December 1, 2023

Finally growing a pair, this past Wednesday Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)  publicly spoke for over 40 minutes on the Senate floor to announce that he has just discovered that official prejudice against Jews, anti-Jewishness, Jewphobia, or anti-Semitism, as it is commonly referred to, not only still exists but is rapidly increasing.  

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Today, I come to the floor to speak on a subject of great importance: the rise of antisemitism in America.

I feel compelled to speak because I am the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in America; in fact, the highest-ranking Jewish elected official ever in American history.

And I have noticed a significant disparity between how Jewish people regard the rise of antisemitism, and how many of my non-Jewish friends regard it.

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To us, the Jewish people, the rise of antisemitism is a crisis — a five-alarm fire that must be extinguished.

For so many other people of good will, it is merely a problem, a matter of concern.

Duh!  Senator Schumer where have you been the past few years?  While you are now a senator from New York State, a state that has the highest number of Jews in the nation, you’ve been active in politics at all levels for many years.  And hostility to Jews in New York, in addition to across the nation, has been obvious for years, even in your own Democratic party, literally in your own backyard.  And you never complained.   Well, at least publicly.  

But , two months ago, when Muslims from 99.9% Muslim populated and governed Gaza (no Jews allowed), which is adjacent to Israel, outdid their previous barbarism against Jews when they invaded Israel, slaughtering an estimated 1200 unarmed people enjoying a music festival plus others who lived nearby during a Jewish holiday and Israelis fought back, many of your  Democratic congressional colleagues from New York, such as Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) leader of the Squad, and  Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) viciously condemned… Israel. Which was consistent with their previous negative statements about Israel and Jews reflecting the view of their constituents.  

And you remained quiet.

In the immediate aftermath of October 7th, an attack on defenseless civilians, the elderly, women, and babies, a good number of people skipped over expressing sympathy for the victims in their haste to blame the attack on the past actions of the Israeli government. Can anybody imagine a horrific terrorist attack in another country receiving such a reception?