Jewish parents and educators in Chicago were relieved after Board of Education President Rev. Mitchell Johnson resigned last week following widespread public criticism of his antisemitic Facebook posts.

Johnson was appointed by Mayor Johnson him to the school board’s top leadership role after all seven previous members resigned earlier this month. A few state legislators and several City Council members questioned that decision and called for his resignation because of dozens of anti-Israel posts he’d made,

Rev. Mitchell Johnson was among seven new board members who were appointed after the previous board resigned en masse earlier this month.

The former board president resigned on Thursday over social media posts that were deemed antisemitic, misogynistic, and conspiratorial.

A newly appointed school board did not hold a closed meeting to address personnel matters Friday, a choice that in a less turbulent time for the nation’s fourth largest school district would not seem unusual.

The newly appointed president of Chicago’s school board resigned amid backlash over social media posts of his criticized as “antisemitic” and “pro-Hamas.”