Overview
- Federal court papers say the agency issued a July subpoena and that Penn missed a Sept. 23 deadline, which the university disputes.
- The subpoena seeks names, titles and contact details for employees who reported antisemitism, participants in task-force listening sessions, members of Jewish groups and staff linked to Jewish studies.
- Penn says it has cooperated by producing over 100 documents totaling nearly 900 pages and by connecting only consenting employees to investigators.
- The EEOC cites an ongoing commissioner’s charge alleging a pattern of antisemitic conduct that created a hostile work environment for Jewish employees.
- Penn Hillel, MEOR, the campus AAUP chapter, ADL Philadelphia, AJC and the Jewish Federation backed Penn’s stance, as did ACE, while other universities such as UC Berkeley and CSU Los Angeles have shared some names and faced backlash and litigation.