UC Berkeley to pay $1M, overhaul policies after antisemitism lawsuit settlement

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. UC Berkeley alumna Danielle Sobkin joins 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss her take on antisemitism sweeping college campuses and the importance of having a pro-Israel ally in President Donald Trump. The University of California, Berkeley, will pay $1 million and make changes to its policies on antisemitism after settling a lawsuit with the Brandeis Center. The $1 million penalty will act as a reimbursement to the Brandeis Center for outside attorneys' fees. Under the settlement, UC Berkeley is to prohibit discrimination and harassment based on an individual's actual or perceived religion, shared ancestry, shared ethnicity and/or national or ethnic origin, specifically Jewish or Israeli. The university has also agreed to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. However, in a statement released by UC Ber