Book Talk: Pamela S. Nadell — Antisemitism, an American Tradition - with Senator Ben Cardin

Watch author Pamela S. Nadell's book talk and reading at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C.

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 in industry, while their synagogues and cemeteries were vandalized. Recently, white nationalists chanted "Jews will not replace us" in Charlottesville, Virgina, and a gunman killed eleven members at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue building. Antisemitic incidents have increased each year.

In Antisemitism, an American Tradition, scholar Pamela S. Nadell investigates the depth of this fraught history. She explores how Jews battles antisemitism through the law and by creating organizations to speak for them. Jews would also fight back with their fists or join with allies in fighting all types of hate. This momentous work sounds the alarm on a hatred that continues to plague our country.

Pamela S. Nadell is the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women's and Gender History and director of Jewish studies at American University. Her works include the 2019 NJBA Jewish Book of the Year, America's Jewish Women. She lives in North Bethesda, Maryland.

Nadell is in conversation with, Senator Ben Cardin, a third-generation Marylander, he has dedicated his life to public service. He recently concluded three terms in the United States Senate, following 20 years in the House of Representatives and 20 years in the Maryland House of Delegates, including eight years as Speaker. Throughout his legislative career, Cardin was known for his civility and ability to work across party lines to foster compromise and achieve results. Senator Cardin authored the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure that the U.S. government works in a coordinated manner using its full range of tools to help prevent mass atrocities against civilians. In his advocacy for civil rights and equity, Cardin, who served on the Senate Judiciary Committee through two Supreme Court confirmation hearings, sought to balance the protection of civil liberties with national security. He led efforts to pass legislation prohibiting racial and religious profiling by law enforcement, restoring voting rights for former felons, and removing the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

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