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Sivan Rahav-Meir
is a media personality and lecturer. She lives in Jerusalem with her husband, Yedidya, and their five children, and
serves as World Mizrachi’s Scholar-in-Residence. She is a primetime anchor on Channel 2 News, has a column
in Israel’s largest newspaper, Yediot Acharonot, and has a weekly radio show on Galei Tzahal (Army Radio).
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