Federal agency finds 'reasonable cause' that Chicago university discriminated against Jewish, Israeli professors

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has found “reasonable cause to believe” that the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) discriminated against three Jewish and Israeli professors. According to StandWithUs, a pro-Israel nonprofit that supported the professors, the EEOC investigation found sufficient evidence of discriminatory harassment at UIC's Chicago campus since at least January 2022. This alleged discrimination may violate Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Deedee Bitran, senior counsel at StandWithUs, stated, “This exposes systemic antisemitism that the university had every opportunity to address and didn’t.”