Scott D. Seligman

Scott D. Seligman, a writer and historian specializing in Jewish-American history, dives into the 1906 Christmas Boycott triggered by antisemitism in U.S. public schools. He discusses Principal Harding's provocative comments that ignited Jewish outrage and the subsequent citywide protest against school Christmas pageants. The conversation explores the remarkable mobilization of the Jewish community, the backlash they faced, and the shifting dynamics of religious practices in public education, revealing historical roots of current debates over church-state separation.