The University of Southern California is facing a federal probe over its handling of a high-profile case involving a Jewish student who resigned from student government, citing anti-Semitic harassment.
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation on July 15 into a complaint filed by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law on behalf of Rose Ritch, who stepped down as Undergraduate Student Government vice president in August 2020.
Ms. Ritch faced a “concerted campaign of anti-Semitic harassment” over her support for Israel and her Jewish identity by students who were “determined to rid the USG of all Jewish Zionists,” according to the complaint filed in November 2020.