Podcasts for the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations
Oct 7, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min · 11 segments
Evan Gershkovich, foreign correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
Evan GershkovichGuestKal RaustialaHostGood afternoon, everybody.
As Kal mentioned, my name is Dan Gold, and I have the privilege of serving as the Rosaline and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair Executive Director of the Hillel at UCLA.
And in honor of our namesake, Rabbi Hillel, our mission is really twofold, and that is to promote, as strong as we can, a sense of Jewish unity.
That is also why we are so proud of our long partnership with the Burkle Center, Dr. Pearl, and of course, the entire Pearl family on the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture.
Because Daniel showed that truth and justice matter.
As a professional, Daniel was dedicated to seeking out the truth, and as an individual, his story told the world that his own truth and his own Jewish identity was non-negotiable.
And that is a message that speaks volumes to our students and all of UCLA today and every day.
It is truly an honor to be here and be part of this program.
Thank you very much, and it's my honor to have Dr. Pearl come up and say a few words.
Dan.
Thank you, Kal, for the introduction.
I see here many friends and colleagues and students and supporters and the entire LA community, um, for which this annual event has become a cultural milestone for our shared ideas and our shared aspirations and our shared values.
Our speaker today, Evan Gershkovich, share a profound personal bond with the spirit of this lecture.
Two years ago, while still languishing in a Russian prison, Evan was awarded the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism from the Los Angeles Press Club.
I like to believe, first, that the news of that award reached Evan in his cell and lifted his spirit, and according to our conversation outside, it did.
You got that right.
[clears throat]
And second, that the publicity and moral weight of the Daniel Pearl Award contributed, if only in a small way, to his release, making it possible for him to be with us today to recount his ordeal and celebrate his freedom.
As the only secular rabbi on this university, I would like to take the liberties-
[laughs]
Are you ready? «Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam, hamatir asurim.» Let's hear a big amen.
C- can we hear an amen? Amen.
Amen.
Good afternoon, everybody.
As Kal mentioned, my name is Dan Gold, and I have the privilege of serving as the Rosaline and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair Executive Director of the Hillel at UCLA.
And in honor of our namesake, Rabbi Hillel, our mission is really twofold, and that is to promote, as strong as we can, a sense of Jewish unity.
That is also why we are so proud of our long partnership with the Burkle Center, Dr. Pearl, and of course, the entire Pearl family on the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture.
Because Daniel showed that truth and justice matter.
As a professional, Daniel was dedicated to seeking out the truth, and as an individual, his story told the world that his own truth and his own Jewish identity was non-negotiable.
And that is a message that speaks volumes to our students and all of UCLA today and every day.
It is truly an honor to be here and be part of this program.
Thank you very much, and it's my honor to have Dr. Pearl come up and say a few words.
Dan.
Thank you, Kal, for the introduction.
I see here many friends and colleagues and students and supporters and the entire LA community, um, for which this annual event has become a cultural milestone for our shared ideas and our shared aspirations and our shared values.
Our speaker today, Evan Gershkovich, share a profound personal bond with the spirit of this lecture.
Two years ago, while still languishing in a Russian prison, Evan was awarded the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism from the Los Angeles Press Club.
I like to believe, first, that the news of that award reached Evan in his cell and lifted his spirit, and according to our conversation outside, it did.
You got that right.
[clears throat]
And second, that the publicity and moral weight of the Daniel Pearl Award contributed, if only in a small way, to his release, making it possible for him to be with us today to recount his ordeal and celebrate his freedom.
As the only secular rabbi on this university, I would like to take the liberties-
[laughs]
Are you ready? «Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam, hamatir asurim.» Let's hear a big amen.
C- can we hear an amen? Amen.
Amen.
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