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What does Chuck Schumer’s new book actually say about antisemitism on the left? 

JL;DR SUMMARY Senator Chuck Schumer's new book, "Antisemitism in America: A Warning," attempts to address the complex landscape of antisemitism on the left, particularly in relation to Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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MemoirAnti ZionismCampus ProtestsLeft Wing PoliticsDemocratsChuck SchumerSenate Majority LeaderJewish Liberals

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New York City, New York, United States
"Chuck Schumer marches in the Celebrate Israel Parade in the rain on June 5, 2016 in New York City."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Schumer, a Brooklyn Democrat who became the countrys most senior Jewish elected official ever when he took over as Senate Majority Leader in 2021 and now is Minority Leader, clearly has thoughts about this."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Shortly after our meeting, the same militant groups, including the two leaders I met with, resumed protesting in front of my apartment."
Harvard, Massachusetts, United States
"He describes joining the Harvard Young Democrats and campaigning against the Vietnam War in an uneasy campus coalition that also included some Maoist students he calls arrogant and nasty."
New York, United States
"But he also expresses deep skepticism of anti-Zionism and says it often invokes an antisemitic double standard against Jews."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"He takes a complicated confrontation between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian activists outside a LA synagogue and boils it down to agitators yelling at, shoving and kicking Jewish men in yarmulkes trying to get inside to pray."
Columbia, New York, United States
"used it to justify deporting international students and slashing federal funding to Columbia University, winning plaudits from some Jewish leaders who are usually skeptical of the right-wing agenda."
UCLA, California, United States
"He describes an incident at UCLA where protesters hammered a piata of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and says definitively that one of them shouted beat that fucking Jew, though in a video posted on X you cannot hear it clearly."

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