/obituaries/article/obituaries_20060224 |archive-date=February 28, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2016 |work=Jewish Journal}}{{cite magazine |last=Berkman |first=Meredith |url=https://www.ew.com/article/1991/03/08/mayim-bialik-young-feminist |title=Mayim Bialik: the young feminist |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 8, 1991 |access-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518082940/http://www.ew.com/article/1991/03/08/mayim-bialik-young-feminist |url-status=live}} Her family were Jewish immigrants who lived in the Bronx, New York City.{{cite interview|title=Episode 128: Mayim Bialik|interviewer=Anna Faris|first=Mayim|last=Bialik|work=Unqualified|date=June 26, 2018|publisher=Anna Faris|url=http://www.unqualified.com/2018/06/26/episode-128-mayim-bialik/|access-date=June 26, 2018|archive-date=November 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112200717/http://www.unqualified.com/2018/06/26/episode-128-mayim-bialik/|url-status=dead}} Three of her four grandparents migrated from Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. After being raised as a Reform Jew, she described herself as Modern Orthodox Jewish in 2013.{{cite news|last=Stein|first=Jason|url=http://www.jewishtelegraph.com/prof_222.html|title=Big Bang Theory star thought she was auditioning for a game show|newspaper=Jewish Telegraph|date=October 2013|access-date=April 7, 2014|archive-date=October 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011083637/http://www.jewishtelegraph.com/prof_222.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://jewishjournal.com/newspulse/96188/|title='Big Bang Theory' Actress Lives at Intersection of Science, Religion [UPDATE]|last=Pfefferman|first=Naomi|date=September 19, 2011|newspaper=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|access-date=May 23, 2018|archive-date=May 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523173603/http://jewishjournal.com/newspulse/96188/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishrockland.org/Mayim-Bialik.aspx|title=Geek Love, Parenting, and Judaism|last=Cohen|first=Marla|date=May 2012|work=Jewish Federation of Rockland County|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512212859/http://www.jewishrockland.org/Mayim-Bialik.aspx|archive-date=May 12, 2012}} Bialik became a Bat Mitzvah and has called herself a "staunch Zionist".{{Cite news|url=https://www.kveller.com/mayim-bialik-melissa-rauch-talk-the-bronze-bat-mitzvahs-big-bangs-jewish-rivalry/|title=Mayim Bialik & Melissa Rauch Talk 'The Bronze,' Bat Mitzvahs & Big Bang's Jewish Rivalry|newspaper=Kveller |date=March 16, 2016|access-date=March 16, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803225640/https://www.kveller.com/mayim-bialik-melissa-rauch-talk-the-bronze-bat-mitzvahs-big-bangs-jewish-rivalry/|url-status=live |last1=Bialik |first1=Mayim}} Her name, Mayim ("water" in Hebrew),{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Larry|title=Mayim Bialik & Melissa Rauch|url=http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow/mayim-bialik--melissa-rauch-0_5a0iuww97d55|access-date=October 18, 2014|work=Larry King Now|date=May 6, 2014|format=Video interview|archive-date=October 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024163713/http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow/mayim-bialik--melissa-rauch-0_5a0iuww97d55|url-status=live}} originates in a family nickname of her great-grandmother, Miriam.{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/mayim-bialik-s-big-bang.premium-1.481662|title=Mayim Bialik's Big Bang|work=Haaretz|access-date=May 27, 2017|url-access=registration|quote=My great-grandmother's name was Miriam, and the grandkids had a hard time pronouncing the resh in the middle, so they just called her Mayam and she was known as Bobbe Mayam. And then my parents thought it was cool in 1975 to name me Mayim.|archive-date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417021111/http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/mayim-bialik-s-big-bang.premium-1.481662|url-status=live}} The Hebrew-language poet Hayim Nahman Bialik was her great-great-great-granduncle.{{Cite news |last=Roth |first=Matthue |date=May 6, 2009 |title=Mayim Bialik: From 'Blossom' to Brachot |url=http://jewcy.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/mayim_bialik_blossom_brachot |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211133240/http://jewcy.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/mayim_bialik_blossom_brachot |archive-date=December 11, 2018 |access-date=April 23, 2018 |work=Jewcy}}

Bialik graduated in 1993 from North Hollywood High School in Los Angeles, California.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-08-ca-1113-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=February 8, 1993|access-date=April 15, 2014|title=Television|last=Kleid|first=Beth|archive-date=April 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416183314/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-02-08/entertainment/ca-1113_1_north-hollywood-high-school|url-status=live}} In acknowledgment of her acting commitments, she was granted a deferred acceptance and attended University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).{{cite magazine|last=Carter|first=Alan|url=https://ew.com/article/1993/07/16/blossom-flowers/|title=Blossom Flowers|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 16, 1993|access-date=March 12, 2011|archive-date=May 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510223556/http://www.ew.com/article/1993/07/16/blossom-flowers|url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Mayim Bialik: Playing the Role Of an American in Paris |first=Michael E. |last=Hill |newspaper=Washington Post |date=September 19, 1993 |page=Y.07}} She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in neuroscience, with minors in Hebrew and Jewish studies, in 2000.{{cite web|last=Jacobson|first=Judie|url=http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Entertainment/Q-and-A-with-Mayim-Bialik-An-observant-Jew-in-Hollywood|title=Q&A with Mayim Bialik|date=August 18, 2012 |publisher=The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved on March 15, 2016|access-date=October 16, 2015|archive-date=October 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027095206/http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Entertainment/Q-and-A-with-Mayim-Bialik-An-observant-Jew-in-Hollywood|url-status=live}}

Bialik has said she did not have the grades needed for medical school.{{cite web |last=Bialik |first=Mayim |date=2019-03-19 |title=The top 5 things that help Mayim's productivity |url=https://groknation.com/relating/the-top-5-things-that-help-mayims-productivity/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404165909/https://groknation.com/relating/the-top-5-things-that-help-mayims-productivity/ |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |access-date=November 24, 2019 |website=GrokNation}} She went on to study for a doctorate in neuroscience. She took a break from studies in 2005 to return to acting.{{cite web |title=Alumni Stories – Mayim Bialik '00, PhD.'07 |url=http://alumni.ucla.edu/share/alumni-stories/stories/mayim-bialik.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004064529/http://alumni.ucla.edu/share/alumni-stories/stories/mayim-bialik.aspx |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |access-date=March 12, 2011 |publisher=Uclalumni.net}} She returned to earn her PhD degree in neuroscience from UCLA in 2007 under Dr. James McCracken.{{cite web |url=http://www.mayimbialik.net/2014/02/06/45/ |title=Biography |publisher=Mayim Bialik |access-date=January 25, 2014 |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302194637/http://www.mayimbialik.net/2014/02/06/45/ |url-status=dead}} Her dissertation was titled "Hypothalamic regulation in relation to maladaptive, obsessive-compulsive, affiliative and satiety behaviors in Prader–Willi syndrome".{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/2020/print?id=2677187|title=Life After Child Stardom – Not by the Numbers|publisher=ABC News|date=November 24, 2006|access-date=March 12, 2011|archive-date=January 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121212820/http://abcnews.go.com/2020/print?id=2677187|url-status=live}}

File:Mayim Bialik at the rehearsal for the 1989 Academy Awards recrop.jpg]]

Bialik started her career as a child actress in the late 1980s. Her early roles included the 1988 horror film Pumpkinhead (her first acting job){{cite web|first=Leonard|last=Pierce|title=Mayim Bialik: Random Roles|url=https://www.avclub.com/mayim-bialik-1798215686|work=The A.V. Club|date=January 28, 2009|access-date=July 5, 2009|archive-date=May 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520055807/http://www.avclub.com/articles/mayim-bialik%2C23149/|url-status=live}} and guest appearances on The Facts of Life (two final-season episodes) and Beauty and the Beast. In 1988 to 1989, she appeared in eight episodes of the sitcom Webster as Frieda, Webster's classmate. It was for Beauty and the Beast, where she played a sewer-dwelling girl named Ellie (with about ten lines of dialogue) that she obtained her Screen Actors Guild (SAG) card."How Did You Get Your SAG-AFTRA Card?" TV Guide. January 13, 2014. p. 10. Bialik appeared in three episodes of MacGyver as Lisa Woodman. She appeared in Beaches (1988), playing Bette Midler's character as a young girl. Many reviews singled out her performance as a strong point in the film.{{cite news |last=Boyar |first=Jay |title=Beaches: No Day at the Ocean |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1989-01-14-8901140503-story.html |access-date=December 31, 2019 |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |date=January 14, 1989 |archive-date=December 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231155346/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1989-01-14-8901140503-story.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Kehr |first=Dave |author-link=Dave Kehr |title=In 'Beaches', Music Is Fine |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-01-13-8902250013-story.html |access-date=December 31, 2019 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=January 13, 1989 |archive-date=December 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231155349/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-01-13-8902250013-story.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Benson |first=Sheila |author-link=Sheila Benson |title=Wallowing in Waves of 'Beaches' Emotion |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-23-ca-658-story.html |access-date=December 31, 2019 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=December 23, 1988 |archive-date=May 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505030034/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-23-ca-658-story.html |url-status=live}} She appeared in the music video for Michael Jackson's song "Liberian Girl". In 1990, she was tied to two television pilots, Fox's Molloy and NBC's Blossom. Molloy produced six episodes for a tryout run, followed by the shooting of the pilot special for Blossom. The latter aired two weeks before the Fox series and garnered higher ratings. When Molloy folded after its six episodes, Blossom premiered as a mid-season replacement on January 3, 1991, and aired until May 22, 1995.{{cite news| title=Young 'Blossom' Fans Soon Can Purchase Her Fashions| newspaper=Orlando Sentinel| last=Patterson| first=Jean| url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1993/07/09/young-blossom-fans-soon-can-purchase-her-fashions/| access-date=September 8, 2014| archive-date=September 8, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908181220/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1993-07-09/lifestyle/9307080779_1_blossom-russo-mayim-bialik-first-blossom| url-status=live}}

On September 8, 1992, Bialik was a celebrity contestant guest in the episode "Disturbing The Heavenly Peace", the first episode of the second season of the PBS game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? She had a major part in the Woody Allen comedy film Don't Drink the Water in 1994. Between 1995 and 2005, she mostly did voiceover work for cartoons, such as The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Disney's Recess and Kim Possible, Cartoon Network's Johnny Bravo, and Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold!. She appeared in the feature film Kalamazoo? (2005) and in three episodes of the HBO comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm as Jodi Funkhouser, the daughter of a friend of Larry David. The character transitioned to male in a later episode, going by the name Joey, and was recast to Chaz Bono.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} Bialik also made guest appearances as a fictionalized version of herself in the series Fat Actress{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} and in an episode of Saving Grace.{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/parents/mayim-bialik-learns-what-not-to-wear/|title=Mayim Bialik Learns What Not to Wear|magazine=People|date=November 15, 2010|access-date=October 26, 2019|archive-date=October 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026204437/https://people.com/parents/mayim-bialik-learns-what-not-to-wear/|url-status=live}} Bialik had a recurring role as the high school guidance counselor in ABC Family's The Secret Life of the American Teenager.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} In 2009, Clinton Kelly nominated her for a makeover on TLC's What Not to Wear.

File:Mayim Bialik at Gracie Awards Gala crop.jpg in 2011]]

She joined the cast of The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler in 2010. Her first appearance was in the season{{nbsp}}3 finale as a potential love interest for the character of Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons). In season 4, she began as a recurring character playing Sheldon's "friend that's a girl, but not a girlfriend." Beginning with the 8th episode of season{{nbsp}}4, she became part of the main cast.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2010/11/bang-theory-ups-mayim-bialik-to-regular-84343/|title='Bang Theory' ups Mayim Bialik to Regular|website=Deadline|access-date=January 30, 2011|first=Michael|last=Ausiello|date=November 15, 2010|archive-date=January 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119215820/http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/bang-theory-ups-mayim-bialik-to-regular/|url-status=live}} Amy is a neurobiologist, a field that is related to Bialik's real-life doctorate in neuroscience. Bialik's performance in The Big Bang Theory earned her Emmy Award nominations in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Bialik was one of seven actresses who had a "quirky" personality to audition for the role.{{cite web |last=Perricone |first=Kathleen |url=http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/goddess/why-mayim-bialik-returned-tv-getting-her-phd-004434573.html |title=Why Mayim Bialik returned to TV after getting her PhD | Goddess: Celebrity Moms and Dads - Yahoo Celebrity |publisher=Omg.yahoo.com |date=August 28, 2012 |access-date=January 25, 2014 |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216092852/http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/goddess/why-mayim-bialik-returned-tv-getting-her-phd-004434573.html |url-status=live}} Before she joined the cast, in the episode "The Bat Jar Conjecture", Raj suggests recruiting the real-life Bialik to their Physics Bowl team, saying "You know who's apparently very smart is the girl who played TV's Blossom. She got a Ph.D. in neuroscience or something."{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} She is one of the guest stars on the 2014 Steve Carell improvisational sketch show Riot.{{cite news|last=Geddes|first=Robin|title=Steve Carell, Big Bang Theory's Mayim Bialik for new Fox series Riot|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a563315/steve-carell-big-bang-theorys-mayim-bialik-for-new-fox-series-riot.html#~oB0UrmhK1Bl25x|access-date=April 10, 2014|newspaper=Digital Spy|date=April 8, 2014|archive-date=April 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409041231/http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a563315/steve-carell-big-bang-theorys-mayim-bialik-for-new-fox-series-riot.html#~oB0UrmhK1Bl25x|url-status=live}}

In August 2014, Bialik began hosting a revival of Candid Camera on TV Land along with Peter Funt.{{cite web |last=Kenneally |first=Tim |date=July 24, 2014 |title='Big Bang Theory' Star Mayim Bialik to Host 'Candid Camera' Reboot |url=https://www.thewrap.com/big-bang-theory-star-mayim-bialik-to-host-candid-camera-reboot/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813114734/http://www.thewrap.com/big-bang-theory-star-mayim-bialik-to-host-candid-camera-reboot/ |archive-date=August 13, 2014 |access-date=August 12, 2014 |website=TheWrap}} Her most recent movie appearance was in a Lifetime Christmas movie, The Flight Before Christmas.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} In 2019, Bialik appeared in a commercial for IBM.{{cite web |url=https://alltvspots.com/2019/ibm-lets-put-smart-to-work-oscars-commercial-feat-mayim-bialik-janelle-monae-more/ |title=IBM Let's Put Smart to Work Oscars commercial – Feat. Mayim Bialik, Janelle Monae & more |website=alltvspots.com |date=September 6, 2019 |access-date=September 6, 2019 |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026041127/https://alltvspots.com/2019/ibm-lets-put-smart-to-work-oscars-commercial-feat-mayim-bialik-janelle-monae-more/ |url-status=live}} On August 20, 2019, it was announced that she and her new production company, Sad Clown Productions, had signed exclusive contracts with Warner Bros. Entertainment. Mackenzie Gabriel-Vaught, a former executive at Chuck Lorre Productions, is Sad Clown's head of development.{{cite web |last=Thorne |first=Will |date=August 20, 2019 |title=Mayim Bialik Signs Warner Bros. TV Production, Talent Holding Deal |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/mayim-bialik-warner-bros-tv-production-deal-1203307644/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820210204/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/mayim-bialik-warner-bros-tv-production-deal-1203307644/ |archive-date=August 20, 2019 |access-date=August 23, 2019 |website=Variety}} Sad Clown Productions, in conjunction with Jim Parsons's That's Wonderful Productions, BBC Studios, and Miranda Hart, executive-produces a starring vehicle for Bialik, Call Me Kat, based on the British series Miranda. A co-production of Warner Bros. and Fox Entertainment, it premiered on Fox on January 3, 2021, and was renewed for a second season in May 2021.{{cite magazine |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=September 19, 2019 |title='Big Bang Theory' Alums Jim Parsons, Mayim Bialik Set Comedy at Fox With Series Commitment |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/big-bang-theory-jim-parsons-mayim-bialik-fox-series-miranda-1203342321/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923085533/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/big-bang-theory-jim-parsons-mayim-bialik-fox-series-miranda-1203342321/ |archive-date=September 23, 2019 |access-date=September 22, 2019 |magazine=Variety}}{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=September 19, 2019 |title='Big Bang's Mayim Bialik & Jim Parsons Reteam For Fox Comedy Series 'Carla' Based On UK's 'Miranda' |url=https://deadline.com/2019/09/mayim-bialik-star-jim-parsons-produce-carla-comedy-series-fox-based-on-miranda-bbc-big-bang-reunion-1202738390/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923015937/https://deadline.com/2019/09/mayim-bialik-star-jim-parsons-produce-carla-comedy-series-fox-based-on-miranda-bbc-big-bang-reunion-1202738390/ |archive-date=September 23, 2019 |access-date=September 22, 2019 |work=Deadline Hollywood}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/call-me-kat-renewed-for-season-2-at-fox-showrunner-darlene-hunt-exit-1234753299/|title=Call Me Kat Renewed For Season 2 At Fox; Showrunner Darlene Hunt To Exit|work=Deadline Hollywood|author=Peter White|date=May 10, 2021|access-date=August 12, 2021|archive-date=August 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811194430/https://deadline.com/2021/05/call-me-kat-renewed-for-season-2-at-fox-showrunner-darlene-hunt-exit-1234753299/|url-status=live}}

During her time on The Big Bang Theory, Bialik wrote two books in addition to co-authoring two books with pediatrician Jay Gordon. Beyond the Sling is about attachment parenting,{{Cite book|isbn=978-1451662184|title=Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way|last1=Bialik|first1=Mayim|date=September 4, 2012|publisher=Simon and Schuster }}{{cite web|url=http://www.mayimbialik.net/beyondthesling/|title=Beyond The Sling|author=Mayim Bialik|publisher=Simon and Schuster|access-date=March 24, 2016|archive-date=March 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324083248/http://mayimbialik.net/beyondthesling/|url-status=live}} while Mayim's Vegan Table contains over 100 of Bialik's vegan recipes.{{cite web|url=http://www.mayimbialik.net/writing/|title=Writing|work=Mayim Bialik|access-date=March 24, 2016|archive-date=March 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317165208/http://www.mayimbialik.net/writing/|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|isbn=978-0738217048|title=Mayim's Vegan Table: More than 100 Great-Tasting and Healthy Recipes from My Family to Yours|last1=Bialik|first1=Mayim|year= 2014|publisher=Hachette Books }} Her third book, Girling Up, is about the struggles of and ways in which girls grow up, showing the scientific ways in which their bodies change.{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mayim-bialik/girling-up/ |title=Girling Up |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}} Its successor, Boying Up (2018) analyzes the science, anatomy, and mentality of growing up as a boy, and the physical and mental changes and challenges boys face while transitioning from adolescence to adulthood.{{Cite web |last=Gillette |first=Sam |date=2018-02-05 |title=Mayim Bialik On Educating Boys About Their Bodies & Her New Book, Boying Up |url=https://people.com/tv/mayim-bialik-book-cover-reveal-boying-up/ |access-date=December 22, 2023 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}

From May 31 to June 11, 2021, Bialik was a guest host of Jeopardy!{{cite web |url=https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/news-events/jeopardy-guest-host-schedule |title=M Jeopardy! Guest Host Schedule |website=jeopardy.com |date=June 11, 2021 |access-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613081900/https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/news-events/jeopardy-guest-host-schedule |url-status=live}} On August 11, 2021, it was announced that she would host the series' future primetime specials and spinoffs.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/jeopardy-mike-richards-mayim-bialik-host-syndicated-spinoffs-1234812840/|title=Jeopardy!: Mike Richards To Host Syndicated Show, Mayim Bialik To Host Primetime & Spinoff Series|work=Deadline Hollywood|author=Nellie Andreeva|date=August 11, 2021|access-date=August 11, 2021|archive-date=August 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811165054/https://deadline.com/2021/08/jeopardy-mike-richards-mayim-bialik-host-syndicated-spinoffs-1234812840/|url-status=live}}{{cite press release|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/08/11/sony-pictures-television-names-mayim-bialik-and-mike-richards-as-jeopardy-hosts-750114/20210811spt01/|title=Sony Pictures Television Names Mayim Bialik and Mike Richards as Jeopardy! Hosts|publisher=Sony Pictures Television|via=The Futon Critic|date=August 11, 2021|access-date=August 11, 2021}} When executive producer Mike Richards resigned as host after one week, it was announced that Bialik would guest-host the show for three weeks.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/23/media/mayim-bialik-jeopardy/index.html|title=Mayim Bialik to be first guest host of Jeopardy! following Mike Richards' departure|work=CNN|author1=Oliver Darcy|author2=Brian Stelter|date=August 23, 2021|access-date=August 23, 2021|archive-date=August 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823173008/https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/23/media/mayim-bialik-jeopardy/index.html|url-status=live}} Her contract was extended to seven weeks; she would then alternate with Ken Jennings for the rest of the calendar year.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/jeopardy-mayim-bialik-ken-jennings-host-mike-richards-1235066317/|title=Mayim Bialik, Ken Jennings to Host Jeopardy Through 2021 After Mike Richards' Exit|work=Variety|author=Jordan Moreau|date=September 16, 2021|access-date=September 16, 2021|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916154932/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/jeopardy-mayim-bialik-ken-jennings-host-mike-richards-1235066317/|url-status=live}} On December 8, 2021, it was announced that Bialik and Jennings would continue to host the show for the rest of the 2021–22 season.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/jeopardy-mayim-bialik-ken-jennings-continue-hosts-season-38-1234887182/|title=Jeopardy!: Mayim Bialik & Ken Jennings To Continue As Hosts Of Syndicated Game Show Through End Of Season|work=Deadline Hollywood|author=Nellie Andreeva|date=December 8, 2021|access-date=December 8, 2021|archive-date=December 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208180900/https://deadline.com/2021/12/jeopardy-mayim-bialik-ken-jennings-continue-hosts-season-38-1234887182/|url-status=live}} On July 27, 2022, it was announced that Bialik and Jennings would be the show's permanent hosts in a job-sharing arrangement.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeopardy-hosts-mayim-bialik-ken-jennings-permanently/|title=Mayim Bialik, Ken Jennings to split Jeopardy! host job permanently|work=CBS News|date=July 28, 2022|access-date=July 29, 2022}} In May 2023, Bialik competed as a contestant on an episode of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune against Vanna White and Ken Jennings.{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/celebrity-wheel-of-fortune-ken-jennings-steals-answer-from-jeopardy-co-host-mayim-bialik-exclusive|title=Celebrity Wheel of Fortune: Ken Jennings 'Steals' Answer From Jeopardy! Co-Host Mayim Bialik (Exclusive)|work=Entertainment Tonight|author=Philiana Ng|date=April 28, 2023|access-date=May 5, 2023}} Bialik won $62,200 for Mental Wealth Alliance.{{cite web|url=https://www.10news.com/pat-sajaks-daughter-filled-vanna-white-wheel-of-fortune|title=Pat Sajak's daughter filled in for Vanna White on 'Wheel of Fortune'|last=Gates|first=Kaitlin|date=May 11, 2023|work=KGTV|access-date=May 11, 2023|archive-date=May 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513165747/https://www.10news.com/pat-sajaks-daughter-filled-vanna-white-wheel-of-fortune|url-status=live}}

Bialik wrote and directed her first film, As They Made Us (2022), about a divorced mom juggling her family's needs and her own quest for love. Dustin Hoffman and Candice Bergen starred as well as Simon Helberg, Bialik's former The Big Bang Theory castmate.{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/dustin-hoffman-candice-bergen-to-star-in-mayim-bialiks-first-film/|title=Dustin Hoffman, Candice Bergen to star in Mayim Bialik's first film|last=Dolsten|first=Josefin|date=November 8, 2019|newspaper=The Times of Israel|access-date=January 16, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212195924/https://www.timesofisrael.com/dustin-hoffman-candice-bergen-to-star-in-mayim-bialiks-first-film/|url-status=live}} The film was expected to premiere in late 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic delayed filming. Ash Christian was attached to the project, but died in August 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/ash-christian-actor-and-emmy-winning-producer-dead-at-35/603-38df1544-9719-4001-b260-b560fc2ecfb4|title=Ash Christian, Actor and Emmy-Winning Producer, Dead at 35|last=Emily|first=Krauser|date=August 15, 2020|publisher=WUSA|access-date=January 16, 2020|archive-date=January 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122034551/https://www.wusa9.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/ash-christian-actor-and-emmy-winning-producer-dead-at-35/603-38df1544-9719-4001-b260-b560fc2ecfb4|url-status=live}} Principal photography began in June 2021.{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/justin-chu-cary-charlie-weber-dustin-hoffman-mayim-bialiks-as-sick-as-they-made-us-cannes-1234780013/ |title=Justin Chu Cary & Charlie Weber Join Dustin Hoffman In Mayim Bialik's 'As Sick As They Made Us' – Cannes |date=June 23, 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2021 |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623124220/https://deadline.com/2021/06/justin-chu-cary-charlie-weber-dustin-hoffman-mayim-bialiks-as-sick-as-they-made-us-cannes-1234780013/ |url-status=live}} The film was released on April 8, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/as-they-made-us-quiver-acquires-mayim-bialik-film-starring-dianna-agron-1234929934/|title=Quiver Acquires Mayim Bialik's Feature Directorial Debut 'As They Made Us' Starring Dianna Agron, Simon Helberg, Candice Bergen & Dustin Hoffman, Sets April Release|first=Matt|last=Grobar|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 10, 2022|access-date=February 11, 2022}}

In May 2023, it was announced that Bialik would temporarily leave Jeopardy! and would not serve as host for the rest of season 39 due to her support of the Writers Guild of America strike. Ken Jennings hosted the remainder of season 39 during Bialik's absence.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/writers-strike-jeopardy-mayim-bialik-1235359858/|title=Jeopardy!: Mayim Bialik Leaves Final Week Of Filming In Solidarity With Writers But Production Continues|work=Deadline Hollywood|author=Peter White|date=May 11, 2023|access-date=May 12, 2023}} In December 2023, it was announced that she would no longer host the syndicated version of Jeopardy!{{Cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=December 16, 2023 |title=Mayim Bialik Out As 'Jeopardy!' Host |url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/mayim-bialik-exits-jeopardy-1235669885/ |access-date=December 16, 2023 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

Bialik founded Grok Nation (originally styled "GrokNation") in August 2015 to facilitate conversations among people of different ages and backgrounds about issues. It aimed to engage readers in online conversations that lead to offline action, mobilizing them to change the world as a community. To grok means to understand in a profound manner. (The term comes from the 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein.) Bialik had written on a similar idea for Jewish Telegraphic Agency–affiliated Jewish parenting site Kveller for five years. She announced and described her new creation on Kveller.{{Cite news|url=http://forward.com/the-assimilator/318926/mayim-bialik-launches-her-own-website-groknation/|title=Mayim Bialik Launches Her Own Website, GrokNation|last=Friedman|first=Gabe|date=August 11, 2015|newspaper=The Forward|access-date=March 24, 2016|archive-date=January 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120182404/http://forward.com/the-assimilator/318926/mayim-bialik-launches-her-own-website-groknation/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/mayim-bialik-launches-own-website/|title=Mayim Bialik launches own website|newspaper=The Times of Israel|last=Friedman|first=Gabe|date=August 12, 2015|access-date=March 24, 2016|archive-date=March 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330013001/http://www.timesofisrael.com/mayim-bialik-launches-own-website/|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://people.com/food/mayim-bialik-lifestyle-site-groknation/|title=Mayim Bialik Launches a Lifestyle Site Called GrokNation – Take a Look!|magazine=People|access-date=October 26, 2019|archive-date=October 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026204438/https://people.com/food/mayim-bialik-lifestyle-site-groknation/|url-status=live}}

Along with former Sassy writer and editor Christina Kelly, Bialik relaunched Grok Nation as a women's lifestyle site in March 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://groknation.com/news/welcome-new-grok-nation/|title=Welcome to the New Grok Nation!|last1=Bialik|first1=Mayim|last2=Kelly|first2=Christina|date=March 7, 2018|work=Grok Nation|access-date=January 16, 2021|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125201421/https://groknation.com/news/welcome-new-grok-nation/|url-status=live}} The site ceased updates in March 2019, with new content shifting to Bialik's email newsletter.{{Cite web|url=https://groknation.com/news/things-are-changing/|title=Things are changing|last=Bialik|first=Mayim|date=March 20, 2019|work=Grok Nation|access-date=January 16, 2021|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121234925/https://groknation.com/news/things-are-changing/|url-status=live}}

During the 2014 Gaza Conflict, she donated money to the Israel Defense Forces for armored vests.{{cite news|first=Jessica|last=Chasmar|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/30/big-bang-star-mayim-bialik-helps-send-bulletproof-/|title='Big Bang' star Mayim Bialik helps send bulletproof vests to IDF|date=July 30, 2014|newspaper=The Washington Times|access-date=October 18, 2014|archive-date=November 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103214415/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/30/big-bang-star-mayim-bialik-helps-send-bulletproof-/|url-status=live}} She has been vocal since the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel saying she was "speechless" amid the "exceptionally painful" Gaza war.{{cite web |first= Andy |last= Swift |url= https://tvline.com/news/mayim-bialik-israel-palestine-statement-instagram-video-1235057888/|title= Emotional Mayim Bialik Rendered 'Speechless' Amid 'Exceptionally Painful' War in Israel — WATCH|website= TVLine |date= October 9, 2023 |accessdate= November 7, 2023}} She has also spoken up against antisemitism on college campuses in the United States.{{cite news|url= https://news.yahoo.com/mayim-bialik-speaks-against-wave-213959963.html|title= Mayim Bialik Speaks Out Against Wave of Antisemitism|work= Inside Edition |via=Yahoo! News |accessdate= November 7, 2023}} On November 6, 2023, Bialik and Noa Tishby stated that they were against calls for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestine saying, "No country in the world would be asked to stop protecting itself under attack from all of its borders."{{cite web|first=Noa|last=Tishby|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MJ8B5i57D0|title= Facts of the Week with Mayim Bialik and Noa Tishby {{!}} Israel at War|via=YouTube|date=November 6, 2023|accessdate= November 7, 2023}}

Bialik is a vegan and a founding member of the Shamayim V'Aretz Institute, a Jewish organization that advocates the ethical treatment of animals.{{cite web |date=January 20, 2010 |title=Exclusive: Mayim Bialik Gets Her Eco On At The Go Green Expo In Los Angeles |url=http://www.ecorazzi.com/2010/01/20/exclusive-mayim-bialik-gets-her-eco-on-at-the-go-green-expo-in-los-angeles |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021210059/http://www.ecorazzi.com/2010/01/20/exclusive-mayim-bialik-gets-her-eco-on-at-the-go-green-expo-in-los-angeles |archive-date=October 21, 2013 |access-date=March 12, 2011 |publisher=Ecorazzi.com}}{{cite web |date=March 21, 2013 |title=The Shamayim V'Aretz Institute - A Center For Jewish Spirituality and Leadership - Leadership |url=http://www.shamayimvaretz.com/leadership.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202182255/http://www.shamayimvaretz.com/leadership.html |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |access-date=January 25, 2014 |publisher=Shamayimvaretz.com}} In 2017, she announced that she and vegan chef Ali Cruddas had opened Bodhi Bowl,{{Cite web |last=Ettinger |first=Jill |date=July 22, 2019 |title=Mayim Bialik Is Now a Vegan Restaurant Owner |url=https://www.livekindly.com/mayim-bialik-vegan-restaurant-owner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723020801/https://www.livekindly.com/mayim-bialik-vegan-restaurant-owner/ |archive-date=July 23, 2019 |access-date=July 23, 2019}} a vegan restaurant in Los Angeles. It closed permanently in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Allie |date=June 27, 2020 |title=Downtown LA's Bodhi Bowl Permanently Closes |url=https://vegoutmag.com/news/downtown-las-bodhi-bowl-permanently-closes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612025545/https://vegoutmag.com/news/downtown-las-bodhi-bowl-permanently-closes/ |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |access-date=June 12, 2021 |website=VegOut}}

After the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct allegations surfaced, Bialik wrote a New York Times op-ed in 2017 in which she described the entertainment industry as one "that profits on the exploitation of women{{nbsp}}... [and] the objectification of women".{{cite news |last1=Bialik |first1=Mayim |title=Mayim Bialik: Being a Feminist in Harvey Weinstein's World |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/opinion/mayim-bialik-feminist-harvey-weinstein.html |access-date=October 17, 2017 |work=The New York Times |date=October 13, 2017 |archive-date=October 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016215303/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/opinion/mayim-bialik-feminist-harvey-weinstein.html |url-status=live}} With regard to protecting herself from sexual harassment, Bialik wrote that she dressed modestly and did not act flirtatiously with men, adding, "In a perfect world, women should be free to act however they want. But our world isn't perfect. Nothing—absolutely nothing—excuses men for assaulting or abusing women. But we can't be naïve about the culture we live in." Bialik's article drew backlash from critics who said she was insinuating that modesty and a conservative wardrobe can guard one against sexual assault. Patricia Arquette tweeted, "I have to say I was dressed non-provocatively at 12 walking home from school when men masturbated at me. It's not the clothes."{{cite news |last1=Sheth |first1=Sonam |title='The Big Bang Theory' star's op-ed about Harvey Weinstein sparks outrage on Twitter |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/reactions-mayim-bialik-harvey-weinstein-oped-new-york-times-2017-10 |access-date=October 17, 2017 |work=Business Insider |date=October 14, 2017 |archive-date=October 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017031959/http://www.businessinsider.com/reactions-mayim-bialik-harvey-weinstein-oped-new-york-times-2017-10 |url-status=live}} In response, Bialik said she regretted that the piece "became what it became" and participated in a Facebook Live event hosted by The New York Times to answer questions about it.{{cite news |last1=The Associated Press |title=Mayim Bialik Discusses Weinstein Comments After Backlash |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/10/16/us/ap-us-people-mayim-bialik.html |access-date=October 17, 2017 |work=The New York Times |date=October 16, 2017 |archive-date=October 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017095919/https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/10/16/us/ap-us-people-mayim-bialik.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Wanshel |first1=Elyse |title=Mayim Bialik Is 'Very Sorry' For Her Controversial Weinstein Op-Ed |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mayim-bialik-harvey-weinstein_n_59e8d3a9e4b0aa3f77dc5763 |work=HuffPost |date=October 19, 2017 |access-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427120259/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mayim-bialik-harvey-weinstein_n_59e8d3a9e4b0aa3f77dc5763 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Kabir |first1=Kareeda |title=What Mayim Bialik Gets Wrong About 'Harvey Weinstein's World' |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-problem-with-mayim-bialiks-op-ed_b_59e42c2be4b09e31db975a7e |work=HuffPost |date=October 16, 2017 |access-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427120258/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-problem-with-mayim-bialiks-op-ed_b_59e42c2be4b09e31db975a7e |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Elahe |first1=Izadi |title=Mayim Bialik fires back at Weinstein op-ed critics: 'It's so sad how vicious people are being' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/harvey-weinstein-latest-mayim-bialik-criticism-response-new-york-times-sexual-harassment-sexism-hollywood-feminism-a8002266.html |work=The Independent |date=October 16, 2017 |access-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427120300/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/harvey-weinstein-latest-mayim-bialik-criticism-response-new-york-times-sexual-harassment-sexism-hollywood-feminism-a8002266.html |url-status=live}}

In 2014, Bialik was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Boston University.[http://www.bu.edu/today/2014/bu-to-award-doctor-of-humane-letters-to-big-bang-theory-star/ BU to Award Doctor of Humane Letters to Big Bang Theory Star] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714000241/http://www.bu.edu/today/2014/bu-to-award-doctor-of-humane-letters-to-big-bang-theory-star/ |date=July 14, 2017}} - website of Boston University[http://www.kveller.com/mayim-bialik-my-honorary-degree-from-boston-university/ Mayim Bialik: My Honorary Degree From Boston University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820033837/http://www.kveller.com/mayim-bialik-my-honorary-degree-from-boston-university/ |date=August 20, 2017}} - website Kveller.com

Bialik married Michael Stone on August 31, 2003; they had a Victorian-themed ceremony that included traditional Jewish wedding customs.{{cite web|url=http://celebritybrideguide.com/mayim-bialik-jewish-wedding/|title=Mayim Bialik Shares Jewish Wedding Story|date=June 1, 2009|publisher=CelebrityBrideGuide.com|access-date=December 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918130908/http://celebritybrideguide.com/mayim-bialik-jewish-wedding/|archive-date=September 18, 2017|url-status=dead}} Stone, who was raised Mormon but left the church as an adolescent, converted to Judaism to marry Bialik.{{cite web|url=https://www.ldsliving.com/7-famous-people-who-married-mormons/s/77226|work=LDS Living|title=7 Famous People Who Married Mormons|last=Berteaux|first=Kelsey|date=November 13, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240504034928/https://www.ldsliving.com/7-famous-people-who-married-mormons/s/77226|archive-date=May 4, 2024}} They have two sons together.{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Mayim-Bialik-talks-about-attachment-parenting--sharing-a-family-bed/8671063|title=Mayim Bialik talks about attachment parenting, sharing a family bed|last=Allin|first=Olivia|date=May 21, 2012|publisher=ontheredcarpet.com|access-date=January 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116132329/http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Mayim-Bialik-talks-about-attachment-parenting--sharing-a-family-bed/8671063|archive-date=January 16, 2014|url-status=dead}} Bialik returned to television in 2010, as opposed to continuing her scientific career, so she could spend more time with her children. Bialik and Stone announced their divorce in November 2012,{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/big-bang-theory-star-mayim-bialik-and-husband-to-divorce-after-nine-years/|title='Big Bang Theory' star Mayim Bialik and husband to divorce after nine years|date=November 23, 2012|agency=CBS News|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=April 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427012229/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/big-bang-theory-star-mayim-bialik-and-husband-to-divorce-after-nine-years/|url-status=live}} and it was finalized six months later.{{cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/celeb-news/mayim-bialik-divorce-final-174933838.html|title=Mayim Bialik's Divorce Is Final|agency=Yahoo! News|date=May 28, 2013|access-date=May 1, 2022}}

In a 2012 interview, Bialik called herself an "aspiring Modern Orthodox". She has also appeared in several YouTube cameos as Blossom and Amy Farrah Fowler, asking questions about Jewish beliefs.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewinthecity.com/2011/10/science-vs-religion-mayim-bialik-and-the-other-big-bang-theory-ep-4-season-2/|title=Science vs. Religion: Mayim Bialik and the Other Big Bang Theory|work=Jew in the City |date=October 31, 2011|publisher=Jew in the City|access-date=January 25, 2014|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203213535/http://jewinthecity.com/2011/10/science-vs-religion-mayim-bialik-and-the-other-big-bang-theory-ep-4-season-2/|url-status=live |last1=Josephs |first1=Allison }} The videos are produced by Allison Josephs, Bialik's Judaism study partner, whom she met with the help of Partners in Torah.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewinthecity.com/2009/05/mayim-bialik-to-guest-star-on-a-very-special-jew-in-the-city|title=Mayim Bialik to Guest Star on a Very Special Jew in the City!|date=May 20, 2009|publisher=Jewinthecity.com|access-date=January 25, 2014|archive-date=February 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220213420/http://jewinthecity.com/2009/05/mayim-bialik-to-guest-star-on-a-very-special-jew-in-the-city/|url-status=live}} Bialik is a frequent contributor to the Jewish parenting website, Kveller.[https://www.kveller.com/author/mayim-bialik/ Author - Mayim Bialik] Kveller

In a 2009 interview, Bialik said of her family: "We are a non-vaccinating family, but I make no claims about people's individual decisions. We based ours on research and discussions with our pediatrician, and we've been happy with that decision, but obviously there's a lot of controversy about it."{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/mayim-bialik-talks-attachment-parenting-with-cbb/|title=Mayim Bialik Talks Attachment Parenting with CBB|newspaper=People |access-date=July 1, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182155/https://people.com/parents/mayim-bialik-talks-attachment-parenting-with-cbb/|url-status=live}} In October 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, she said that though she had not received a vaccination in 30 years, she planned to be vaccinated against both the flu and the SARS-CoV-2 virus and that "As of today, my children may not have had every one of the vaccinations that your children have, but my children are vaccinated."{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mayim-bialik-anti-vaxxer-coronavirus-flu|title=Mayim Bialik clears up rumors she's an anti-vaxxer, says she plans to get vaccinated for coronavirus, flu|first=Melissa|last=Roberto|website=Fox News|date=October 2, 2020|access-date=July 1, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181453/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mayim-bialik-anti-vaxxer-coronavirus-flu|url-status=live}} Bialik has also said that her children were not vaccinated at the time of her 2012 book Beyond the Sling, but that they have since received a "delayed" vaccination schedule.{{cite news |last1=Justich |first1=Kerry |title=Mayim Bialik clarifies her stance on vaccines: 'My children are vaccinated, I am vaccinated' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mayim-bialik-clarifies-her-stance-on-vaccines-180344404.html |access-date=January 3, 2023 |work=www.yahoo.com |date=April 6, 2022}}

• {{cite book|title=Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way|last=Bialik|first=Mayim|year=2012|isbn=978-1451662184|author2=Jay Gordon (Introduction)|publisher=Touchstone}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mayimbialik.net/beyondthesling/|title=About the book – Beyond the Sling|publisher=Mayimbialik.net|access-date=June 29, 2014|archive-date=June 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626183332/http://www.mayimbialik.net/beyondthesling/|url-status=live}}
• {{cite book|title=Mayim's Vegan Table: More Than 100 Great-Tasting and Healthy Recipes from My Family to Yours|last=Bialik|first=Mayim|year=2014|isbn=978-0738217048|author2=Jay Gordon|publisher=Da Capo Lifelong Books}}{{cite web|url=http://mayimbialik.net/mayimsvegantable/|title=Mayim's Vegan Table|publisher=Mayimbialik.net|date=January 19, 2014|access-date=June 29, 2014|archive-date=July 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703045848/http://mayimbialik.net/mayimsvegantable/|url-status=live}}
• Bialik, Mayim (2017) Girling Up: How to be Strong, Smart and Spectacular. Philomel Books. {{ISBN|978-0399548604}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/2017/05/27/mayim-bialik-book/102209170/|title=Detroit Free Press|website='Big Bang Theory' star shares her wisdom in 'Girling Up'|access-date=May 28, 2017|archive-date=May 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528050300/http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/2017/05/27/mayim-bialik-book/102209170/|url-status=live}}
• Bialik, Mayim (2018) Boying Up: How to be Brave, Bold and Brilliant. Philomel Books. {{ISBN|978-0525515975}}.{{Cite web|url=https://groknation.com/video/boying-up-book-release-qa-chad-my-boys-me/|title=Grok Nation|website=Mayim answers questions about her new book 'Boying Up'|access-date=May 15, 2018|archive-date=May 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515185248/https://groknation.com/video/boying-up-book-release-qa-chad-my-boys-me/|url-status=live}}
• Bialik, Mayim (2021) Flash Facts. DC Comics. {{ISBN|9781779503824}}.{{Cite web|title=Flash Facts by Mayim Bialik: 9781779503824 |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/639550/flash-facts-by-mayim-bialik/|access-date=December 3, 2021|publisher=Penguin Random House|archive-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203145113/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/639550/flash-facts-by-mayim-bialik/|url-status=live}}

• {{cite journal |last1=Dapretto |first1=Mirella |last2=Hariri |first2=Ahmad |last3=Bialik |first3=Mayim H. |last4=Bookheimer |first4=Susan Y. |author-link4=Susan Y. Bookheimer |title=Cortical correlates of affective vs. linguistic prosody: An fMRI study |year=1999 |journal=NeuroImage |volume=9 |issue=2 |page=S1054 |issn=1053-8119}}
• {{cite thesis |title=Hypothalamic regulation in relation to maladaptive, obsessive-compulsive, affiliative, and satiety behaviors in Prader-Willi syndrome |date=2007 |institution=University of California, Los Angeles |degree=PhD |last=Bialik |first=Mayim Chaya |id={{ProQuest|304879069}} |oclc=732917927}}

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