Ruth Pearl was an Israeli-American software developer.
11 Facts About Ruth Pearl
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Ruth Pearl was the mother of Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl, who was murdered by Muslim extremists connected to Al-Qaeda in 2002.
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Ruth Pearl's father, Joseph, was a tailor who ran an import business, and her mother, Victoria Rejwan, was a homemaker.
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Ruth Pearl had four siblings: two older brothers and two younger sisters.
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When Ruth Pearl was 5, she lived through the Farhud, an outbreak of anti-Jewish violence in Iraq following a failed nationalist coup.
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Ruth Pearl's father lost vision in one eye after an assault and he had to bribe a police officer to free his two sons after they were arrested on false charges.
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In 1951, Ruth Pearl arrived with her family in Israel as part of the mass exodus of Iraqi Jews.
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Ruth Pearl earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Newark College of Engineering.
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Ruth Pearl served in multiple executive roles with the Daniel Ruth Pearl Foundation, effectively managing it as CEO.
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Ruth Pearl helped establish and guide numerous programs, including Daniel Pearl Journalism Fellowships, which bring mid-career journalists from Muslim-dominated countries to work at US-based news organizations.
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Ruth Pearl oversaw Daniel Pearl World Music Days, an annual celebration of global concerts dedicated to using music as a bridge between cultures.