House panel seeks records from UCLA and UCSF in antisemitism inquiry

A House Republican committee on Monday demanded years of internal records from three medical schools, including UCLA and UC San Francisco, as part of an investigation into allegations that Jewish students, faculty and patients have faced hostility and that university officials have failed to address the problem. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, gave the institutions two weeks to produce communications and documents dating back to Sept. 1, 2021, saying the panel will examine whether the schools violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by permitting a hostile environment in programs receiving federal funds.

Walberg's letters to the University of California Los Angeles and UC San Francisco medical schools and to the University of Illinois College of Medicine cite complaints that Jewish community members on those campuses have felt compelled to conceal their identities, been subjected to antisemitic tropes and graffiti, and encountered staff or students who made hostile remarks. The committee requested material including emails among administrators, records of complaints and investigations, course materials referenced in complaints...