Pearl was born in Princeton , New Jersey to Ruth ( née Rejwan ) and Judea Pearl . His mother is an Iraqi Jew whose family was saved from the Farhud by Muslim neighbors and his father is an Israeli of Polish-Jewish descent . His family moved to the Encino district of Los Angeles , when his father took a position with UCLA . His father , Judea Pearl , is a professor of computer science and statistics , and director of the Cognitive Systems Laboratory at UCLA . He has received the Turing Award . The history of the family and its connections to Israel are described by Judea Pearl in the '' LA Times '' article , " Roots in the Holy Land "
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