ce Oct. 7, 2023,

It also pointed to recent cases, citing Brooklyn PS 77 Park Slope teacher Damien Neva, who brazenly posted in a 2024 Signal group chat,  Long live Yahya al-Sinwar,  according to a new legal filing against the Park Slope Co-Op. Al-Sinwar is the Hamas leader who orchestrated the 10/7 massacre.

Meanwhile, George Trim, a social studies teacher at IS 181 in Bath Beach, Brooklyn, was disciplined for allegedly telling students that World Trade Center owner Larry Silverstein knew the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks were coming and did nothing to stop them.

The letter noted that enrollment in Jewish day schools and yeshivas in New York State rose by 3,115 students in the 2025-26 school year, and in the city alone by 1,587, while nonpublic enrollment fell.

4 The National Jewish Advocacy Center has asked the Trump admin to probe the city's Department of Education. National Jewish Advocacy Center

Mark Goldfederr, CEO of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, said the Justice Department's power is needed to clamp down on Jew hatred.

A spokesperson for the Justice Department said,  The Department takes allegations of antisemitism seriously and is committed to enforcing federal civil rights laws that protect students from discrimination. 

The city DOE and Mayor Zohran Mamdani's office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.