Comments on: Almontaser Sues NYC Department of Education for Violating Free Speech http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/11/20/almontaser-sues-nyc-department-of-education-for-violating-free-speech/ Essays on politics, culture and ideas about Israeli-Arab peace and world music Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:07:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ellen http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/11/20/almontaser-sues-nyc-department-of-education-for-violating-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-54632 ellen Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:37:41 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2007/11/20/almontaser-sues-nyc-department-of-education-for-violating-free-speech/#comment-54632 Worth noting that Randi Weingarten, head of the powerful United Federation of Teachers, in a typical principled stance, first supported the school, and after the fuss about the T-shirt, opposed Ms. Almontaser's being principal. One of my favorite groups, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, have been outspoken in support of Ms. Almontaser and in organizing others to support her. http://www.jfrej.org/JFREJpositionDebbieAlmontaser.htm --ellen Worth noting that Randi Weingarten, head of the powerful United Federation of Teachers, in a typical principled stance, first supported the school, and after the fuss about the T-shirt, opposed Ms. Almontaser’s being principal.

One of my favorite groups, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, have been outspoken in support of Ms. Almontaser and in organizing others to support her.
http://www.jfrej.org/JFREJpositionDebbieAlmontaser.htm

–ellen

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