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Pa. elementary school principal fired after antisemitic remarks on recording
A school district in Montgomery County says their elementary school principal is being let go after being heard on a recording making antisemitic remarks.
The Wissahickon School District send out a letter to parents saying that the principal of Lower Gwynedd Elementary School Philip Leddy self-reported the issue.
District superintendent Dr. Mwenyewe Dawan says that Leddy was leaving a voicemail for a parent when he thought the call was disconnected and then engaged in a conversation with a staffer.
It's that conversation that was recorded antisemitic remarks were allegedly made.
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"What is most concerning is not only the language itself, but the mindset it reflects. The comments rely on well-known antisemitic stereotypes that reduce a parent to caricature and signal hostility rather than respect. For a family entrusting their child to a school community, hearing this kind of language, particularly from a principal, is profoundly unsettling," the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia wrote in a statement.
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