Amy Schumer speaks out on antisemitic nickname she got called at school

While sharing a video celebrating the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, Amy Schumer opened up about the awful antisemitic bullying she suffered as a teenager.

The actress, who recently announced she and her husband Chris Fischer were divorcing, was filmed lighting candles with Israeli actress Noa Tishby to mark the final days of Hanukkah.

Amy also confessed she learned 'who her real friends are' when she spoke out after the events of October 7 - which saw Palestinian militant group Hamas attack Israel, killing about 1200 people and taking 251 hostages.

"I stood up and spoke my mind after Oct. 7, I didn’t know I would be such a minority," she said, as part of the antisemitism campaign called Bring On The Light. "There were like three of us who opened our mouths."

“Knowing the few people who feel that everyone should be equal, it shouldn’t be `except Jews’. It feels like everybody is fighting for everybody’s rights — except for Jewish people,” she added.

Tishby added: “Jewish pride is the only way to fight antisemitism."

Amy then opened up about the bullying she suffered as a child.

"When I grew up, there was a lot of antisemitism. My last name is Schumer, they changed it to Jewmer," she said. "When things are the absolute worst is when my family is the funniest, when we hit rock bottom, we can laugh the hardest."

She said the use of comedy is engrained in her: “That’s how we survive. That’s not unique to me. That’s Jewish character."

Tishby praised the star: “Amy is a brilliant comedian. and I admire how fierce and unapologetic she is in every aspect of her life. It was fascinating to have her share how comedy has helped her and her family get through tough times."

This isn't the first time Amy has opened up about antisemitism in her childhood.

Back in 2022, she took to Instagram to discuss what it was like growing up as a Jewish woman.

“I was bullied for being Jewish in the town I grew up in and was made to feel embarrassed for my Judaism,” Schumer wrote. “Now I am proud to be descended from survivors of Auschwitz.”

Schumer has also opened up about being bullied for being a Jew growing up on Long Island in the past.

“The diocese was in our town,” Schumer told the New Yorker this year. “Everybody who wasn’t really Irish Catholic, they were, like, 'You’re not one of us'.”

She also told The Hollywood Reporter that same year: “If you’re a Jewish kid and you go to Hebrew school, like I did, and you are raised reading every book on the Holocaust — they put ‘Anne Frank’ in your hands before you get your period — the Holocaust is a real part of your DNA."

"I’m descended from survivors of Auschwitz, and I think people don’t realize that what the Jewish people as a whole are afraid of is that happening again. It’s evidenced over and over again that unless we fight it, this kind of uprising happens quick."

"I feel like many Jewish people are terrified and on high alert and are advocating for themselves," she added.

If you are the victim of an antisemitic incident or you have information regarding an antisemitic incident that happened to somebody else, contact the CST National Emergency Number on 0800 032 3263. In an emergency, always call 999.