Chuck Schumer

30 years earlier, they never would have dared use George Soros as the sort of way to talk about the international conspiracy, because he was Jewish and because of the Holocaust. But it was October 7th that changed it all. And all of a sudden, anti-Semitism explodes in ways we've never seen, and overt anti-Semitism.

30 years earlier, they never would have dared use George Soros as the sort of way to talk about the international conspiracy, because he was Jewish and because of the Holocaust. But it was October 7th that changed it all. And all of a sudden, anti-Semitism explodes in ways we've never seen, and overt anti-Semitism.

Jewish bakeries being called Zionist bakeries and rocks thrown through their windows. People who wore yarmulkes or Jewish stars being screamed at, yelled at, vilified, even punched and cursed. All the kinds of things that we had not seen in America for a very long time. And it shocked us.

Jewish bakeries being called Zionist bakeries and rocks thrown through their windows. People who wore yarmulkes or Jewish stars being screamed at, yelled at, vilified, even punched and cursed. All the kinds of things that we had not seen in America for a very long time. And it shocked us.

For the first time, Jews I know, I'm part of this generation, started saying, oh God, maybe it could happen here. No one thought it would happen here, but for the first time, the thought, maybe it could happen here. And as the highest ranking Jewish elected official, not only now, but ever in America, I felt an obligation to do what I could to combat this rise in anti-Semitism.

For the first time, Jews I know, I'm part of this generation, started saying, oh God, maybe it could happen here. No one thought it would happen here, but for the first time, the thought, maybe it could happen here. And as the highest ranking Jewish elected official, not only now, but ever in America, I felt an obligation to do what I could to combat this rise in anti-Semitism.

So I felt I had to write the book. I had to write the book. And hopefully it'll do some good.

So I felt I had to write the book. I had to write the book. And hopefully it'll do some good.

Yeah. Okay. Very good question. That's your job. I appreciate the endorsement. I think the American people think the Jews have had it very good. And we have. You know, I used to say when I was younger, oh, America's been so good to the Jews and the Jews have been so good to America.

Yeah. Okay. Very good question. That's your job. I appreciate the endorsement. I think the American people think the Jews have had it very good. And we have. You know, I used to say when I was younger, oh, America's been so good to the Jews and the Jews have been so good to America.

The Jewish values and the American values are a very good mix and potent combination and have yielded a lot of success for the Jewish people. But I think people don't realize how fragile we think that success can be because of our history through the generations. You know, the Jewish holidays are all about escaping being killed. There's a joke.

The Jewish values and the American values are a very good mix and potent combination and have yielded a lot of success for the Jewish people. But I think people don't realize how fragile we think that success can be because of our history through the generations. You know, the Jewish holidays are all about escaping being killed. There's a joke.

How do you sum up the Jewish holidays in three sentences? They tried to kill us. We survived. Let's eat. I don't know if I wrote that in my book.

How do you sum up the Jewish holidays in three sentences? They tried to kill us. We survived. Let's eat. I don't know if I wrote that in my book.

Jewishness was always part of me. People know I'm Jewish. You know, when a new candidate comes to me and says, what's your advice? I say, my best advice is be yourself. The public may not know the difference between your education platform and your opponents, but they can smell a phony a mile away. And then I say, I'm from Brooklyn. Sometimes it helps me. Sometimes it hurts me.

Jewishness was always part of me. People know I'm Jewish. You know, when a new candidate comes to me and says, what's your advice? I say, my best advice is be yourself. The public may not know the difference between your education platform and your opponents, but they can smell a phony a mile away. And then I say, I'm from Brooklyn. Sometimes it helps me. Sometimes it hurts me.

But I know one thing. If I tried not to be from Brooklyn, I'd be worse than whatever I am. Well, that's a synonym for Jewish. So I was always Jewish, and I enjoyed telling the stories of my family to my caucus and things like that. But it was never that vital to my career. And when I ran in 1998, I would go to upstate. You know, before that, I was from Brooklyn and Queens.

But I know one thing. If I tried not to be from Brooklyn, I'd be worse than whatever I am. Well, that's a synonym for Jewish. So I was always Jewish, and I enjoyed telling the stories of my family to my caucus and things like that. But it was never that vital to my career. And when I ran in 1998, I would go to upstate. You know, before that, I was from Brooklyn and Queens.

I was wondering, how would I be accepted as somebody who was obviously Jewish, although I didn't go talk about it a lot? I was Jewish. I was. It was very gratifying. You know, very little anti-Semitism. And when I got to Congress, the same. There was some anti-Semitism. One of the senior guys when I got on the Judiciary Committee said, Schumer, welcome to the Judiciary Committee.

I was wondering, how would I be accepted as somebody who was obviously Jewish, although I didn't go talk about it a lot? I was Jewish. I was. It was very gratifying. You know, very little anti-Semitism. And when I got to Congress, the same. There was some anti-Semitism. One of the senior guys when I got on the Judiciary Committee said, Schumer, welcome to the Judiciary Committee.