Source: In These Times
by Shane Burley
“Dan Fischer had been working as a Hebrew and Jewish ethics teacher for three years at Sinai Synagogue in South Bend, Ind., when a television reporter asked him for comment during an ’All Out for Palestine’ rally held four days after October 7. ‘I am one of multiple Jews that are here today, proud to be in solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine,’ Fischer said. ‘And I know that my tradition, the Jewish tradition, is a religion of tzedek, meaning justice, and shalom, meaning peace.’ He was fired the next day. The synagogue sent a letter to the congregation saying it ‘had no choice but to release a teacher from his employment … effective immediately’ …” (10/02/24)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/anti-zionist-israel-gaza-jewish-institutions