Rabbi Peter E. Tarlow has since 1983 been the executive director

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 of Texas A&M Hillel

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. He is a scholar in the area of tourism safety, a consultant for the tourism industry, and the founder of "Tourism & More Inc." He works for the city of Arlington, Texas

Arlington, Texas

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 as a security consultant in preparation for the 2011 Super Bowl

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. Dr. Tarlow's scholarship in the field of tourism and security has been relied upon by mainstram media for his expertise. He is the author of "Event Risk Management and Safety," which was reviewed by Security Management (magazine) in 2003 and 2005. In 2007 he was a speaker at The Intelligence Summit

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. His Ph.D. is in sociology

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 and aside from his work at Texas A&M

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, he "teaches 'tourism safety' to police chiefs around the world."

Rabbi Tarlow was ordained as a Reform

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 rabbi at Hebrew Union College in 1974, and served as Assistant Rabbi at Temple Emanuel

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 in Worcester, Massachusetts

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 from 1974 to 1977.

He is married to Sara Alpern

Sara Alpern

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, an associate professor of history at Texas A&M who specializes in women's studies.