The Trump administration is investigating alleged mishandling of Jew-hatred at the California State University system, according to an email that Mildred Garcia, the public system’s chancellor, penned to the school’s community on Friday.
According to the email, which JNS viewed, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency, “initiated a systemwide antisemitism complaint” against the school and has contacted “some faculty and staff members across the system to review allegations of antisemitism and to speak with them about their experiences on campus.”
The university system “is and has always been committed to operating within all applicable state and federal law, and we will cooperate fully with both federal actions,” the chancellor wrote.
Amy Bentley-Smith, a spokeswoman for the chancellor’s office, told JNS that the university system “unequivocally condemns antisemitism and continues to comply with longstanding federal and state anti-discrimination laws, as well as CSU policies.”
The system “is committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful and supportive learning and working environment for all members of our community,” she said.
A spokesman for the federal agency told JNS that “under federal law, charges filed with the EEOC are confidential.” The agency “can neither confirm nor deny the existence of any charge,” the spokesman said.
