Overview

• Chair Rep. Tim Walberg sent formal letters directing the three institutions to provide extensive emails, complaints and training materials to detail how antisemitism cases were addressed.
• The requests seek “all documents and communications” dating to Sept. 1, 2021, including emails referencing terms such as antisemitism, Jewish, Israel or Palestine, as well as a UCLA task-force report on campus climate.
• The letters cite alleged incidents at UCLA including a required seminar that depicted Jews as oppressors and a professor who led a “free Palestine” chant, at UCSF including Holocaust‑invoking graffiti and staff displaying symbols linked to Hamas, and at UICOM including hostage‑poster removals, a speaker who expressed support for Hamas and inflammatory social media posts.
• Committee leaders say the review will assess potential violations of Title VI and could inform legislative proposals targeting antisemitic discrimination on campuses.
• UCLA is already contending with a federal freeze of more than $500 million in research grants and ongoing negotiations over restoring funds, and the medical school said antisemitism has no place there.