New York Sen. Chuck Schumer loves to call himself the Shomer Yisrael, the “Guardian of Israel.” It sounds noble, biblical even. But after the longest government shutdown in modern American history, the title rings hollow. Schumer isn’t the guardian of Israel. He’s the abandoner of his people. And now the very party he sold them out for is turning on him.

I know this story personally. My father helped launch Schumer’s political career, from Brooklyn councilman to congressman to senator. He believed in him. He believed that a proud Jew in public office would stand up for his community and for Israel when it mattered most.

He was wrong.

When my father ran for City Council in 2001, Schumer betrayed him, endorsing his own former staffer instead. That was the first lesson I learned about

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