Why Charles Schumer is the Senator of Chutzpah

The only thing Chuck Schumer knows about antisemitism is how to spread it.Since the Hamas attack on Israel two October ago, Schumer — the senior senator from New York — has systematically ignored the rapid rise of Jew-hatred across America and obstructed any attempt to mitigate it.

Oh, but don’t worry — his new book, “Antisemitism in America: A Warning” will save us! Thank God for Chuck; without him, Jews would have no idea anything terrible was going on.For someone who is the self-proclaimed “guardian” of the Jewish people (he loves saying that), Schumer sure has a funny way of showing it. Schumer flaunts his Jewish identity only when it’s comfortable and convenient, like in keynote speeches at synagogues.

But his faith is missing in action everywhere else.In March 2024, as then-Senate majority leader, he put on his proverbial keffiyeh, pounded his fists, and demanded new elections in Israel, blaming Prime Minister Netanyahu as the “obstacle to peace” amid the fighting in Gaza.

Forget the fact that Israel is at war for literal survival. When encampments at Columbia University — along with their accompanying violence, vandalism, and harassment of Jewish students — came to a boiling point in April, Schumer should have rushed to bring the Antisemitism Awareness Act to a vote on the Senate floor after the House overwhelmingly passed it via a bipartisan vote of 320-91 in May.But nah. How delusional does Schumer need to be to write a book on antisemitism when he’s single-handedly stonewalled the bill that would adopt the most widely recognized definition of antisemitism in the world?Some 43 countries and 37 states have already endorsed it as of August. But here’s the problem: Schumer’s far-left Democratic bosses keep him on a very tight leash.

Bringing the AAA as a stand-alone bill to a vote on the Senate floor would have exposed the ugly anti-Israel politicians and Jew haters among the Democrats.And no one wants to see that! No...