The Senate Minority Leader sheds light on the Jewish American experience and sounds the alarm about the troubling resurgence of antisemitism.

Chuck Schumer’s new book, Antisemitism in America: A Warning, is an urgent and personal work of nonfiction that illuminates the prejudices, both hidden and overt, that have led to the chronic persecution of Jewish people. Drawing from Schumer's own life, the book places antisemitism in a larger historical context, providing a deeper understanding of the causes behind the recent swell of antisemitic rhetoric and violence in the United States, and offering a call to action on the steps needed to combat rising hate.

Senator Schumer will discuss his new book with staff writer at The Atlantic Franklin Foer.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Chuck Schumer is the Senate Democratic Leader and highest-elected Jewish official in American history. He is the author of Positively American: Winning Back the Middle Class One Family at a Time.

Franklin Foer is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future and World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech. He was previously the editor of The New Republic and a staff writer at Slate and New York magazine. His other books include How Soccer Explains the World and Jewish Jocks (co-edited with Marc Tracy), which won a National Jewish Book Award.

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Chuck Schumer © Emilio Madrid
Courtesy Franklin Foer