Pivotal Elections in American Jewish History - In-person Program

explore the evolving role of Jewish voters in American political life, looking back at pivotal elections and the issues that shaped Jewish political engagement across the ideological spectrum. What can the history of Jewish voting patterns tell us about the forces shaping American democracy today? Join us for an engaging conversation about how historical precedents may shape America’s political future. A dessert reception and book sales will follow the program. This program is made possible by the Amy Goldman Fowler Foundation. About the Speakers Matthew Dallek is a historian and professor of political management at George Washington University. His research and teaching interests include 20th-century U.S. politics, extremism, and the conservative movement. He is author of Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right, and he is working on a book about presidential assassination attempts and political violence in modern America. His essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Atlantic. Samuel G. Freedman is an award-winning author, columnist, and professor. A former columnist for The New York Times and a professor emeritus at Columbia University, he is the author of ten acclaimed books. His most recent book, Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights, won the 2024 Hillman Prize for Book Journalism. His book, Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students and Their High School (1990), was a finalist for the 1990 National Book Award. His book, The Inheritance: How Three Families and America Moved from Roosevelt to Reagan and Beyond (1996), was a finalist for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize. His book, Jew vs. Jew: The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry (2000), won the National Jewish Book Award for Non-Fiction in 2001. Ronnie Grinberg is Associate Professor of History and core faculty member of the Schusterman Center for Judaic and Israel Studies at the University of Oklahoma. She is the author of Write Like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals (Princeton University Press 2024), which was longlisted for a National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Award in criticism and was a finalist in two categories for the National Jewish Book Award. The book also received wide critical acclaim in venues including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and the Times Literary Supplement. Grinberg has published academic articles in the Journal of American History and American Jewish History. She is currently co-editing a volume on an American Jewish intellectual tradition to be publish