To the editor: Has history ever looked kindly on the governments or nation states that instituted laws, obligations, regulations or policies specific to identifying those of its own citizens as “Jewish” (“Judge says Penn must turn over information about Jewish employees in U.S. discrimination probe,” March 31)?
Additionally, by what measure would such a requirement today discern, with all consideration to the absurdity deserved, how Jewish? Religious or secular? Orthodox or not? Assimilated, but not too much? Of course, that’s just for starters.
From a purely practical perspective, what is the University of Pennsylvania to do in adhering to the court’s order? Are we supposed to assume the university, as a matter of regular practice, maintains employment records that have a “certain” designation listed next to each worker? Penn has already said it does not “maintain employee lists by religion.”…