Who is David Gelemter in the Epstein files?

The files show him as a friendly correspondent of Epstein from 2009 to 2015. The name is almost certainly a mis-transcription of David Gelernter, the Yale computer scientist, writer and artist. The emails cover art, books, physics banter, scheduling calls and visits, and a business matter. 5 of the 71 documents that mention him have him in the email header, and Epstein's calendar entries also list a visit to Gelemter's art exhibition.

Did Epstein visit David Gelemter's art exhibition?

Epstein's schedule shows a plan to 'Go meet David Gelemter to view his art: Shma/Listen' at the Yeshiva University Museum on January 15 (printed as 2012 in the files). Lesley Groff's January 15, 2013 reply to Gelemter about which door to use suggests the visit happened that day. The documents reviewed do not describe the visit itself.

Was David Gelernter disciplined over his Epstein emails?

Press reports from February 2026 say Yale launched a review of his emails with Epstein and that he would not teach his course until it was finished. Yale said it does not condone the conduct described. Gelernter defended his 2011 job recommendation and said he had not known Epstein was a sex offender. We could not confirm how the review ended, and the documents reviewed here do not say.

Does appearing in the files mean wrongdoing?

No. Being named in the files does not by itself show wrongdoing. The documents reviewed show friendly, mostly intellectual and professional contact, with no flight logs, legal filings or financial records involving Gelemter. How any single email reflects on him is a separate question from his presence in the archive.

Who is David Gelemter in the Epstein files?

The files show him as a friendly correspondent of Epstein from 2009 to 2015. The name is almost certainly a mis-transcription of David Gelernter, the Yale computer scientist, writer and artist. The emails cover art, books, physics banter, scheduling calls and visits, and a business matter. 5 of the 71 documents that mention him have him in the email header, and Epstein's calendar entries also list a visit to Gelemter's art exhibition.

Did Epstein visit David Gelemter's art exhibition?

Epstein's schedule shows a plan to 'Go meet David Gelemter to view his art: Shma/Listen' at the Yeshiva University Museum on January 15 (printed as 2012 in the files). Lesley Groff's January 15, 2013 reply to Gelemter about which door to use suggests the visit happened that day. The documents reviewed do not describe the visit itself.

Was David Gelernter disciplined over his Epstein emails?

Press reports from February 2026 say Yale launched a review of his emails with Epstein and that he would not teach his course until it was finished. Yale said it does not condone the conduct described. Gelernter defended his 2011 job recommendation and said he had not known Epstein was a sex offender. We could not confirm how the review ended, and the documents reviewed here do not say.

Does appearing in the files mean wrongdoing?

No. Being named in the files does not by itself show wrongdoing. The documents reviewed show friendly, mostly intellectual and professional contact, with no flight logs, legal filings or financial records involving Gelemter. How any single email reflects on him is a separate question from his presence in the archive.

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David Gelemter appears in the files as a direct, long-running correspondent of Jeffrey Epstein. The spelling is almost certainly an OCR error for David Gelernter, the Yale computer scientist and artist. The emails run from 2009 to 2015 and cover art, literature, business matters and meetings.

Gelemter is in the From/To/Cc header of 5 emails, and the archive has 71 documents that mention him, 67 of them emails. Many of those are Epstein's calendar and itinerary emails, which repeat a January 15, 2013 entry (the files print it as 2012) to view his art show 'Shma/Listen: the Art of David Gelemter' at the Yeshiva University Museum. The rest are personal exchanges in 2009–2011 and 2015 between Gelemter and Epstein, and between Gelemter and Epstein's assistant Lesley Groff, about scheduling calls and visits. No flight logs, legal filings or financial records mention him.

Key Highlights

•Direct correspondence: Gelemter is in the headers of emails from 2011, 2011 (an out-of-office reply) and October 2015. The 2015 emails include scheduling with Lesley Groff, and one from Daniel Gelemter to Epstein and David Gelemter is headed 'numbers follow-up'.
•In December 2009, Epstein and Gelemter exchanged a long, informal series of emails on art, Hebrew letterforms, Franz Kline, Nabokov's 'Lolita' and physics. In one, Epstein is quoted replying 'humberts yahweh' to Gelemter's praise of a Nabokov phrase.
•Epstein's calendar emails list 'Go meet David Gelemter to view his art' at 5:30 on Tuesday, January 15, with the Yeshiva University Museum show at 15 West 16th Street. The same entry appears in about a dozen calendar documents. Lesley Groff's January 15, 2013 reply to Gelemter about the entrance ('Only one door--north side of the block') suggests the visit happened.
•A May 2011 email from Gelemter describes a meeting with 'the hedge fund's candidates' and says 'in their deal, we're a footnote.' A December 2010 email has him inviting Epstein to New Haven to see his paintings and the campus. Epstein replies by asking whether there is a helipad nearby.
•A 2009 email thread shows Victoria Stodden telling Epstein that she has a call 'with David Gelemter' about her research on reproducibility in computational science. Epstein answers 'im available'.
•Public coverage in February 2026, including Newsweek, Fortune and the College Fix, reported that Yale removed Gelernter from teaching pending a review. The reports cite an October 2011 email in which he recommended a Yale student to Epstein for a job and called her a 'v small goodlooking blonde.' Gelernter defended the note and told CT Insider he did not know Epstein was a sex offender. That email is not among the documents reviewed for this entry.

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Jan. 15th Tues. Jan. 15 2012-NY -Reminder: Ben Goertzel to depart around now, Jan. 15th or so ( 9:00am Coffee w/Justin Nelson (n ) 5:30 Go meet David Gelemter to view his art: Shma/Listen: the Art of David Gelemter at Yeshiva University Museum, 15 West 16th Street EFTA00398635

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d see if it might be possible for you and your son to come visit him this week. Please let me know!! thank you, Lesley On Oct 6, 2015, at 12:02 PM, David Gelemter > wrote: Great--many thanks! On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Lesley Groff < wrote: Perfect! See you then! On Oct 6, 2015, at 11:53 AM, David G

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early Friday! If we can't make it work this time we will make it work early November. No worries Sent from my iPhone On Oct 11, 2015, at 8:29 PM, David Gelemter wrote: Lesley-- is 10:30 on Fri 10/16 possible, by any chance? And how come you're working Sunday nights, setting a bad example for the rest of u

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on Tues. Jan. 15th Tues. Jan. 15 2012-NY -Reminder: Ben Goertzel to depart around now, Jan. 15th or so 9:00am Coffee w/Justin Nelson 5:30 Go meet David Gelemter to view his art: Shma/Listen: the Art of David Gelemter at Yeshiva University Museum, EFTA00659194

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fee w/Justin Nelson 12:30 Lunch w/Leon Botstein (Awating confirmation of time from Catherine) EFTA00659223 1:45 Appt w/Ben Goertzel 5:30 Go meet David Gelemter to view his art: Shma/Listen: the Art of David Gelemter at Yeshiva University Museum, 15 West 16th Street id Wed. Jan. 16 2012-NY 6:30 Haircut w/P

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posed Kovel Letter. Phil to provide the Dial In Details. 12:30 Lunch w/Leon Botstein (Catherine, assistant: 1:45 Appt w/Ben Goertzel 5:30 Go meet David Gelemter to view his art: Shma/Listen: the Art of David Gelemter at Yeshiva University Museum, 15 West 16th Street EFTA00397981 The information contained

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EFTA00397986.pdf

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EFTA00398014

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ustin Nelson ( 12:30 Lunch w/Leon Botstein (Awating confirmation of time from Catherine) EFTA00398014 1:45 Appt w/Ben Goertzel ( )( 5:30 Go meet David Gelemter to view his art: Shma/Listen: the Art of David Gelemter at Yeshiva University Museum, 15 West 16th Street Wed. Jan. 16 2012-NY 6:30 Haircut w/Patr

EFTA00699959.pdf

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effrey Epstein <e wrote: >» im available 561 655 7626 >» >>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Victoria Stodden >» > wrote: >» >>>> It's with David Gelemter. Remember how my current research has >>» been on >>>> facilitating reproducibility in computational science? One of the >>» main >>>> bathers is

EFTA00743168.pdf

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ubject: Re: heading out soon -- could we talk later? (4? ) Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:23:57 +0000 i'll call at 530 On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:21 PM, David Gelemter < wrote: or any time after 5:30? On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> wrote: ********************************

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stein <[email protected]> To:' Subject: Re: Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:54:12 +0000 the lay them on their side On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:38 AM, David Gelemter < > wrote: Fair enough. (Int thought: thanks.) But the double-concave lines of shin & aleph, in a sense the "most important" letters, are beautifu

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6:04:49 +0000 or abstract the openess of some of the letters. tsadeh as dancing girl, khaf as a stroke in a Kline. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:53 AM, David Gelemter > wrote: Actually did that once. Thinking about the curves just as curves, like the curves of a well-designed car (say aston db9, ferarri califomi

EFTA00743229.pdf

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e: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:04:37 +0000 i understand, the corsets can be off to the sides of the canvass„ free yourself On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:54 AM, David Gelemter < > wrote: but these strokes are different from kline just b/c they have boundaries -- restraints -- corsets -- & therefore, tension. On Mon, Dec

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wrote: Yes but inthe gift she feats the dripping as a foreign tongue with it's impenetrable rythm Sent from my iPhone On Dec 10, 2009, at 9:54 AM, David Gelemter > wrote: Lolita's central young-love scene is on the beach (the girl hopping on one leg as she gets back into her panties is unforgettable, brilli

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2012-NY 9:00am Coffee w/Justin Nelson EFTA00398129 12:30 Lunch w/Leon Botstein (Catherine, assistant: 1:45 Appt w/Ben Goertzel d 5:30 Go meet David Gelemter to view his art: Shma/Listen: the Art of David Gelemter at Yeshiva University Museum, 15 West 16th Street Wed. Jan. 16, 2012-NY 6:30 Haircut w/Pat

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2-NY 9:00am Coffee w/Justin Nelson 12:30 Lunch w/Leon Botstein (Awating confirmation of time from Catherine) 1:45 Appt w/Ben Goertzel 5:30 Go meet David Gelemter to view his art: Shma/Listen: the Art of David Gelemter at Yeshiva University Museum, 15 West 16th Street ??? Will Dinner w/Dr. Magnani, Dr. Lamste

EFTA00398699.pdf

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el to depart around now ( 9:00am Coffee w/Justin Nelson X TBD TENTATIVE Lunch w/Leon Botstein & Bamaby Marsh (can everyone do this?) 5:30 Go meet David Gelemter to view his art: Shma/Listen: the Art of David Gelemter at Yeshiva University Museum, 15 West 16th Street d Wed. Jan. 16, 2012-NY Thurs. Jan. 17,

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: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:47:27 +0000 That will be just great. We appreciate your effort to help out. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 14, 2011, at 8:19 PM, David Gelemter wrote: I can leave at 6, which ought to get me there by 8. But the traffic is unpredictable & could be later. In short will do my best, & if Jeffre

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From: Lesley Groff To:" Subject: Re: Jeffrey Epstein Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:08:09 +0000 super...thanks! On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:58 AM, David Gelemter wrote: Lesley-- right, thanks. Only one door--north side o f the block-- David On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Lesley Groff < > wrote: Hello Da

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