A complaint has been filed with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Read this full article here.
Jewish university students are moving forward with a federal complaint they filed against the University of Illinois back in March. Click here to read the full story.
The complaint, filed in March and announced Friday, addresses antisemitic activity on the campus going back to 2015. Click here to read the full story.
A complaint filed with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights alleges that Jewish students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign “faced anunrelenting campaign of anti-Semitic harassment.” Click here to read the full article.
Over the past five years, the Jewish and pro-Israel students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (“UIUC”) have been subjected to a hostile environment of anti-Semitism. The anti-Semitism comes from both ends of the political spectrum: Jewish and pro-Israel students are peppered with swastikas by white supremacists on the extreme right while being labeled white supremacists by the extreme left. The situation has deteriorated to such an extent that in December 2019, the UIUC student body president circulated a university-wide emailcondemning the “epidemic of antisemitism on this campus.” This poisonous atmosphere has hindered the ability of Jewish and pro-Israel students to participate in UIUC’s classes and activities. Click here to read the full summary.