A Pennsylvania principal whose antisemitic tirade about “Jew money” was inadvertently recorded has been fired.

Lower Gwynedd Elementary School Principal Phillip Leddy was axed Tuesday by the Wissahickon School Board.

Leddy, 45, was returning a call from a parent when he got the dad’s voicemail and left a message, but then apparently failed to end the call, Philadelphia’s ABC 7 reported.

Leddy allegedly accused the parent of having “Jew money” and could be heard muttering “they control the banks,” according to recording, which was posted by the advocacy group StopAntisemitism.

”They go to Jew camp… everyone at the camp hates that family… ” he was also caught saying, according to the group’s recording.

Parents in the district have accused the school board of attempting to paper over their longstanding issues with antisemitism by hanging Leddy out to dry.

“It was an easy one for them because it was old school anti-semitism versus more modern, like anti-Zionism antisemitism,” Beth Ages, who has two kids in the district, told The Post.

They point to a mural in Wissahickon Middle School, which depicts Linda Sarsour — who was forced to step down from the Women’s March amid an antisemitism scandal and later apologized — and Japanese-American activist Yuri Kochiyama, who once praised 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden.

“I’m glad that you are curious why I consider Osama bin Laden as one of the people that I admire. To me, he is in the category of Malcolm X, Che Guevara, Patrice Lumumba, Fidel Castro, all leaders that I admire,” she said in a 2003 interview.

“Jewish families are leaving in droves,” said Lynn Simon, who has two kids in the district.

Leddy and the Wissahickon school district did not respond to a request for comment.

Portions of Pennsylvania are under an ice storm warning on Friday night going into Saturday morning as the National Weather Service (NWS) warns of possible “slick and hazardous” conditions.

Newsweek reached out to the NWS via email for comment Friday night.

Why It Matters

Severe winter weather is presenting significant hazards across Pennsylvania, as the NWS issues multiple ice storm warnings and advisories for the region.

Residents, travelers, and utility providers face potentially elevated risks of power outages, hazardous road conditions, and vehicle restrictions in counties identified as most at risk. Understanding where these warnings are in effect is crucial as post-holiday travel collides with potentially hazardous ice accumulations and freezing precipitation.

What To Know

According to the NWS, portions of central and western Pennsylvania are under the warning until 7 a.m. ET Saturday.

“Significant icing” along with “Additional sleet accumulations up to a coating and ice accumulations between one tenth and one quarter of an inch,” are possible in the cities of DuBois, Somerset, Warren, St. Marys, Bradford, Clearfield, Johnstown, Ridgway, Tionesta, Franklin, Punxsutawney, Oil City, Ford City, Brookville, Indiana, Armagh, Kittanning, and Clarion, the NWS says.

Below are maps of the regions impacted by the warning:

Paired with these ice warnings, Winter Weather Advisories remain in effect for Harrisburg, Lancaster, Gettysburg, York and Altoona through Saturday morning. The NWS forecasts additional snow and ice potential across the region, with potential accumulations up to an inch possible in some locations.

“Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous. Power outages and tree damage are likely due to the ice. Travel could be nearly impossible,” the NWS says in the ice storm warning.

What People Are Saying

NWS Pittsburgh on X on Friday: “If you’re safely able, send us those ice measurements. Ice can be measured radially around branches as described below in steps 1-3, or on top of flat surfaces. Let us know which you measured!”

Meteorologist Cody Barnhart on X on Friday: “Our ice storm continues across PA and anything that’s been exposed is a sheet of ice. Major accidents state wide. Greencastle coming in slick @NWSStateCollege @mikestanislaw @MatthewCappucci @tornadopaigeyy @TOMRUSSELLCBS21”

What Happens Next

The NWS expects conditions to improve from west to east across Pennsylvania by Saturday afternoon.

Multiple Winter Storm Warnings are in effect across the Northeast U.S. from the afternoon of December 26 through the late morning or early afternoon of December 27.

Warnings cover much of the region from northeastern Pennsylvania through northern New Jersey, southeastern New York, and southern Connecticut.

The warning is in effect from 16:00 EST on December 26 until 13:00 EST on December 27 for New York City’s five boroughs, Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island, and Fairfield, Westchester, Rockland, and Bergen Counties.

For northern and southern New Haven Counties, Connecticut, the warning begins slightly later, from 19:00 EST on December 26 to 13:00 EST on December 27.

In northeastern Pennsylvania and northwestern New Jersey, including Monroe, Warren, Sussex, and Morris Counties, warnings remain in effect from 13:00 EST on December 26 until 10:00 EST on December 27. These areas may experience a combination of snow and sleet, with local ice accumulations in elevated terrain.

Farther north, in the Catskills, mid-Hudson Valley, and Litchfield County, Connecticut, are under warnings from 16:00 EST on December 26 until 13:00 EST on December 27.

Snow will begin spreading from southwest to northeast during the afternoon and intensify through the evening. Peak snowfall rates may reach 2.5–5 cm (1–2 inches) per hour at times.

Snowfall totals of 13–23 cm (5–9 inches) are forecast across the New York City area, Long Island, southern New York, and southern Connecticut.

Meanwhile, Albany, Ulster, Greene, Dutchess, and Litchfield Counties are forecast to receive around 13–25 cm (5–10 inches) of snowfall.

Snow totals are forecast to reach 10–20 cm (4–8 inches) in northern New Jersey, and northeastern Pennsylvania, with localized totals of over 20 cm (8 inches) being possible for higher elevation areas.

The heavy snow and winter weather will create dangerous travel conditions across major routes, including Interstates 80,87,95, and 287, through the warning period.

The snowfall is expected to begin tapering off by the morning of December 27 as the storm moves out into the Atlantic.

References:

¹ Winter Storm Warning – NWS – December 26, 2025