Book Talk: Antisemitism, an American Tradition

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Join author Pamela S. Nadell in conversation with Franklin Foer of The Atlantic, September 29th, 2025 at 7pm Eastern.

In Antisemitism, an American Tradition, scholar Pamela S. Nadell investigates the depth of this fraught history. She explores how Jews fought 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.

The discussion is jointly presented by Tulane University’s Stuart and Suzanne Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience, the American Jewish Historical Society and The Center for Jewish History. This event will take place at The Center for Jewish History.

Professor Pamela Nadell holds the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender History at American University. Her book America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today won the 2019 National Jewish Book Award’s Everett Family Foundation “Book of the Year” The University of Haifa’s Ruderman Program in American Jewish Studies published its Hebrew translation. Her new book Antisemitism, an American Tradition will be published by W.W. Norton in October. A past president of the Association for Jewish Studies, she consults to the museum planned for the rebuild of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life and has testified before Congress three times. Professor Nadell was the past chair of the AJHS Academic Council, book review editor of the journal American Jewish History, and recipient of the Lee Max Friedman Award in 2010 for Distinguished Service to the field of American Jewish History.

Franklin Foer is a staff writer at the Atlantic. For seven years, he was the editor of the New Republic. He’s the author of several books, including the Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden’s White House and the Struggle for America’s Future, which was a New York Times bestseller. He also wrote How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization has been translated into 29 languages. He is a winner of a National Jewish Book Award and the Premio Terzani. 

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In person: General Admission: $10, Students $5. For those attending in person, following the discussion we will have a 30-minute reception with beverages and light snacks. Books will be available to purchase onsite.

Online: Free with RSVP