July 29, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Brandeis University Hartman Family Foundation Educators’ Institute on Israel and Antisemitism

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JJuly 29, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Brandeis University Hartman Family Foundation Educators’ Institute on Israel and Antisemitism. Jews met antisemitism on landing in New Amsterdam in 1654 when Peter Stuyvesant tried to expel them. The founding of the US changed little, as negative European stereotypes rooted into American soil. They faced restrictions on holding office, admission to schools, and employment in industry, while their synagogues and cemeteries were vandalized. Recently, white nationalists chanted “Jews will not replace us” in Charlottesville, Virgina, and a gunman killed eleven members at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue building. Antisemitic incidents have increased each year.

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September 30, 2026, Annual Helen and Daniel Sonenshine Lecture: Sarah Hurwitz and Pamela Nadell, American University, Washington, DC

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September 30, 2026 Jews met antisemitism on landing in New Amsterdam in 1654 when Peter Stuyvesant tried to expel them. The founding of the US changed little, as negative European stereotypes rooted into American soil. They faced restrictions on holding office, admission to schools, and employment in industry, while their synagogues and cemeteries were vandalized. Recently, white nationalists chanted “Jews will not replace us” in Charlottesville, Virgina, and a gunman killed eleven members at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue building. Antisemitic incidents have increased each year.

Antisemitism, an American Tradition explores the depth of this fraught history. The book reveals how Jews battled antisemitism through the law and by creating organizations to speak for them. Jews would also fight back with their fists or join with allies in fighting all types of hate. This momentous work sounds the alarm on a hatred that continues to plague our country.

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October 5, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Michigan State

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October 5, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Michigan State. Jews met antisemitism on landing in New Amsterdam in 1654 when Peter Stuyvesant tried to expel them. The founding of the US changed little, as negative European stereotypes rooted into American soil. They faced restrictions on holding office, admission to schools, and employment in industry, while their synagogues and cemeteries were vandalized. Recently, white nationalists chanted “Jews will not replace us” in Charlottesville, Virgina, and a gunman killed eleven members at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue building. Antisemitic incidents have increased each year.

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October 13, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Towson University

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October 13, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Towson University. Jews met antisemitism on landing in New Amsterdam in 1654 when Peter Stuyvesant tried to expel them. The founding of the US changed little, as negative European stereotypes rooted into American soil. They faced restrictions on holding office, admission to schools, and employment in industry, while their synagogues and cemeteries were vandalized. Recently, white nationalists chanted “Jews will not replace us” in Charlottesville, Virgina, and a gunman killed eleven members at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue building. Antisemitic incidents have increased each year.

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October 13, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore

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October 13, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore. Jews met antisemitism on landing in New Amsterdam in 1654 when Peter Stuyvesant tried to expel them. The founding of the US changed little, as negative European stereotypes rooted into American soil. They faced restrictions on holding office, admission to schools, and employment in industry, while their synagogues and cemeteries were vandalized. Recently, white nationalists chanted “Jews will not replace us” in Charlottesville, Virgina, and a gunman killed eleven members at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue building. Antisemitic incidents have increased each year.

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October 19, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Yale University

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October 19, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Yale University. Jews met antisemitism on landing in New Amsterdam in 1654 when Peter Stuyvesant tried to expel them. The founding of the US changed little, as negative European stereotypes rooted into American soil. They faced restrictions on holding office, admission to schools, and employment in industry, while their synagogues and cemeteries were vandalized. Recently, white nationalists chanted “Jews will not replace us” in Charlottesville, Virgina, and a gunman killed eleven members at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue building. Antisemitic incidents have increased each year.

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October 21, 2026 70 Faces Media in partnership with UJA Federation of NY on Zoom, An Ambivalent Welcome: Anti-Judaism in Early America

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October 22, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Boston College, Boston, MA

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October 22, 2026. Boston College, Boston, MA. Comparing Antisemitism in the United States and Europe: A Conversation. Antisemitism has been rising globally. But is it the same everywhere? Do different contexts create meaningful differences? Leading experts on Jewish history, Professors Pamela Nadell (American University) and Flora Cassen (Brandeis University) will explore in conversation with each other how the realities of antisemitism in America and Europe, past and present, compare, highlighting the consequences arising from these different contexts. This event will be moderated by Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski and Ruth Langer of the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College.

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October 29, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Event, Brandeis Educators Institute at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia

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October 29, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Event, Brandeis Educators Institute at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia. Jews met antisemitism on landing in New Amsterdam in 1654 when Peter Stuyvesant tried to expel them. The founding of the US changed little, as negative European stereotypes rooted into American soil. They faced restrictions on holding office, admission to schools, and employment in industry, while their synagogues and cemeteries were vandalized. Recently, white nationalists chanted “Jews will not replace us” in Charlottesville, Virgina, and a gunman killed eleven members at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue building. Antisemitic incidents have increased each year.

Antisemitism, an American Tradition explores the depth of this fraught history. The book reveals how Jews battled antisemitism through the law and by creating organizations to speak for them. Jews would also fight back with their fists or join with allies in fighting all types of hate. This momentous work sounds the alarm on a hatred that continues to plague our country.

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November 1-3, 2026 International Conference of Jewish Judges and Lawyers, Jerusalem

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November 1-3, 2026 International Conference of Jewish Judges and Lawyers, Jerusalem. Jews met antisemitism on landing in New Amsterdam in 1654 when Peter Stuyvesant tried to expel them. The founding of the US changed little, as negative European stereotypes rooted into American soil. They faced restrictions on holding office, admission to schools, and employment in industry, while their synagogues and cemeteries were vandalized. Recently, white nationalists chanted “Jews will not replace us” in Charlottesville, Virgina, and a gunman killed eleven members at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue building. Antisemitic incidents have increased each year.

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