{"id":375977,"date":"2026-10-18T01:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T01:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/375977\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T01:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T01:20:12","slug":"nyc-teacher-posts-antisemitic-meme-of-lionel-messi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/375977\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC teacher posts antisemitic meme of Lionel Messi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Her goal is hate. <\/p>\n<p>A New York City public schools teacher has been posting antisemitic memes on social media, including grotesque caricatures of Argentina soccer star Lionel Messi that echo Nazi propaganda depicting Jews as greedy and scheming.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.63574219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41373622\" width=\"375\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2025-according-public-records-posted-145320985.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of Argentina soccer star Lionel Messi distorted to look like how Nazi propaganda depicted Jews.\" class=\"wp-image-41373622\"\/>A New York City Schools teacher shared an antisemitic image of Lionel Messi.  Provided to the New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Park Slope Collegiate math teacher Maysa Jarara posted an image July 19 on Facebook under the name Maysa, showing a crying, groveling Messi with a super-sized nose, wearing a yarmulke as he rubs his hands together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe look on his face is priceless,\u201d Jarara captioned the photo, which resembles a despicable  antisemitic internet meme called \u201cThe Happy Merchant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Messi, who visited Israel as part of a \u201cpeace tour\u201d in 2013, was the subject of antisemitic conspiracy theories during the World Cup, claiming that Jews control F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association, soccer\u2019s regulatory body, and have worked behind the scenes to benefit his career, according to online antisemitism watchdog nonprofit Cyberwell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJarara has crossed a major line by trafficking in classic antisemitic tropes that cast Jews as greedy and scheming,\u201d United Jewish Teachers President Moshe Spern said. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.83105469;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41373631\" width=\"490\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2025-according-public-records-posted-145320978.jpg\" alt=\"Maysa Jarara wearing a hijab and glasses in front of a purple background.\" class=\"wp-image-41373631\"\/>Park Slope Collegiate math teacher Maysa Jarara regularly shares anti-Israel posts.  Instagram  \/ nycps.alliance1<\/p>\n<p>The Brooklyn math teacher also regularly reposts messages denigrating Israel, including one featuring the Israeli flag covered in blood.<\/p>\n<p>On the three-year anniversary of Hamas\u2019 barbaric Oct. 7, 2023 attacks, which killed over 1,200 Israelis, Jarara posted an illustration to Instagram of a keffiyeh-clad man dancing with a woman in a hijab in front of a burning pile. \u201cAnd we love life and we can live it in a way,\u201d reads the caption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is deeply disturbing. We have a teacher who is entrusted with educating children publicly sharing inflammatory, biased, and historically misleading posts about Israel and the Jewish people,\u201d New York City Public Schools Alliance President Karen Feldman said. <\/p>\n<p>DOE schools have been plagued with antisemitism since the October 7 attacks, with numerous teachers being caught engaging in Jew hatred online. <\/p>\n<p>Damian Neva, who teaches history at P.S. 77 in Park Slope texted in a groupchat \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/05\/us-news\/nyc-teacher-praised-oct-7-mastermind-in-park-slope-food-coop-group-chat-lawsuit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long live Yahya Al-Sinwar,<\/a>\u201d to other terrorism lovers looking to implement a boycott of Israeli goods at The Park Slope Food Co-op, according to a bombshell lawsuit. <\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn social studies teacher at IS 181 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/05\/us-news\/jewish-kids-fleeing-public-schools-amid-growing-antisemitism-including-hamas-loving-teacher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Trim<\/a> was reprimanded by the DOE after he was caught hosting an antisemitic conspiracy podcast while clad in a literal tinfoil hat. <\/p>\n<p>Thousands of NYC Jewish families have <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/12\/us-news\/nyc-teacher-who-spouted-vile-9-11-conspiracies-to-face-punishment-from-doe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pulled their kids<\/a> out of public schools to shield them from the nonstop anti-Israel brainwashing going on in city classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Jewish schools in the Big Apple and across the Empire State have seen a surge in enrollment, with a roughly 3,100 influx, according to a study from Teach Coalition. <\/p>\n<p>Jarara, who earned $140,000 in 2025 according to public records, could not be reached for comment. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/05\/us-news\/hamas-loving-nyc-teacher-cowardly-covers-his-face-as-he-returns-to-school\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Her goal is hate. 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