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David Gemunder

David Gemunder sits on the boards of several nonprofits that work to counter the spread and impact of antisemitism.

An anti-Israel protest in London in June 2021. Credit: Loredana Sangiuliano/Shutterstock.

The antisemitism double standard

The radical left will not view us as victims, so we will make them accept us as equals.

September 24, 2023

The defining power

Although it has been accepted internationally, the movement to fully adopt the IHRA definition and use it as the foundation to combat anti-Semitism in the United States has not gained traction. Until now.

February 1, 2021

A swastika that was spray-painted on the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) Jewish fraternity house at University of California, Davis. Credit: YouTube.

Pass the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act (and protect the First Amendment)

This should not be a controversial piece of legislation. It doesn’t seek to ban hateful speech, just to define it.

June 5, 2018

In teaching bias, Starbucks winds up displaying it

If the NAACP had been dropped from its bias training, there would have been a national outcry, followed by massive boycott campaigns. In this case, it’s been mostly crickets.

May 7, 2018