Peter Tarlow

Last updated
Peter Tarlow
Born (1946-05-04) May 4, 1946 (age 77)
Occupation(s) Rabbi
Professor at Texas A&M University
Spouse Sara Alpern Tarlow
Children2, and 1 stepchild

Peter E. Tarlow (born May 4, 1946) is a rabbi and was the executive director of Texas A&M Hillel from 1983 to 2013. [1] [2] He is a scholar in the area of tourism safety, a consultant for the tourism industry, and the founder of Tourism & More Inc. [3] [4] He worked as a security consultant to the city of Arlington, Texas, in preparation for Super Bowl XLV. [5] Tarlow's scholarship in tourism and security has been relied upon by mainstream media for his expertise. [6] [7] He is the author of "Event Risk Management and Safety," which was reviewed by Security Management magazine in 2003 and 2005. [8] [9] In 2007 he was a speaker at The Intelligence Summit. [3] His Ph.D. is in sociology and aside from his work at Texas A&M, he "teaches 'tourism safety' to police chiefs around the world". [10]

Tarlow was ordained as a Reform rabbi at Hebrew Union College in 1974, and served as Assistant Rabbi at Temple Emanuel in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1974 to 1977.

He is married to Sara Alpern and has two children and one stepchild.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tourism</span> Travel for recreational or leisure purposes

Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be domestic or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Texas House of Representatives</span> Lower house of Texass legislature

The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no term limits. The House meets at the State Capitol in Austin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Schieffer</span> American diplomat and entrepreneur (born 1947)

John Thomas Schieffer is an American diplomat and entrepreneur who served as U.S. Ambassador to Australia from 2001 to 2005 and as U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 2005 to 2009.

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, also known as Hillel International, is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, working with thousands of college students globally. Hillel is represented at more than 850 colleges and communities throughout North America and globally, including 30 communities in the former Soviet Union, nine in Israel, and five in South America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yehuda Krinsky</span> American Hasidic rabbi and Chabad administrator

Chaim Yehuda ("Yudel") Krinsky is a rabbi and a leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. He served in various positions of the movement's administrative staff since 1954, and as a personal secretary to its chief rabbi, Menachem Mendel Schneerson and is chairman of the movement's main institutions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Chertoff</span> American government official (born 1953)

Michael Chertoff is an American-Israeli attorney who was the second United States Secretary of Homeland Security to serve under President George W. Bush. Chertoff also served for one additional day under President Barack Obama. He was the co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act. Chertoff previously served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, as a federal prosecutor, and as Assistant U.S. Attorney General. He succeeded Tom Ridge as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security on February 15, 2005.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Texas City refinery explosion</span> 2005 deadly refinery accident

The Texas City refinery explosion occurred on March 23, 2005, when a flammable hydrocarbon vapor cloud ignited and violently exploded at the isomerization process unit of the BP oil refinery in Texas City, Texas, killing 15 workers, injuring 180 others and severely damaging the refinery. All the fatalities were contractors working out of temporary buildings located close to the unit to support turnaround activities. Property loss was $200 million. When including costs of repairs, deferred production, fines and settlements, the explosion is the world's costliest refinery accident.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Washington metropolitan area</span> Metropolitan area in the United States

The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the DC area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV, is the metropolitan area centered around Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States. The metropolitan area includes all of Washington, D.C. and parts of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area, which is the third-largest combined statistical area in the country.

Supply chain security activities aim to enhance the security of the supply chain or value chain, the transport and logistics systems for the world's cargo and to "facilitate legitimate trade". Their objective is to combine traditional practices of supply-chain management with the security requirements driven by threats such as terrorism, piracy, and theft. A healthy and robust supply chain absent from security threats requires safeguarding against disturbances at all levels such as facilities, information flow, transportation of goods, and so on. A secure supply chain is critical for organizational performance.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">International School of Information Management</span>

The International School of Information Management (ISiM) is the first Indian i-School and is an autonomous constituent institute of the University of Mysore, located in Mysore in Karnataka, Southern India. ISiM was conceptualised and established in 2005, in collaboration with the leading information schools in the U.S – namely the School of Information at the University of Michigan, the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, and the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bangalore, and Dalhousie University of Canada. ISiM was established with grants from the Ford Foundation and Bangalore based Informatics India Pvt. Ltd.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Intelligence and National Security Alliance</span> Security Agency in Arlington

The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) is a non-profit, nonpartisan 501(c)(6) professional organization based in Arlington, Virginia for the public and private sector members of the United States Intelligence Community.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jimmy Kessler</span> American rabbi from Texas

James Lee Kessler, the founder of the Texas Jewish Historical Society, was the first native Texan to serve as rabbi of Congregation B'nai Israel in Galveston, Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baruch Lanner</span> American former Orthodox rabbi (born 1949)

Baruch S. Lanner is an American former Orthodox rabbi who was convicted of child sexual abuse.

Jewish settlement in Brazos County, Texas, began in 1865. This history includes the present Jewish communities and individuals of Brazos County and Texas A&M University.

David Samson is an Orthodox rabbi and one of the leading English-speaking Torah scholars in the Religious Zionist movement in Israel, and an educational entrepreneur. Rabbi Samson has written six books, most of which are on the teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook and Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook.

Neil Martin is an English Formula One strategist who was the former head of strategy at Scuderia Ferrari.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julian Talbot (writer)</span>

Julian Talbot is an Australian writer, speaker and consultant on risk management. He is co-author of the book Security Risk Management Body of Knowledge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gabi Siboni</span>

Gabriel "Gabi" Siboni is a colonel in the Israel Defense Forces Reserve service, and a senior research fellow and the director of the Military and Strategic Affairs and Cyber Security programs at the Institute for National Security Studies. Additionally, he serves as editor of the tri-yearly published, Military and Strategic Affairs academic journal at INSS. Siboni is a senior expert on national security, military strategy and operations, military technology, cyber warfare, and force buildup. Siboni is an Associate Professor, working specificaly in the management of Cyber Security and a part-time lecturer at the Francisco de Vitoria University in Madrid

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Larry Barton</span>

Laurence Barton more commonly known as Larry Barton is an American risk management consultant, author and professor. He served as the president of The American College from 2003 to 2013. Concurrent with his role at The American College, he is an expert guest speaker at The FBI Academy and at The U.S. Marshals Service.

Eduardo Octavio Trejos Lalli is a Costa Rican internationalist, private consultant and politician. Trejos is the current Costa Rican representative in the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. Trejos was also Director of National Intelligence and Security and has held the position of Deputy Foreign Minister, interim Foreign Minister and Ambassador of Costa Rica to Nicaragua

References

  1. Kiely, Maggie (May 17, 2013). "Peter Tarlow retiring as rabbi at Hillel Foundation". The Bryan-College Station Eagle . Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  2. Gabrielle Birkner (May 6, 2005). "A Cushy Fit In Bush Country". The Jewish Week. Archived from the original on May 16, 2005. Retrieved December 30, 2007.
  3. 1 2 "The Intelligence Summit Conference 2007 Speakers and Organizers". The Intelligence Summit. 2007. Retrieved July 9, 2008.
  4. Lacy Ledford (June 30, 2004). "Senate approves $20 million for A&M's NERRTC". The Battalion . Retrieved December 31, 2007.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. Jeff Carlton (December 27, 2007). "Arlington bills itself Texas' playground". USA Today . Retrieved July 9, 2008.
  6. David Grossman (September 5, 2006). "Safety and security misconceptions and myths". USA Today . Retrieved July 10, 2008.
  7. Elissa Leibowitz Poma (December 10, 2004). "Staying Safe in Rio". The Washington Post . Retrieved July 10, 2008.
  8. "Event Risk Management and Safety (Book Review)". Security Management. April 1, 2003. Retrieved July 9, 2008.
  9. "Event Risk Management and Safety (Book Review)". Security Management. May 5, 2005. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2008.
  10. David Wallis (August 1, 1999). "THE WORD ON . . . Tourism Safety". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2008.