Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons, second left, looks on as US Rabbi Marc Schneier president and founder of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU), second right, and the Western Wall rabbi, Shmuel Rabinovich, right, touch stones of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, June 21, 2012. The cofounder of the pioneering Def Jam Recordings record label, which has represented such artists like the Beastie Boys, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, LL Cool J and Kanye West, is in Israel on the invitation of Israeli President Shimon Peres.(AP Photo/Blake Sobczak)
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