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US agency drops bid to force Penn to provide list of Jewish employees in antisemitism probe

Withdrawing the subpoena does not mean the commission has dropped its broader investigation into Penn, and the agency could still take legal action against the school.

 University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill testifies before a House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing titled "Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2023.
A view from the University of Pennsylvania on April 18, 2025.

Penn calls gov't demand for list of Jewish employees ‘disturbing and unconstitutional'

 Pro-Palestine protesters march past a Star of David made of Israeli flags on Columbia University campus, during a march in support of a protest encampment supporting Palestinians in New York City, U.S., April 29, 2024.

UPenn announces new office to fight religious intolerance in wake of anti-Israel protests

 UNIVERSITY OF Pennsylvania campus.

Police dismantles pro-Palestine encampments and arrests dozens at Penn and MIT


America's culture wars erase Jewish suffering - opinion

The suffering of Jews on campus and the harrowing experiences they face have been subsumed by America’s culture wars.

 STUDENTS FLY an aerial banner that reads ‘Harvard hates Jews,’ over Harvard University, last month.

University of Penn professors in Israel speak out on US campus antisemitism

Penn and other US colleges have simmered with tension over the Israel-Hamas war. Students have clashed at protests, and university administrators have faced criticism for their responses.

 Faculty and representatives from the University of Pennsylvania tour Kibbutz Kfar Aza, following the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas, in southern Israel January 3, 2024.

UPenn professors embark on high-level faculty solidarity mission to Israel

‘We sought to bear comfort to our brothers and sisters in Israel and to more fully absorb the depth of this trauma’

 UPenn professors tour Israel's south, January 2024

Austrian university severs ties with Harvard over antisemitism concerns

Presidents from MIT, Harvard, and UPenn testified following a Department of Education investigation into rising antisemitic incidents since the Hamas terror attack on Israel.

Buildings in Harvard Yard are reflected in frozen puddle at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 20, 2015.

US universities are teaching their students to be antisemitic - opinion

Like many interactions during the hearing, the vast distance between non-campus and campus, between “town and gown,” was clear. Ideological diversity is simply not a campus value.

 US REPRESENTATIVE Elise Stefanik (R-NY) speaks during a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing titled ‘Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism,’ on December 5

Jewish groups confront new questions: What counts as calling for genocide?

Swift and widespread outrage followed the hearing, leading to the resignation of Penn’s president and placing pressure on the other two leaders.

 PROF. DARIA Mochly-Rosen of California’s Stanford University.

Penn’s Jewish students say problems remain after president resigns

University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill declined to state clearly that calls for the genocide of Jews violated school rules. On Saturday, she stepped down.

 STUDENTS TAKE part in protest organized by Harvard Jews for Palestine, at Harvard University last week

The struggle for justice for Jewish students on college campuses - opinion

When it comes to protecting marginalized students on campus, it seems some groups are "more equal than others," the author writes.

 A US HOUSE and Workforce Committee hearing, ‘Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism,’ takes place this past week.

Combating antisemitism on college campuses like UPenn - opinion

Colleges and universities across the US have an opportunity and responsibility to take bold action and reassert strong commitments to safe communities for their Jewish students.

 Visitors seen standing next to a display of swastika banners at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 26, 2022, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

UPenn should care about Jewish students - opinion

The entire Palestine Writes festival is just a front to spread antisemitic hate.

 ROGER WATERS: After UPenn decided to ban him from entering campus, he participated in the Palestine Writes literature festival over Zoom, says the writer.