Thursday, Nov 13, 2025
Antisemitism, An American Tradition | Book Launch & Conversation with Pam Nadell and Dan Tadmor
6 pm Cash Bar | 7 pm Program Start
General Admission $30 | Members $20 | Ticket with a Book $40
Livestream available with the purchase of a copy of Pam’s new book from the Museum Store.
Live at The Weitzman + Livestream
Antisemitism is not an aberration in American history—it’s a thread woven through it. In her urgent and sweeping new book, Antisemitism, an American Tradition, acclaimed historian Pamela Nadell traces nearly four centuries of anti-Jewish prejudice on American soil, from Peter Stuyvesant’s attempt to expel Jews in 1654 to modern-day acts of deadly violence and hate. Yet her story is also one of resilience—of communities organizing, resisting, and affirming their place in American life.
Join us for a timely and eye-opening conversation between Nadell and Weitzman Museum CEO Dan Tadmor, exploring how antisemitism in the United States has endured, evolved, and been met with fierce and creative resistance. As incidents of antisemitism rise across the country, this event offers a vital opportunity to ground our understanding in the long arc of American history—and to consider what comes next.
About the Author
Pamela S. Nadell holds the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender History, 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, was a member of the founding historians team of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History. She was the fourth witness in the Congressional hearing with the presidents of Harvard, UPenn, and MIT.
About The Weitzman’s President & CEO
Dan Tadmor joined the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in January 2025, having most recently served as CEO of ANU–Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. With a career marked by transformative leadership, Tadmor has been at the helm of prominent organizations, driving growth, innovation, and strategic reinvention across media, cultural, and nonprofit sectors for nearly four decades. At ANU, Tadmor led a decade-long, $100 million transformation of the institution, formerly known as Beit Hatfutsot, into the world’s largest and most comprehensive museum of its kind. Under his leadership, the museum has become a vibrant, award-winning hub for Jewish identity and culture, recognized for its innovative Core Exhibition, global reach, and dynamic educational programming. A voracious reader with a passion for American history, Tadmor eagerly anticipates the commemorations that mark America’s 250th in 2026. He is spearheading the Weitzman’s semiquincentennial plans from the institution’s home base on Historic Independence Mall in Philadelphia which include a special exhibition in tandem with the first phase of the Weitzman’s renewal.
Co-produced by The Weitzman and the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at The University of Pennsylvania. We gratefully acknowledge the support from the Klatt Family, the Harry Stern Family Foundation, and the Goldhirsh-Yellin Foundation for all of Katz Center public programs.
With community partnership from Gratz College.
