Richard Boudreaux, Times Jerusalem bureau chief, has reported from more than 50 countries as a correspondent in Latin America, Europe, the former Soviet Union and the Middle East. His work has earned Columbia University's Maria Moors Cabot Prize and an Overseas Press Club award. He is a graduate of Baton Rouge High School, the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and the School of International Affairs at Columbia University. He is a competitive long-distance runner. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife, a retired journalist, and has a grown daughter who teaches third graders with learning disabilities at a New York City public school in East Harlem. His parents live in Louisiana, where his nonagenarian father leads a jazz band.

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