Seems like everyone’s mad at Chuck Schumer. That’s bad for Jews (including the ones who are mad at Chuck Schumer)

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on March 14. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

My synagogue, New York City’s Temple Emanu-El, was scheduled to host Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last week to talk about his new book Antisemitism in America: A Warning. We have regularly hosted politicians through our history, occasionally attracting a smattering of protesters. But never before has the threat of demonstrations resulted in an event’s cancellation.