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November 5, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, Breakfast Meeting, London, UK. 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.

November 15-16, 2026 Working Towards a Shared Society: Jews and Palestinians in Israel, Conference at American 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.

November 22, 2026 Celebrating America’s 250th: Freedom in the Jewish Experience: Why Jewish Studies Matters Now, Stony Brook 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.

Join award-winning historian Pamela S. Nadell as she joins fellow scholars for “Publishing with Trade Presses,” a panel discussion at the Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies in Philadelphia, PA. Time to be determined; more details to follow once the full program is published.

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