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Columbia Jewish Faculty File EEOC Discrimination Complaints

6/4/2026

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Jewish faculty at Columbia filed EEOC discrimination complaints before the June 3 deadline, citing a hostile environment.
The complaints allege doxing, death threats and verbal abuse after professors defended Palestinian-rights protesters, noting that a Columbia antisemitism taskforce report falsely labeled them as calling for an end to Israel.
The EEOC fund, created by a $21 million settlement with U.S. President Donald Trump, offers Title VII protection for religion, race and national origin.

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Jewish faculty at Columbia filed EEOC discrimination complaints before the June 3 deadline, citing a hostile environment.
The complaints allege doxing, death threats and verbal abuse after professors defended Palestinian-rights protesters, noting that a Columbia antisemitism taskforce report falsely labeled them as calling for an end to Israel.
The EEOC fund, created by a $21 million settlement with U.S. President Donald Trump, offers Title VII protection for religion, race and national origin.