The Brandeis Center congratulates the dedicated Brooklyn parents who persuaded NYC Schools Chancellor David C. Banks to remove a local Community Education Council chair over anti-Semitic messages and events. We were proud to assist them in this effort. Last November, two dozen concerned Brooklyn parents sought the Brandeis Center’s help communicating to Chancellor Banks and the office of Family and Community Engagement (FACE) the urgent need for action after Community Education Council (CEC) 14 President Tajh Sutton began using her position and the CEC itself to promote anti-Semitic messages and events, including encouraging student walkouts and booting pro-Israel parents from CEC meetings. This week, in response to a letter from outraged parents and in the face of a complaint filed with the state Education Department, Chancellor Banks took the unprecedented step of removing the CEC 14 president. As reported by Chalkbeat, a news outlet focused on education reporting in New York, Banks found that Sutton’s conduct has “justifiably been perceived by many community members as anti-Israel and antisemitic,” and that her dissemination of an anti-Israel protest toolkit violated anti-discrimination policies because, among other things, it encouraged students to chant “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and “Say it loud, say it clear; We don’t want Zionists here.” The Brandeis Center is grateful for the opportunity to play a role in – as our mission states – advancing the civil and human rights of the Jewish people and promoting justice for all. Congratulations to the dedicated parents and their students who benefit from a less discriminatory education environment.