Daniel Pearl


Daniel Pearl was a journalist for the Wall Street Journal with American and Israeli citizenship. He was kidnapped by Pakistani militants and later murdered in Pakistan.

Pearl was born in Princeton, New Jersey to Ruth and Judea Pearl. His mother is of Iraqi Jewish descent and his father is Israeli, of PolishJewish descent. His family moved to the Encino district of Los Angeles, California, when his father took a position with UCLA. His father, Judea Pearl, is a professor of Computer Science and Statistics, and director of the Cognitive Systems Laboratory at UCLA. He has received the Turing Award. The history of the family and its connections to Israel are described by Judea Pearl in the LA Times article, Roots in the Holy Land.

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