{"id":1016818,"date":"2021-11-15T20:14:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T01:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1016818"},"modified":"2021-11-15T20:15:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T01:15:00","slug":"video-new-york-city-teacher-claims-school-banned-proud-zionist-shirt-but-allows-blm-clothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-new-york-city-teacher-claims-school-banned-proud-zionist-shirt-but-allows-blm-clothing\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: New York City Teacher Claims School Banned &#039;Proud Zionist&#039; Shirt but Allows BLM Clothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-new-york-city-teacher-claims-school-banned-proud-zionist-shirt-but-allows-blm-clothing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1016818&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">A teacher said he found out the hard way it was acceptable to wear a Black Lives Matter shirt to work at his Brooklyn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/schools\/K051\">school<\/a> but not pro-police or pro-Israel clothing.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>New York Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/14\/nyc-teacher-school-banned-my-proud-zionist-t-shirt\/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=NYPTwitter&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow\">reported<\/a> on Sunday:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>Jeffrey Levy, an English as a Second Language teacher at MS 51 in the liberal Brooklyn enclave, told The Post that school principal Neal Singh ordered him to stop wearing his \u201cProud Zionist\u201d T-shirt in the building \u2014 even though other staffers have worn shirts touting BLM and women\u2019s rights.&nbsp;Levy filed a discrimination complaint over not being allowed to wear his self-made shirt, which features the Star of David.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He claimed Singh told him students and staff members complained about it and the pro-police \u201cBack the Blue\u201d shirt he wore in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSingh told me that my T-shirt with an Israeli flag on it and the words \u2018Proud Zionist\u2019 were \u2018politically explosive,&#8217;\u201d Levy stated in his complaint that was filed in September with the city Department of Education\u2019s Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.546511627907\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NYC teacher: School banned my &#8216;Proud Zionist&#8217; t-shirt but allows &#8216;BLM&#8217; garb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tffqHuApqz\">https:\/\/t.co\/tffqHuApqz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YdYCj38s42\">pic.twitter.com\/YdYCj38s42<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1460035652108574721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe told me that Zionism involves the retaking of Palestinian land and is \u2018offensive,&#8217;\u201d Levy noted in the document, which the <em>Post<\/em> reviewed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10717272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-596875834.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10717272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-596875834.png\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">People attend a Taking Back Zionism demonstration (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND\/AFP\/Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zionism referred to a religious movement that resulted in the creation of the state of Israel for the Jewish people, he stated in the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPalestinians have long claimed the land is theirs,\u201d the <em>Post<\/em> article read.<\/p>\n<p>The teacher told the outlet the principal\u2019s stance appeared to be a double standard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSingh has permitted other staff to wear attire with \u2018Black Lives Matter,\u2019 \u2018Feminism is the radical idea that women are people,\u2019 \u2018Feminist\u2019 and \u2018O\u2019Connor &amp; Ginsburg &amp; Sotomayor &amp; Kagan,&#8217;\u201d Levy\u2019s complaint read.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSingh\u2019s definition of politically explosive attire appears limited to Jews only,\u201d the teacher added.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to the outlet, the DOE supported the principal for telling Levy to stop wearing what it saw as politically charged shirts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchools are not public forums for advancing personal political views, and per Department of Education regulations, employees are prohibited from using schools for the purpose of political expression,\u201d DOE spokeswoman Katie O\u2019Hanlon commented.<\/p>\n<p>However, Levy argued wearing a \u201cProud Zionist\u201d shirt did not violate any of the chancellor\u2019s regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former state Assemblyman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HikindDov?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Dov Hikind<\/a> issued a letter to schools Chancellor Meisa Ross Porter on behalf of Levy, saying district officials were taking part in \u201cdouble standard\u201d and \u201canti-Semitic ignorance.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.772334293948\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: NYC Public School Teacher&#8217;s Job Threatened for Wearing Zionist T-shirt to School<\/p>\n<p>Teachers there wear BLM and other political t-shirts, but only the Zionist was threatened!<\/p>\n<p>I received no response to a letter of inquiry sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DOEChancellor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DOEChancellor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/asHVg4Q6f4\">https:\/\/t.co\/asHVg4Q6f4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6en9GMrlaf\">pic.twitter.com\/6en9GMrlaf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HikindDov\/status\/1460245061590040580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hikind claimed the DOE was \u201crepresenting the extreme left, the radical wing of the Democratic Party,\u201d by not allowing pro-Jewish statements but letting others wear clothing that favored liberal causes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A teacher said he found out the hard way it was acceptable to wear a Black Lives Matter shirt to work at his Brooklyn school but not pro-police or pro-Israel &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1016818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1016818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1016818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1016818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1016818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}