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Upcoming Book: Antisemitism, an American Tradition

Antisemitism An American Tradition

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Pamela Nadell’s new book Antisemitism, an American Tradition investigates the dark history of how this hate threaded across the American past from colonial times to today. Already acclaimed as “the book that the world needs now,” Antisemitism, an American Tradition, will be published on October 14, 2025 (W.W. Norton).

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“This is the book that the world needs now, a bracing narrative of dark chapters from America’s past–history which continues to stalk the nation. Nadell writes with command and a detective’s sense for where buried episodes of antisemitism can be found.”
― Franklin Foer, author of The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden’s White House and the Struggle for America’s Future

“Today it has become common to hear people lament the rise of American antisemitism with words akin to “I never thought I would see this in America.”  Pamela Nadell, with her well-proven skill of making the historically complex highly accessible, demonstrates that this is not a new phenomenon.  it is an American tradition.  Anyone who has been scared, perplexed, or surprised by the current expressions of antisemitism in America should read this book.  Anyone who has not, should read it as well.”
―Ambassador Deborah E. Lipstadt, author of Antisemitism: Here and Now

“Pamela S. Nadell understands that ‘antisemitism was and remains a powerful American tradition.’ In this timely and comprehensive book, she courageously bares that tradition, unveiling a darker side of American Jewish history that has, for far too long, lain hidden from view.”
― Jonathan D. Sarna, author of American Judaism

“No book could be more timely than Pamela Nadell’s magisterial history of American antisemitism. Reading her meticulous account of over two centuries of anti-Jewish rhetoric, agitation, and physical violence helps us to better understand the nature of today’s antisemitism.”
― Michael Brenner, author of In Hitler’s Munich

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Upcoming Events

June 5, 2025 “2 Different Societies, 2 Different Approaches” at the French-American Forum on Antisemitism, Paris, France

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June 23, 2025 “American Antisemitism—Historical and Contemporary” at George Washington University, Washington, DC

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August 3-7, 2025 “America’s Jewish Women” and “Antisemitism, an American Tradition” Guest Speaker at the Everett Jewish Life Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY

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September 29, 2025 The 2nd Annual Beinner Symposium at the Center for Jewish History, New York City

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October 14, 2025 Date of Publication of Antisemitism, an American Tradition – Book Tour to be Announced Soon!

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Acclaimed lecturer and teacher, Professor Pamela Nadell is the author of America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today, winner of the 2019 National Jewish Book Award—Jewish Book of the Year.

She is currently writing Antisemitism, an American Tradition and was the fourth witness in that now infamous Congressional hearing with the university presidents.

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Professor Pamela Nadell testifying before Congress on the history of antisemitism and the US National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism on December 5, 2023.

American University’s Jewish Studies Program published Understanding Antisemitism: A Guide for the American University Community, led by lead author Pamela Nadell.

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America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today, was the winner of the 2019 National Jewish Book Award—Jewish Book of the Year.

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Pamela Nadell, professor and Patrick Clendenen Chair in women’s and Gender History at American University, is a historian specializing in American Jewish history antisemitism.  She authored America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today, winner of the 2019 National Jewish Book Award’s “Jewish Book of the Year.”  Her new book Antisemitism, An American Tradition will be published on October 14, 2025 (W.W. Norton) and was supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars Award.

Nadell also wrote Women Who Would be Rabbis, which was a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award in Women’s Studies, and has consulted for museums, including Philadelphia’s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Pittsburgh’s rebuild of the Tree of Life Congregation, and Tel Aviv’s ANU: The Museum of the Jewish People.  A past president of the Association for Jewish Studies, she lectures widely and teaches courses on antisemitism, the Holocaust, and American Jewish History.  She has testified before Congress three times and was the fourth witness in the congressional hearing with the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and University of Pennsylvania.

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Events

  • June 5, 2025 “2 Different Societies, 2 Different Approaches” at the French-American Forum on Antisemitism, Paris, France
  • June 23, 2025 “American Antisemitism—Historical and Contemporary” at George Washington University, Washington, DC
  • August 3-7, 2025 “America’s Jewish Women” and “Antisemitism, an American Tradition” Guest Speaker at the Everett Jewish Life Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
  • September 29, 2025 The 2nd Annual Beinner Symposium at the Center for Jewish History, New York City
  • October 14, 2025 Date of Publication of Antisemitism, an American Tradition – Book Tour to be Announced Soon!

Past Events

  • May 18, 2025 “Columbia and Harvard” Jews and Elite Universities Symposium at Center for Jewish History, New York City
  • May 18, 2025 “Understanding Contemporary Antisemitism” Hosted by Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, IL – Zoom Conference
  • May 4, 2025 “Celebrating Professor Jonathan Sarna’s Scholarship” at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
  • April 8, 2025 “Through Women’s Eyes: Antisemitism in America” Hosted by Women’s League for Conservative Judaism – Zoom Conference
  • March 30, 2025 “Antisemitism, an American Tradition” Keynote, Contemporary Antisemitism Conference in London, England

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