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Memorial and Book Discussion
On the second anniversary of Daniel Pearl's murder, the public is invited to join Daniel's father and other contributors to the anthology I am Jewish in an evening of reflections and discussion of Daniel's last words.

Tuesday, February 24, 2004 , 8:00pm
Location: Kaufmann Concert Hall,
92nd Street at Lexington Avenue,
New York, NY 10128

eaders this evening include Leon Botstein, Sam Freedman, Debbie Friedman, Daniel Goldhagen, Bernard-Henri Levy, Judea Pearl, Thane Rosenbaum, Vidal Sassoon, Mike Wallace, Rabbi Eric Yoffie, Ida Haendel, Daniel Schorr, Michael Steinhardt and others. Click here for additional details.


The Press Under Fire
February 2003

A number of panels on media and conflict were held to observe the one-year anniversary of Danny's death. All were free and open to the public. The panels were a chance to reflect on the values for which Danny lived, and the risks that journalists around the world continue to face. Panels were held in the following cities:

New York
Boston
Paris

The Daniel Pearl Foundation gratefully appreciates the work of the institutions that organized the events:

New York: The South Asian Journalists Association
Boston: The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy  (Harvard University)
Paris: The Center for the Study of International Communications &
The American University of Paris


INTERFAITH MEMORIAL SERVICES PLANNED TO COMMEMORATE DANIEL PEARL ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HIS TRAGIC DEATH

Memorials Planned in Major Cities; People of All Faiths Invited to Conduct and Attend Services February 20-23 in Show of Solidarity Against Terror and Prejudice

Los Angeles, January 22, 2003 - One year ago, on January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped while on assignment in Karachi, Pakistan. On February 21, the world learned of his senseless and violent murder at the hands of terrorists. Now, on the anniversary of his tragic loss, friends and family of Daniel Pearl invite people of all faiths to join them in remembrance by conducting and participating in interfaith memorial services during the period of February 20-23, in a show of solidarity against terror and intolerance.

Keynote memorial services are being planned in several major cities, including Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, and Jerusalem. The services will remember and honor Daniel Pearl as a Jew, a citizen of the world, and a creator of dialogue, while condemning the madness of his murder and seeking to help restore sanity and humanity to the world.

"We are convinced that our world will be strengthened and more secure when people of courage and goodwill stand together in solidarity to bear witness against terror and the anti-Semitic prejudice that killed our son," said Dr. Judea Pearl, Daniel's father and President of the Daniel Pearl Foundation. "By bringing together people of different beliefs, building trust, and uniting them in a common stand for humanity, Daniel's life - and even his untimely death - will make a difference."

Dr. Pearl will participate in services led by rabbis and other religious and civic leaders at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, at Temple B'nai Jeshurun in New York, and at Temple Beth Tzedec in Toronto. Additionally, the Jerusalem Foundation will conduct a multi-denomination service in Jerusalem at Mishkenot Sha'ananim on Saturday, February 22.

Additional information can be found at the Daniel Pearl Foundation web site (www.danielpearl.org).

Based in Los Angeles, The Daniel Pearl Foundation was founded last year by Daniel's family and friends with the mission of promoting cross-cultural understanding and tolerance through journalism, music, and innovative communications.

   
 
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