Short answer: Yes. Amy Schumer has been one of Hollywood's most vocal, consistent supporters of Israel since October 7, 2023. She posted almost daily in support of Israel's hostages, signed a celebrity letter urging President Biden to keep pressing for their release, and has repeatedly said that criticizing Israeli government policy is not the same as hating Jews. As of August 2026, that record stands.
What Amy Schumer has actually said and done
- October 7, 2023: On the day of the Hamas attack, Schumer began using her Instagram, which had roughly 13 million followers at the time, to post near-daily about the war, largely in support of Israel and calling for the release of hostages. She also turned off comments on many of her posts, according to The Times of Israel.
- October 22, 2023: Schumer reposted a statement arguing that calling for a ceasefire without also calling for the hostages' release, or staying silent about October 7, could reflect antisemitism, as reported by The Jewish Chronicle.
- October 24, 2023: Schumer signed an open letter, alongside Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Madonna, and dozens of other celebrities, thanking President Biden for supporting both Israelis and Palestinians and urging him to keep pressing for the release of the roughly 220 hostages Hamas was then holding, per Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA).
- October 24, 2023: Schumer also posted, and later deleted, an illustration satirizing pro-Palestinian protest signs, including one with a line about Gazans and self-defense. The post was widely condemned as inflammatory and became a lasting flashpoint in criticism of her, as covered by Newsweek and The New Arab.
- April 30, 2024: In a Variety interview tied to her film "Unfrosted," Schumer drew a clear line between her views on the Israeli government and her support for Israelis and Jews broadly: "I don't agree with anything that Netanyahu is doing, and neither do the Israelis I know," calling the situation in Gaza "sickening, horrifying and unthinkable," while maintaining "it's not OK to hate anyone because they were born Jewish," according to Variety.
- January 7, 2025: After the trailer for her Netflix film "Kinda Pregnant" dropped, activists and social media users revived calls to boycott it, citing Schumer's 2023 Gaza-related posts as the reason, per The New Arab and Ynetnews.
Her Jewish background and why the reaction cut both ways
Amy Schumer is Jewish on her father's side, from a family of Ukrainian and Polish Jewish descent; her mother converted to Judaism, and Schumer attended Hebrew school and had a bat mitzvah. She is also a distant cousin of Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. In a 2017 PBS genealogy special, she was moved to tears learning that her great-grandmother's family had emigrated from what is now Ukraine in 1912, and seeing her great-great-grandfather's grave at a Jewish cemetery on Staten Island.
Since October 7, 2023, Schumer has been one of the most prolific and outspoken pro-Israel voices among American celebrities on social media, repeatedly posting about the hostages and Israel's right to respond. That same advocacy made her a lightning rod. Some critics accused her of amplifying inflammatory or one-sided content, most notably the deleted comic referencing sexual violence, while others, including some pro-Israel voices, were unhappy when she also criticized Netanyahu directly. Schumer has said the two positions, support for Jews and Israel's right to exist and defend itself, alongside criticism of specific Israeli government policy, are not contradictory.
The hostage crisis she campaigned on is now resolved. The last living hostages returned home under the October 2025 ceasefire, and the remains of the final hostage were returned in January 2026. Her hostage advocacy is now part of the historical record rather than an ongoing campaign, but it remains one of the clearest, most sustained examples of a mainstream American celebrity using her platform for Israel in the aftermath of October 7.
The bottom line
Amy Schumer supports Israel. Immediately after October 7 she became one of the highest-profile American celebrities campaigning publicly for Israel and the hostages, signed formal pro-Israel and pro-hostage letters, and continues to identify openly with her Jewish heritage. Her willingness to also criticize Netanyahu by name is a real and separate strand of her public record, not a retraction of her underlying support, and it is what generated the controversy and boycott calls that followed her.
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
