About Me
Pamela Nadell, professor and Patrick Clendenen Chair in women’s and Gender History at American University, is a historian specializing in American Jewish history antisemitism. She authored America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today, winner of the 2019 National Jewish Book Award’s “Jewish Book of the Year.” Her new book Antisemitism, An American Tradition will be published on October 14, 2025 (W.W. Norton) and was supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars Award.
Nadell also wrote Women Who Would be Rabbis, which was a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award in Women’s Studies, and has consulted for museums, including Philadelphia’s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Pittsburgh’s rebuild of the Tree of Life Congregation, and Tel Aviv’s ANU: The Museum of the Jewish People. A past president of the Association for Jewish Studies, she lectures widely and teaches courses on antisemitism, the Holocaust, and American Jewish History. She has testified before Congress three times and was the fourth witness in the congressional hearing with the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and University of Pennsylvania.
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- Antisemitism Book
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- Antisemitism, an American Tradition
- America’s Jewish Women
- American Jewish Women’s History
- Conservative Judaism in America
- Making Women’s Histories
- New Essays in American Jewish History
- Women and American Judaism
- Women Who Would be Rabbis
- Three Hundred Fifty Years: An Album of American Jewish Memory
- Events
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Topics
America's Jewish Women Book (1)
American Jewish History Scholars (3)
Antisemitism (70)
Antisemitism an American Tradition Book (49)
Antisemitism Author (53)
Antisemitism Book Events (4)
Antisemitism Books (1)
Antisemitism Education (3)
Antisemitism History Expert (1)
Antisemitism in U.S. History (6)
Antisemitism on College Campuses (10)
Antisemitism Scholars (4)
Expert on Jewish History (4)
History of Antisemitism (1)
History of Antisemitism in America (2)
Jewish History (2)
Jewish History Academic Expert (2)
Jewish History Professor (7)
Jewish Studies Scholar (55)
Jewish Women Authors (37)
Events
- June 5, 2025 “2 Different Societies, 2 Different Approaches” at the French-American Forum on Antisemitism, Paris, France
- August 3-7, 2025 “America’s Jewish Women” and “Antisemitism, an American Tradition” Guest Speaker at the Everett Jewish Life Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
- September 29, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Pre-Publication Book Launch with The Atlantic’s Franklin Foer, Center for Jewish History, New York City
- October 2, 2025 A Yom Kippur Conversation about Antisemitism, an American Tradition at Temple Sinai, Washington, DC
- October 14, 2025 Date of Publication of Antisemitism, an American Tradition – Book Tour to be Announced Soon!
- October 14, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Launch with Senator Ben Cardin at Politics and Prose, Washington, DC
- October 16, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Launch at Barnes & Noble, Philadelphia, PA
- October 19, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Launch at The Tree of Life, Pittsburgh, PA
- October 20, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Launch, University of Connecticut/Mandell Jewish Community Center, West Hartford, CT
- October 23, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Virtual Book Launch, American Jewish Committee
- October 29, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Virtual Book Launch, Lappin Foundation, Beverly, MA
- October 30, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Launch, Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA
- November 2, 2025 The Past, Present, and Future of Jewish History, Center for Jewish History, New York City
- November 3, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Event, New York University, New York City
- November 9, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Talk, Mah Tovu Congregation, Chicago, IL
- November 10, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Event, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Past Events
- May 18, 2025 “Columbia and Harvard” Jews and Elite Universities Symposium at Center for Jewish History, New York City
- May 18, 2025 “Understanding Contemporary Antisemitism” Hosted by Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, IL – Zoom Conference
- May 4, 2025 “Celebrating Professor Jonathan Sarna’s Scholarship” at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
- April 8, 2025 “Through Women’s Eyes: Antisemitism in America” Hosted by Women’s League for Conservative Judaism – Zoom Conference
- March 30, 2025 “Antisemitism, an American Tradition” Keynote, Contemporary Antisemitism Conference in London, England
News
- Senate Education Panel Hearing to Address ‘Antisemitic Disruptions on Campus’
- Scholars Have Told Important Jewish Stories with the NEH’s Support. What Happens to Them Now?
- Guthrie’s three-act ‘Lehman Trilogy’ charts one immigrant family’s epic rise and catastrophic fall
- Antisemitism Seeing Global Rise
- Pamela Nadell’s History: Professor, Author, Researcher
- Q&A: Antisemitism in America
- How Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israel
- Hollywood is Failing Jewish-Americans Despite a History Together – Opinion
- The 4th to Testify: Congressional witness Pamela Nadell on the US Antisemitism Crisis
- New Study Highlights Campus Antisemitism ‘Hot Spots’
- What Jewish College Students Have to Say About the Campus Climate
- A Brief History of Antisemitism in U.S. Higher Education
- The Gaza Crisis is Stoking Antisemitism in the U.S.
- Antisemitism on Elon Musk’s X is Surging and Dredging Up Many Ancient, Defamatory Themes of Blaming Jews
October 14, 2025 Date of Publication of Antisemitism, an American Tradition – Book Tour Starts!
October 14, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Launch with Senator Ben Cardin at Politics and Prose, Washington, DC
October 15, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Launch at Washington Hebrew Congregation, Washington, DC
October 19, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Launch at The Tree of Life, Pittsburgh, PA
October 20, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Launch, University of Connecticut/Mandell Jewish Community Center, West Hartford, CT
October 23, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Virtual Book Launch, American Jewish Committee
October 28, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Moment Magazine Virtual Conversation
October 29, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Virtual Book Launch, Lappin Foundation, Beverly, MA
October 30, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Launch, Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA
November 2, 2025 The Past, Present, and Future of Jewish History, Center for Jewish History, New York City
November 3, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Event, New York University, New York City
November 9, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Talk, Mah Tovu Congregation, Chicago, IL
November 10, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Event, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
November 12, 2025, Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Launch, American University, Washington, DC
November 13, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Event, Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA
November 17, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Launch, Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, San Diego, CA
November 20, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Miami Book Fair, Miami, FL
November 23, 2025 Miami Book Fair with Lisa Hostein, in conjunction with Hadassah Magazine
December 3, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Online for Congregation Emeth, Morgan Hill, CA
December 4, 2025, Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Klass Lecture, University of Southern California, DC Campus
December 11, 2025 Antisemitism Past and Present, Capital Jewish Museum, Washington, DC
December 14, 2025 JWI Jewish Women’s Leadership Conference, Marriott Marquis, Washington, DC
December 31, 2025 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Symposium, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
January 6, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
January 8, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Tel Aviv University, Israel
January 18, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Hebrew College & Jewish Genealogical Society of Boston, Virtual
January 20, 2026 70 Faces Media in partnership with UJA Federation of NY on Zoom
January 22, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Launch, Aaron Family Jewish Community Center, Dallas, TX
January 27, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Event, Columbia University, New York City
January 28, 2026 Yale University, Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism
February 2, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
February 5, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Talk, University of California at Los Angeles
February 8, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Merage Jewish Community Center, Irvine, CA
February 15, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Talk, Steinberg Loup Jewish Community Center, Denver, Virtual
February 23, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Event, Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center, Boca Raton, FL
March 5, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition symposium, Fairfield University, Bridgeport, Connecticut
March 8, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Waltham, MA
March 10, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Talk, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
March 13, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Talk, Temple Beth Ami, Rockville, MD
March 16, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Keynote, Central Conference of American Rabbis Convention
April 28, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Talk, Columbus Jewish Community Center, Columbus, Ohio
May 3, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Zoom Book Talk, University of California-Santa Barbara
July 13, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Women’s League for Conservative Judaism Convention, Alexandria, Virginia