Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002)

Daniel Pearl’s Wiki

On the image to the right, the text in Arabic reads: “My name is (Daniel Pearl), I am a Jewish-American…” The English transcript of the text reads [sic]:

• “My name is Daniel Pearl. I am a Jewish American from Encino, California USA.”
• “I come from, uh, on my father’s side the family is Zionist.”
• “My father’s Jewish, my mother’s Jewish, I’m Jewish.”
• “My family follows Judaism. We’ve made numerous family visits to Israel.”
• “Back in the town of Bnei Brak there is a street named after my great grandfather Chaim Pearl who is one of the founders of the town.”

(I had a long debate with myself about whether or not to include the execution of video of Daniel Pearl in this post.  Part of me feels everyone should see it, but I understand many people don’t feel this way so I’ve put a link to it,  execution video.)