A shame the Islamists did not share his views

Submitted by stanislaus (Ukraine), Mar 27, 2012 at 23:50

Underneath all the tragedy of poor Daniel Pearl's horrific death at the hands of Muslim barbarians lie the terrible irony that he himself was not a practising Jew nor did he, despite his parents' Jewish identity, consider himself Jewish. It goes to show that in this world, it is not how you perceive yourself that matters. Denying one's Judaism is not something one can escape from. The conciliatory activism of his father is excusable as it stems from grief, but still ironic nonetheless.

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