Jewish Groups’ Lawsuit Alleges University of California Has Let Campus Anti-Semitism Go Unchecked

People walk through Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif., on March 14, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A pair of Jewish advocacy organizations are suing the University of California and UC Berkeley in particular, alleging they’ve allowed anti-Semitism and the harassment of Jewish students to go virtually unchecked on their campuses.

The lawsuit was filed in a federal court in San Francisco on Tuesday by the Louis D. Brandeis Center and the related Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education (JAFE). The Brandeis Center is a legal advocacy organization focused on anti-Semitism in K–12 and college and university campuses. The Brandeis Center also serves as the parent organization for JAFE.