In Gilded Age America, immigration from Europe rapidly grew the nation’s Jewish population, convincing many Americans that Jews were a dangerous and undesirable race. As lawmakers debated ways to restrict immigration, business owners denied service to Jews in hotels, resorts, and other public accommodations.   


Featuring: Mitchel Hart, Zev Eleff, Britt Tevis, Jonathan Sarna, and Alan Kraut 


Narrated by Mark Oppenheimer


Written by John Turner and Lincoln Mullen 


This series is made possible with support from the Henry Luce Foundation and the David Bruce Smith Foundation. 


Antisemitism, U.S.A. is a production of R2 Studios ([ Ссылка ]) at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.

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