Tag: Antisemitism an American Tradition Book

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.