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    Mic­ah D. Halpern

    Mic­ah D. Halpern is a colum­nist and a social and polit­i­cal com­men­ta­tor. He is the author of What You Need To Know About: Ter­ror, and main­tains The Mic­ah Report at www​.mic​ah​halpern​.com.
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    Daniel Libeskind
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    Matt Rees
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    Zvi Alexander
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    Leila Leah Bronner
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