An extraordinary open letter to Professor Cornel West has been published in the Jewish Journal by Judea Pearl, chancellor’s professor of computer science and statistics at UCLA, father of Daniel Pearl, and president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation.  For reasons inexplicable to me, Professor West has been invited to UCLA to deliver an address in honor of a noted Jewish theologian.  Professor Pearl calls him out for his political activities that could have no consequence other than destroying the Jewish state: Dear Professor West, This is a humble request sent to you from a rank-and-file Jewish professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, where you are scheduled to deliver a keynote address in honor of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, titled “Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity.” My request may sound odd, perhaps even audacious, but it needs to be said as we are preparing to commemorate the life and legacy of Rabbi Heschel, his moral grandeur...(Read Full Post)