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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations gathering at Sixth & I synagogue, in Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 2023. Credit: Tia Dufour/U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

‘Columbia didn’t do enough’ after protests, Schumer tells ‘NYT’

As protests fell to "violence, antisemitism, the colleges had to do something," the Senate minority leader said. "And a lot of them didn’t do enough."

Vita Fellig

March 18, 2025

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) walks in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 14, 2025. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images.

Chuck Schumer’s moral cowardice has enabled antisemitism

The cancellation of his book tour is a reminder that the New York senator failed to lead the fight against Jew-hatred and sought to undermine Israel’s government for partisan reasons.

Jonathan S. Tobin

March 18, 2025

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) gives remarks before President Joe Biden signs the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on the South Lawn of the White House, Nov. 15, 2021. Credit: Cameron Smith/White House.

Schumer book tour postponed due to ‘security concerns’

The Jewish Senate minority leader's book events are on hold "as the New York Democrat faces blowback over his recent vote to avert a government shutdown," Jewish Insider reported.

March 17, 2025

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) addresses an estimated 200,000 at the “March for Israel” rally in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2023. Source: Screenshot.

Democrats still wobbly on antisemitism

History has shown that only public outrage, donor pressure and strong action force universities to take the matter seriously.

Mitchell Bard

March 12, 2025

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and U.S. President Joe Biden at Trump's inauguration in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025. Photo by Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images.

How Biden fueled a 200% surge in antisemitism

Trump signed an executive order intended to revolutionize the fight against Jew-hatred.

Liel Leibovitz

Feb. 22, 2025

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) leaves a weekly Senate Democratic luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., after Senate Democrats blocked a Republican-led sanctions bill against the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Jan. 28, 2025. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.

Democrats betrayed Israel and US interests on the ICC

They effectively blocked sanctions on an antisemitic International Criminal Court because it impacted those who enable it. Then they blamed the GOP.

Jonathan S. Tobin

Jan. 29, 2025

U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Credit: Pixabay.

Senate Dems block bill to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he opposed “the ICC’s deep bias against Israel” but that the legislation was “poorly drafted and deeply problematic.”

Andrew Bernard

Jan. 28, 2025

Sen. John Thune speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition's 2023 Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Oct. 28, 2023. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.

‘Reinforcements on the way,’ next Senate leader tells Israel

The Republican-led legislature will "have our allies' back," vowed John Thune, who chided Democrats for "struggling" to support Israel.

Nov. 20, 2024

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 24, 2024. Photo by Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images.

The ‘shomer’ who isn’t watching out for the Jewish community

At a time when public outcry is desperately needed to confront antisemitism, Chuck Schumer's silence and inaction are as disturbing as they are disappointing.

Steve Rosenberg

Nov. 14, 2024