Anti-Israel teaching assistant fired from NYC elementary school after being handcuffed at Columbia
NY Post
An embattled Brooklyn teaching assistant who was handcuffed at a Columbia University protest last week has been fired, The Post has learned.
James Parra, a fifth-grade paraprofessional at Brooklyn Arbor in Williamsburg who called Israel a “racist” and “terrorist” state, shared his ouster on social media Wednesday.
“After 8 years of dedicated service and after 6 months of doxxing and harassment and Zionist parents making themselves the victims, my superintendent just a few moments ago terminated me from my position,” Parra, 27, wrote on Instagram.
“F–k these Zionists and f–k these administrators who are complicit and sympathizers with Zionism and genocide,” he added with a photo of himself wearing a keffiyeh while a child hugs him.
Parra received a summons on April 22 for refusing to move from outside the campus gates at a pro-Palestine protest.
The former one-on-one special-ed paraprofessional attended LaGuardia Community College and Hunter College, according to LinkedIn and a GoFundMe he started to raise tuition money.
