January 8, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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Pamela Nadell’s nonfiction has explored the long history of Jews and Judaism in America. Her books include Conservative Judaism in America, Women Who Would Be Rabbis, America’s Jewish Women, and the forthcoming Antisemitism, an American Tradition. She has edited or co-edited books on American Jewish women’s history and women and American Judaism. Her scholarship brings a much-needed historical perspective to understanding the challenges facing America’s Jews and Jewish communities today.
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January 18, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Hebrew College & Jewish Genealogical Society of Boston, Virtual
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January 22, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Launch, Aaron Family Jewish Community Center, Dallas, TX
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.
January 24, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Kol Shalom, Rockville, MD
January 24, 2026. Kol Shalom in Rockville, MD. 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.
January 28, 2026 Yale University, Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism
January 28, 2026. Antisemitism, an American Tradition book event at 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.
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.
February 2, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
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February 4, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Merage Jewish Community Center, Irvine, CA
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
February 5, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Talk, University of California at Los Angeles
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