Jonathan S. Tobin has written an article titled “I Am Jewish” — Remembering Daniel Pearl as the 10th anniversary of the journalist's kidnapping approaches this week.
But though this anniversary is a sad one, his last words must also serve as a reassurance the Islamists who murdered him will not prevail. Though an Islamist winter has followed the Arab spring, the words “I am Jewish” resonate today as the cry of a Jewish people who will not perish.
Read full article: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/01/24/daniel-pearl-jewish-al-qaeda/#more-781851
In the video below, the menorah that belonged to Daniel Pearl's great-grandfather is kindled at a White House Chanukah lighting ceremony in 2007 with Geroge W. Bush and the Pearls in attendance.
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