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Antisemitism Past and Present: A Conversation with Pamela Nadell and James Loeffler

  • December 11, 2025 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

  • Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum

    575 3rd Street Northwest
    Washington, District of Columbia 20001
Ticket Price $11.63-$20.03 Register Now
Description

To mark the release of historian Pamela Nadell's Antisemitism: An American Tradition, the Capital Jewish Museum brings together Nadell and historian James Loeffler for a conversation on the history of antisemitism in America—past and present. The discussion will be moderated by Stacy Burdett, a policy strategist focused on combating antisemitism. Followed by a Q&A and book signing.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

 

Stacy Burdett has been a go to strategist for policymakers, philanthropies, universities and all kinds of civic institutions on countering antisemitism. A former government relations director for the Anti-Defamation League and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, she’s been an advocate as well as an expert witness on antisemitism in Congress and international bodies. 

 

Professor Pamela Nadell holds the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender History at American University. Her book America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today won the 2019 National Jewish Book Award’s Everett Family Foundation “Book of the Year” and was translated into Hebrew.  Her new book Antisemitism, an American Tradition will be published by W.W. Norton in October.  A past president of the Association for Jewish Studies, she consults to the museum planned for the rebuild of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life and has testified before Congress three times.

 

James Loeffler is Felix Posen Professor of Jewish History at Johns Hopkins University, and Kogod Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. An award-winning author of several books, he is also a frequent contributor to The Atlantic magazine. His latest book, Exceptional Hatred: Antisemitism and the Battle over Free Speech in Modern America, will be published by Henry Holt in May 2026. 

 

Image Credit: Promotional photos provided courtesy of the speakers.

Date & Time

Thu, Dec 11, 2025 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Venue Details

Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum

575 3rd Street Northwest
Washington, District of Columbia 20001 Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum
Capital Jewish Museum

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