Four disgusted Jewish mothers are demanding that the entire controversial Brooklyn School District Parent Council be disbanded over its discriminatory and anti-Semitic behavior.
The District 14 Area Education Council, a volunteer board serving Greenpoint and Williamsburg, uses its official platform to promote anti-Israel views and organize rallies, according to a petition filed with the state Department of Education. It is said that Jews are being prevented from speaking out.
“Jews and Israelis who reside within District 14 and whose children attend schools in the district may not participate in CEC-14 discussions on any topic related to their children’s education,” the March 13 filing states. I am unable to participate.”
Since the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in Israel, parent petitioners Leah Weissman Fink, Shai Galar, Irina Marciano, and Jennifer Kleinman have said they have been kicked out of the conference. He claimed that his comments on social media and Zoom were also deleted and that he was blocked from gatherings. CEC social media pages.
Marciano has applied for a seat on the board but has not received notice of the vote, effectively preventing him from participating in the board, the appeal says.
The controversial CEC, led by President Taj Sutton, has been criticized for xenophobic and political actions, including promoting an anti-Israel student strike in November.
It canceled its last two monthly meetings, claiming it had received threats for advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza.
“This case is not about the First Amendment rights of the CEC’s 14 member states. They can express their personal and political views through media associated with their personal accounts,” the petition states. Are listed. “And this does not question the superiority or inferiority of the legal or political position of Israelis or Palestinians.”
The agency exists to “establish education policy and goals” and not to “take a position in military conflicts on the other side of the world,” the filing says.
The council’s social media posts refer to Zionists as “settler-colonizers” and “white supremacists,” the petition says.
It also seeks an order prohibiting the CEC from using its platform to communicate opinions about the war and requiring Jews and Israelis to have equal representation.
The petition follows another lawsuit filed last week in Brooklyn federal court alleging that CEC 14 violates the First Amendment rights of parents with differing views.
DOE and CEC 14 did not immediately respond to inquiries.
