Pamela Nadell's newest book, Antisemitism, An American Tradition, examines the powerful story of antisemitism in America and how it has shaped the lives of Jews for almost four centuries. Compared with the Old World, with its expulsions, Inquisition, ghettos, and Holocaust, America’s Jews have a different history—but one where antisemitism, even if it has had fewer dramatic eruptions, is deeply embedded. Antisemitism, an American Tradition investigates the depths of this fraught history and its recent manifestations. Nadell also shows Jews responding to prejudice and hate in a variety of ways. At a time when prejudice, discrimination, and hate against Jews is flaring across the country, Antisemitism, an American Tradition argues that we must understand the past. This momentous work reveals how antisemitism—and resistance to that hatred—endures, representing not a rupture from America’s history, but a centuries-old legacy. Dr. Nadell will join us by Zoom to discuss the book, and will take audience questions following a discussion led by Dr. Joshua Furman, director of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society at the University of Denver.
