The federal government has been seeking information on Jewish employees and students at Penn since last summer. The EEOC made the claim in a court filing on Monday, accusing the Ivy League university of impeding its investigation. The federal government is seeking information about Jewish students and employees, which the EEOC claims is necessary to identify potential victims and witnesses. Jewish students, scholars and the Penn chapter of the American Association of University Professors have pushed back on the EEOC’s demand. “The government does not have the right to demand the private, personal information of religious minorities.