Pamela S. Nadell

Pamela Nadell

Pamela S. Nadell is the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender History and director of Jewish studies at American University. Her books include America’s Jewish Women and Women Who Would Be Rabbis, a National Jewish Book Award finalist.

In America’s Jewish Women, Pamela S. Nadell weaves together the complex story of Jewish women in America — from colonial-era matriarch Grace Nathan and her great-granddaughter, poet Emma Lazarus, to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Recounting how Jewish women have been at the forefront of social, economic, and political causes for centuries, Nadell shows them fighting for suffrage, labor unions, civil rights, feminism, and religious rights, shaping a distinctly Jewish American identity.

Her newest book, Antisemitism, an American Tradition, traces the long and often overlooked history of antisemitism in the United States, revealing how this enduring prejudice has shaped Jewish life from the 1600s to today.

She lives in North Bethesda, Maryland.

Visit: https://pamelanadell.com/

Books

Antisemitism, An American Tradition

Antisemitism, an American Tradition by Pamela S. Nadell

From the moment Jews arrived in New Amsterdam in 1654, they encountered efforts to exclude them. In her book, Antisemitism, an American Tradition, Pamela S. Nadell shows how, across generations, American Jews have faced discrimination—and fought back with resilience and determination.
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America’s Jewish Women by Pamela Nadell

Pamela S. Nadell's America's Jewish Women | History from Colonial Times to Today weaves together the complex story of Jewish women in America — from colonial-era matriarch Grace Nathan, poet Emma Lazarus, to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Recounting how Jewish women have been at the forefront of social, economic, and political causes for centuries, Nadell shows them fighting for suffrage, labor unions, civil rights, feminism, and religious rights.
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