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NYS Gov. Andrew Cuomo and President Reuven Rivlin met in Jerusalem, August 13, 2014.

The New York delegation also includes Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Executive Chairman of Boston Properties, Publisher of the Daily News, and Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of U.S. News and World Report, as well as members of the Governor’s family: Kenneth Cole, CEO of Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.; Neil Cole, CEO, President and Chairman of the Board of Iconix Brand Group, Inc.; and Howard S. Maier, Chairman Emeritus of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County.

New York is home to more than 1.7 million Jews, representing the largest Jewish community outside of Israel in the world. This is Cuomo’s fourth trip to Israel, although his first as Governor of New York State.

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Rachel Levy is a freelance journalist who has written for Jewish publications in New York, New Jersey and Israel.