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Antisemitism, an American Tradition by Pamela Nadell,

traces the long, often overlooked history of antisemitism in the United States, revealing how this enduring prejudice has shaped Jewish life in America from the 1600s to today.

Antisemitism, An American TraditionJews experienced antisemitism the moment they landed on what would become the United States. When they first arrived in New Amsterdam in 1654, Peter Stuyvesant tried but failed to deport them. As historian Pamela S. Nadell tells in Antisemitism, an American Tradition, this was only antisemitism’s beginning on our shores, as negative European stereotypes about Jews rooted in American soil.

Pamela S. Nadell is the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender History and director of Jewish studies at American University.

Forthcoming: October 14, 2025

Published by: W.W.Norton & Company, Inc.

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