President Trump’s recent executive order to combat anti-Semitism has sparked investigations at five U.S. universities, including UC Berkeley. One postdoc at UC Berkeley, Karin Yaniv, has filed a lawsuit against the United Auto Workers (UAW) for discrimination against Israeli Jews. Yaniv details instances where the UAW supported anti-Israel protests on campus, harassed Jewish members, and promoted conspiracy theories about Jewish control. The UAW even passed a resolution supporting the anti-Israel BDS movement, threatening academic freedom for Jewish and Israeli scholars. Yaniv’s lawsuit alleges that the UAW violated civil rights laws by discriminating against her based on race, religion, and nationality. She hopes that holding the UAW accountable will help combat the culture of anti-Semitism on American campuses. The UAW’s actions have raised concerns about the role unions play in fostering discrimination and anti-Semitism in the UC system and beyond. Yaniv’s case sheds light on the challenges faced by Jewish and Israeli academics in a hostile environment.
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