Due to unforeseen circumstances, our original speaker, Lucy Aharish, is unable to travel to the U.S. at this time. While we hope to have Aharish join us at a later date, we are pleased to instead welcome Judea Pearl, UCLA Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science and Statistics, Director of the UCLA Cognitive Systems Laboratory, and father of Daniel Pearl.

We have reached capacity for this event, and registration is now closed. For all questions, please email israelstudies@stanford.edu.

Catalyzed by the kidnapping and murder of his son, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, world-renowned computer scientist and philosopher Dr. Judea Pearl has been a relentless advocate for reason and understanding in writings and talks spanning the first quarter of the twenty-first century. Best known for his groundbreaking work on artificial intelligence, Dr. Pearl turned his power of analysis to an anatomy of the hate that took his son's life, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the story of Israel, antisemitism, and other related subjects. In Coexistence and Other Fighting Words, Dr. Pearl collects the best of his work, offering an indispensable guide to some of the most pressing issues of our time.

Judea Pearl (born in Tel-Aviv, 1936) is the Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science and Statistics at UCLA and Director of the UCLA Cognitive Systems Laboratory. He is known internationally for his contributions to Artificial Intelligence, human reasoning, and philosophy of science. He has received numerous scientific awards, including the 2012 A. M. Turing Award (often described as the "Nobel Prize of computing"). Judea is the father of slain Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl and president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation. He lectures and writes on Jewish identity, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. His latest book, Coexistence and Other Fighting Words: Selected Writings of Judea Pearl, collects his essays written on these topics between 2002 and 2025.