Justice Department Sues UCLA Over Alleged Anti-Semitic Work Environment

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

Pro-Palestinian activists protest against the Israel–Hamas war on the University of California–Los Angeles campus on April 25, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Justice Department sued the University of California on Feb. 24, alleging that 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 that UCLA engaged in a pattern of discrimination against Jewish and Israeli staff after the massacre in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, carried out by the Hamas terrorist group. Prosecutors say the institution’s anti-discrimination policy was poorly designed and made it difficult for victims to report hostile work environment claims.