Pamela S. Nadell is Professor of History and Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender Studies at American University and author of the award-winning America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today (W.W. Norton). In 2017, she testified before Congress about antisemitism on college campuses. She is currently writing a history of American antisemitism. Professor Nadell is a member of the Exploring Hate advisory committee.
When, if ever, Americans think of antisemitism, they think of the Holocaust. By the time students find their way to my American University course in Holocaust history, they have read The Diary of Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel’s Night. They…