Justice Department Sues UCLA Over Alleged Anti-Semitic Work Environment

Prosecutors allege no one was disciplined after the university received hundreds of complaints about anti-Semitism.

Pro-Palestinian activists protest against the Israel-Hamas conflict on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on April 25, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Justice Department sued the University of California on Feb. 24, alleging its Los Angeles campus (UCLA) fosters a hostile work environment for Jewish and Israeli faculty and staff in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The lawsuit claims UCLA engaged in a pattern of discrimination against Jewish and Israeli staff after the Hamas-led massacre in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Prosecutors say the institution’s anti-discrimination policy was poorly designed and made it difficult for victims to report hostile work environment claims.