Dave Rich is Head of Policy at the

Community Security Trust The Community Security Trust (CST) is a British charity whose purpose is to provide safety, security, and advice to the Jewish community in the UK. It provides advice, training, representation and research. Founding and mission The Community Sec ...

and is a leading expert on left-wing

antisemitism Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...

, according to ''

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''.Jeremy Corbyn should not get 'benefit of the doubt' over rise of Labour antisemitism, leading author says
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'', 13 December 2018 He is an associate research fellow at the

Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism The Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism was launched in 2010, as a centre for research, teaching, and public policy formation relating to antisemitism and racial intolerance. The Institute is based at Birkbeck, University of London, and ...

, where he completed his PhD. Rich has written a book, published in 2016, '' The Left's Jewish Problem: Jeremy Corbyn, Israel and Anti‑Semitism '' which began as his doctoral dissertation.

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Dr Dave Rich, faculty profile

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