A teacher fired from her job at a Jewish school after posting some critical comments of Zionism and Israel on her blog site has filed a lawsuit against the school, saying that it violated the laws.
The teacher’s name, Jessie Sander, 26-year-old who had worked at Westchester Reform Temple school in Scarsdale, New York State, for 15 days before they fired her last July.
According to Warren Habar, the synagogue president, “it made this ending decision after much carefulness and following WRT’s religious mission.”
But as per Sander, who is Jewish, her firing violates labour laws that stop employers from guarding how employees use their time when not at work.
Her case, which was filed before New York State Supreme Court in Westchester, blames the school for violating labour law by firing her “because of her uncompensated lawful recreational activity, outside of her working hours, of the employer’s beliefs and without the use of the employer’s equipment or other property.
She considers that she was fired because of her critical comments towards Zionism and Israel, as described in her last blog post, which her employers have seen. Sander further said that after seeing her post by her employees, she was then called it for questioning.
Rabbi Davis E. Levy asked whether she supported the Palestinian section of Hamas and why she called herself anti-Zionist.
As per her statement, she agrees with what she said during her questioning round, as well as she praised herself that she is a good role model for her students, But after a week, the school fired her.
When she back questioned why they fired him? The temple director executive, Eli Kornreich, replied: “It’s just not a good fit.”
After that, Sander said, In the last meeting, I was like, ‘Wow, here is a manager who gets it and says, ‘No one should fire you for your political beliefs’ then at the next meeting it was like ‘Oh except for me.”
In her blog post, Sander wrote: ” We reject the notion that Zionism is a value of Judaism. Zionism is not equal to Jewish identity or a necessary component. To conflate Zionism and Judaism is not only inaccurate but dangerous that.”
She continued, “In fact, support for Israel often covers deeply antisemitic views, as seen in some vocally pro-Israel evangelical Christan groups.”