Primary Theme: American Jewish History
Rottman Family Lecture 2026: Pamela Nadell Book Talk, “Antisemitism: An American Tradition”
RSVP HERE Join us on February 26 at 6:00 PM at Touro Synagogue for a Book Talk with historian, Pamela Nadell, author of “Antisemitism, an
Jewish American & Holocaust Literature Symposium
More information here The Jewish American and Holocaust Literature Association (JAHLit) is a subsidiary organization of the American Literature Association. Comprised of an international body of
Book Talk: Antisemitism, an American Tradition
RESERVE TICKETS HERE 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
Audrey G. Ratner Speaker Series: A Credit to the Nation: The Lost World of East European Jewish Immigrant ‘Bankers,’ 1873-1930 with Dr. Rebecca Kobrin
How different would the central narrative of American Jewish immigration history sound if we invited its commercial practices to center stage? Between 1870 and 1930 thousands of East European Jewish immigrant businessmen set up financial enterprises called immigrant banks that not only shaped mass Jewish migration from Eastern Europe but American finance as well. Using an interdisciplinary approach that draws on court cases, the foreign language press, business records, and memoirs, Rebecca Kobrin’s talk highlights the central role East European Jewish immigrant entrepreneurs played on both sides of the Atlantic.
A Credit to the Nation: The Lost World of East European Jewish Immigrant ‘Bankers,’ 1873-1930 with Dr. Rebecca Kobrin
Located at 43 Newcomb Place, 3rd Floor of The Commons at Tulane University How different would the central narrative of American Jewish immigration history sound
American Jewish Literature Working Group
The American Jewish Literature Working Group of the Grant Center at Tulane convened at the suggestion of Michael Cohen, and has been co-organized by Maeera
Rottman Family Lecture: The Art of the Jewish Family with Laura Arnold Leibman
WATCH EVENT RECORDING Part of the TAWANI Foundation Audrey G. Ratner Speaker Series In The Art of the Jewish Family, Laura Arnold Leibman examines five objects owned
America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today
What does it mean to be a Jewish woman in America? Dr. Pamela S. Nadell explores her groundbreaking history of how Jewish women maintained their identity and influenced social activism as they wrote themselves into American history. Dr. Nadell’s book won the National Jewish Book Award–Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year.
Shabbat Shuvah Guest Speaker Michael Cohen at Touro Synagogue
This year’s Shabbat Shuvah guest speaker was Dr. Michael Cohen, the Stuart and Suzanne Grant Professor in the American Jewish Experience at Tulane University, and the Director of Tulane’s Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience. On September 25, 2024, Mike convened a group of leading journalists and historians in New York City to address the current moment in time for Jewish Americans. The Beinner Symposium’s goal was to explore how this moment fits into the larger arc of American Jewish history, and Mike talked about some of his observations from the discussions. He shared with us a series of questions that emerged which may help us to make sense of this moment, touching upon events on college campuses, the past and future of progressive alliances, the ways in which antisemitism plays out in an era of polarization, as well as the utility of definitions.
A Unique Moment for Jewish Americans? – Beinner Annual Symposium
The annual Beinner Symposium brings together world-renowned scholars from a variety of disciplines – from history to literature, to economics, to sociology and more – to foster innovative collaborations that open new directions for the study of the American Jewish experience.