{"id":783,"date":"2026-07-23T22:16:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=783"},"modified":"2026-07-23T22:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:16:22","slug":"us-agency-drops-bid-to-force-penn-to-provide-names-in-antisemitism-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=783","title":{"rendered":"US Agency Drops Bid to Force Penn to Provide Names in Antisemitism Probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>By Daniel Wiessner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>July 23 (Reuters) &#8211; The U.S. Equal Employment \u2060Opportunity \u2060Commission on Thursday abandoned \u2060efforts to force the University of Pennsylvania to turn over names \u200band contact information for Jewish faculty and students, backing away from a legal dispute that \u200chad become a flashpoint in \u200cthe Trump administration&#8217;s antisemitism investigation of the Ivy League school.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=781\">Republicans Turn to Olive Garden for SAVE America Act Talking Points<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The agency told a federal \u2060appeals court \u2060that it would drop a subpoena issued last year and that \u200bPenn in turn would end its appeal of a judge&#8217;s ruling requiring compliance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Withdrawing the subpoena does not mean the commission has dropped its broader investigation into Penn, and the agency could \u200bstill take legal action against the school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The investigation is part of broader efforts \u2060by Republican \u2060President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration \u2060to target \u200bschools and universities that it claims promote what it calls &#8220;woke&#8221; ideologies, including criticism of \u200bIsrael and support for \u2060transgender rights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Penn said in a statement that none of the personal contact information sought by the subpoena had been disclosed and that it remained committed to battling antisemitism and other forms of discrimination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>An EEOC spokesperson declined to comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The commission sued last year to \u2060enforce the subpoena, claiming Penn had refused to hand over discrimination complaints by \u2060Jewish employees, a list of members of Jewish-related campus groups and the names of employees in the school&#8217;s Jewish Studies program.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=779\">Texas Court Says State\u2019s Lawsuit Claiming Midwife Violated Abortion Ban Lacks Evidence<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Without that information, the agency said, it could not contact employees exposed to antisemitic conduct and determine whether the university&#8217;s response was adequate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Penn said it provided nearly 900 pages of documents to the EEOC and offered to notify employees about the investigation, but declined to provide personal information sought by the agency, citing confidentiality concerns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>U.S. \u2060District Judge Gerald Pappert in Philadelphia had in March ordered the university to comply with the EEOC subpoena, though he later paused his decision while Penn appealed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Pappert said the subpoena was directly related to the EEOC&#8217;s obligation to \u200binvestigate complaints of discrimination filed by workers.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=777\">Ukraine\u2019s Zelenskiy Says Raytheon Wants to Help Produce Interceptors<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>(Reporting by Daniel Wiessner in \u200bAlbany, New York; Editing by Howard Goller)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. 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