Walter Reich is an American magazine editor, psychiatrist, and writer. He was the 2003 recipient of the

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Appointments

In the past, Reich held the roles of director of the

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust. Adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the USHMM provides for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust his ...

, located in Washington, D.C. ensuring its establishment as an

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with serious scholarship; at

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, located in

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; a resident in psychiatry, working at the

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, located in Washington, D.C.; and was co-chair of the

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, located in

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. , he held the positions of:

Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (; he, יִצְחָק רַבִּין, ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until h ...

Memorial Professor of International Affairs, Ethics and Human Behavior at the

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, located in Washington, D.C.; a contributing editor of '' The Wilson Quarterly''; senior scholar at the

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, located in Washington, D.C.; a lecturer in psychiatry at Yale University; and a professor of psychiatry at the

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, located in Bethesda,

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. He was a fellow of the

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of the

Awards

In 2003–2004, Reich received the AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility. He has also received the Solomon A. Berson Medical Alumni Achievement Award in Health Science from the

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Publications

Reich wrote ''A Stranger in My House: Jews and Arabs in the West Bank'' (published by Holt), co-wrote ''State of the Struggle: Report on the Battle Against Global Terrorism'' (published by

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), and edited ''Origins of Terrorism: Psychologies, Ideologies, Theologies, States of Mind'' (co-published by

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and

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). He has also contributed to various publications, including: * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

The Atlantic Monthly ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...

'' * '' Harper's'' * ''

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'' * ''

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Family

Reich is married to novelist

Tova Reich Tova is a given name, nickname and a surname. Notable people with this name include: Given name * Saint Tova of Thorney (died ), Anglo-Saxon martyr * Tova of the Obotrites (, Slavic princess and queen consort of Denmark * Tova Beck-Friedman ( ...

(Sister of Rabbi

Avi Weiss Avraham Haim Yosef (Avi) haCohen Weiss ( he, אברהם חיים יוסף הכהן ווייס; born June 24, 1944) is an American Open Orthodox ordained rabbi, author, teacher, lecturer, and activist who led the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in T ...

). They have three children, among them archaeogeneticist David Reich.

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