Penn Fights EEOC in Antisemitism Probe

0:00It's April 1st. Welcome to Sydney News Today, powered by AI. A federal judge just ruled that University of Pennsylvania employees don't have to chat with equal employment opportunity commission investigators. Probing anti-Semitism claims, but the agency still gets a shot at talking to them directly to hunt for discrimination evidence. Pinfire back to a spokesperson, saying they're all in on fighting anti-Semitism and discrimination, and they've already taken steps to handle. These issues, the school plans to appeal the decision, citing big privacy worries and first amendment red flags, over handing over lists of Jewish faculty and staff, contact info. They don't even keep employee rosters by religion. The judge didn't hold back on Penn's rhetoric, calling it unfortunate and out of line for comparing the EEOC's outreach to Nazi tactics during the Holocaust. Meanwhile, experts know it's standard for federal probes into religious discrimination to ask for targeted employee identities to reach potential. Victims.

1:00This all stems from ugly incidents like anti-Semitic shouts and property damage at a Jewish student center, a swastika on a building, hateful graffiti, near-Frat House, plus fallout from Gaza War protests, and the school's response. As the EEOC pushes forward, arguing Penn's workplace is flooded with anti-Semitism and needs witness IDs to prove a hostile environment. Expect this. Legal battle to heat up with Penn's appeal on deck.