Micah Halpern
Before moving to Israel, Micah Halpern was a long-standing educator with Young Judaea and lecturer at Yale University. He has also taught at Brandeis University and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
In 1997, he was appointed Israel columnist for America Online and writes a weekly syndicated column on foreign affairs, the Middle East and terror. He is also a frequent guest analyst on TV and radio. He frequently contributes commentary and religious viewpoint for network television including CNN, ABC and TLC. He has been the historical adviser for PBS’s four-part series on Herod and is featured in The History Channel’s special on Masada.
During the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Halpern was the CBS-2 TV commentator on terror and the Middle East. He often provides commentary and analysis on MSNBC. As an expert on terrorism, he has also been invited to consultations in the White House.
Halpern continues to lecture to student groups in the fields of political terror and world terrorism, Middle East dynamics, Jewish history, Holocaust, Zionism and philosophy and Israeli society and politics.
In his spare time, Halpern writes a column on kosher wines. He is the only exclusively kosher wine reviewer in the Western world.
A native of Annapolis, he currently divides his time between Jerusalem and New York City.
