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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April 19, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Book Talk, Jewish University for a Day, State University of New York at Stony Brook

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April 19, 2026. Jewish University for a Day, State University of New York at Stony Brook. 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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April 28, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition Book Talk, Columbus Jewish Community Center, Columbus, Ohio

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May 1, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Virtual Book Talk, sponsored by Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg and Harrisburg Area Community College

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May 1, 2026. Sponsored by Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg and Harrisburg Area Community College. 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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July 13, 2026 Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Women’s League for Conservative Judaism Convention, Alexandria, Virginia

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