Antisemitism, an American Tradition

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, while synagogues and cemeteries were vandalised. Recently, white nationalists chanted "Jews will not replace us" in Charlottesville, Virgina and a gunman killed eleven members of a Pittsburgh synagogue. Antisemitic incidents increase each year.

In Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Pamela S. Nadell investigates the depth of this fraught history. She explores how Jews battle antisemitism through the law, by creating organisations to speak for them, and respond with their fists or join with allies in fighting all types of hate.

About the author

Pamela S. Nadell holds the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender History and directs the Jewish Studies Program at American University. Her works include America’s Jewish Women, winner of the 2019 National Jewish Book Award’s Jewish Book of the Year, and Women Who Would Be Rabbis. Past president of the Association for Jewish Studies, she lives in North Bethesda, Maryland.

Product details

• Authors: Pamela S Nadell, Nadell Pamela S.
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2025
• EAN: 9781324050643
• ISBN: 978-1-324-05064-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 611 g
• Illustrations: 8 page insert
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Social discrimination & inequality, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Social discrimination and social justice