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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Pages
- Antisemitism Book
- Books
- 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
- Other Writings
- Media
- About Me
- Contact Me
Topics
America's Jewish Women Book (1)
American Jewish History Scholars (3)
Antisemitism (116)
Antisemitism an American Tradition Book (91)
Antisemitism Author (95)
Antisemitism Book Events (4)
Antisemitism Books (1)
Antisemitism Education (3)
Antisemitism History Expert (1)
Antisemitism in U.S. History (7)
Antisemitism on College Campuses (11)
Antisemitism Scholars (5)
Expert on Jewish History (5)
History of Antisemitism (1)
History of Antisemitism in America (2)
Jewish History (2)
Jewish History Academic Expert (2)
Jewish History Professor (8)
Jewish Studies Scholar (98)
Jewish Women Authors (76)
Events
- September 30, 2026, Annual Helen and Daniel Sonenshine Lecture: Sarah Hurwitz and Pamela Nadell, American University, Washington, DC
- October 5, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Michigan State
- October 13, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Towson University
- October 13, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore
- October 19, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Yale University
Past Events
- July 29, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Brandeis University Hartman Family Foundation Educators’ Institute on Israel and Antisemitism
- July 8, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center Summer Workshop on Navigating the Holocaust for Educators, Milwaukee
- July 8, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Unpacking American Antisemitism at 250
- June 29, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Brandeis University Frieze Family Summer Institute on Antisemitism in Higher Education
- June 22, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, George Washington University Institute on Antisemitism and Jewish Inclusion in Educational Settings, Washington, DC
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
September 30, 2026, Annual Helen and Daniel Sonenshine Lecture: Sarah Hurwitz and Pamela Nadell, American University, Washington, DC
October 5, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Michigan State
October 13, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Towson University
October 13, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore
October 19, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Yale University
October 21, 2026 70 Faces Media in partnership with UJA Federation of NY on Zoom, An Ambivalent Welcome: Anti-Judaism in Early America
October 22, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Boston College, Boston, MA
October 29, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Event, Brandeis Educators Institute at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia
November 1-3, 2026 International Conference of Jewish Judges and Lawyers, Jerusalem
November 15, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Virtual Book Talk, Greater Washington Coalition for Jewish life, Litchfield County, CT
November 15-16, 2026 Working Towards a Shared Society: Jews and Palestinians in Israel, Conference at American University
December 2, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Congregation B’nai Israel, Rockville, MD
December 21, 2026 Panelist, “Publishing with Trade Presses,” Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Philadelphia, PA
January 14, 2027 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, The American Jewish Experience Lecture Series, Shalom Austin, Austin, TX
January 20, 2027 Interview with Dr. Andrew Sperling about The Menace Among Us: The Jewish Fight Against Antisemitism, from the Ku Klux Klan to White Power, American Jewish Historical Society, New York, NY
January 24, 2027 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Temple Isaiah in Fulton, Maryland
March 5-7, 2027 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Scholar-in-residence, Isaac M. Wise Temple| K.K. B’nai Yeshurun, Cincinnati, OH Hornstein Memorial Lecture, Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center, Cincinnati OH
March 9, 2027 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Lotos Club, NYC
March 10, 2027 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple, New Brunswick, NJ
March 10, 2027 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Temple Emanu-El of Westfield, NJ
March 11, 2027 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Sandra Borns Holocaust Center & Temple Beth-El, Providence, RI
March 25, 2027 Antisemitism and Gender in American History, Virtual, Sutton Place Synagogue, New York City
April 4, 2027 The Making of a Jewish Studies Scholar
April 8, 2027 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, St. Louis Holocaust Museum
May 1, 2027 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Bethesda, Maryland