Dave Rich

Dave Rich is an Associate Research Fellow at the Pears Institute for the Study of Anti-Semitism, Birkbeck College, University of London, where he was awarded his PhD in 2015. He works at the Community Security Trust (CST), and is the author of 'The Left's Jewish Problem: Jeremy Corbyn, Israel and Anti-Semitism'.

May 15, 2024 10:14

October 7 and the celebrations that followed on UK streets stirred our deepest demons

The Hamas attack brought together modern anti-Israel activism with centuries of racism, says Dave Rich

May 02, 2023 14:02

The last two weeks show the Guardian's antisemitism blind spot still remains

First Diane Abbot, now Martin Rowson, why can't the left learn from their mistakes?

October 06, 2022 12:52

From Mosley to Corbyn, the fight against the oldest hatred goes on

Finding this balance between reporting on antisemitism and being a voice for the community’s fight against it has been a constant feature of the JC’s coverage of antisemitism throughout its history

February 03, 2022 11:32

Why are far too few antisemitic hate crimes prosecuted?

Met Police and the CPS have all the right policies for tackling Jew-hate – but we need results

December 31, 2021 15:03

Review of 2021: The year anti-Zionism came out of the closet in Britain

The phenomenon of antisemitism was more apparent than ever

December 13, 2021 16:01

Five tropes about Jews in one tweet - good going!

An impressive effort from Janine di Giovanni

December 03, 2021 11:17

Wise up to the coded language of Jew-hatred

The QC hired by Bristol to investigate David Miller has produced a terrible, foolish report

November 05, 2021 12:04

Guess who Prof Miller blames for his sacking?

In the former professor's world there can be no understanding of Zionism as the yearning of a long-exiled people

July 01, 2021 13:01

Deep inside UK's neo-Nazi underground

Dave Rich reveals his role in catching the nail bomber

May 20, 2021 11:14

Why such intense hatred for the Jewish state?

No other issue generates such heat in Britain — and the cause is dark and deep-rooted

April 01, 2021 12:04

We don’t need another definition of Jew hate

Those behind the ‘Jerusalem Declaration’ risk setting back the fight against antisemitism, writes Dave Rich

December 14, 2020 17:45

David Feldman should not be encouraging those who denigrate Jews

The director of Britain's only academic centre for the study of antisemitism "comes dangerously close to a classic antisemitic trope" in his views, write two of the centre's associates

July 23, 2019 09:40

Labour's new antisemitism website raises more questions than it answers

The party thinks the crisis is caused by a small number of members but it is a problem of political culture and institutional racism, writes Dr Dave Rich

October 03, 2018 10:35