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Welcome Back, Kotter's Juan Epstein, Robert Hegyes, Dead at 60
![Robert Hegyes, best known for playing Juan Epstein—one of Gabe Kaplan's "star" pupils—in Welcome Back, Kotter, died this morning after an apparent heart attack, according to New Jersey's Star Ledger. He was 60.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67671597-27012843.jpg "Robert Hegyes, best known for playing Juan Epstein—one of Gabe Kaplan's "star\" pupils—in Welcome Back, Kotter, died this morning after an apparent heart attack, according to New Jersey's Star Ledger. He was 60.")
Robert Hegyes, best known for playing Juan Epstein—one of Gabe Kaplan's "star" pupils—in Welcome Back, Kotter, died this morning after an apparent heart attack, according to New Jersey's Star Ledger. He was 60.
The actor, who also played a...Tags: Heart Attack, Immigration, Religion and Belief
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Israeli army fires warning shots into Syria
World NowJERUSALEM -- Israel fired warning shots into Syria on Sunday after an apparently errant mortar shell struck an Israeli military post in the Golan Heights, the latest example of regional spillover from Syria’s civil unrest. The Syrian mortar caused... -
The Reading Life: Harvey Pekar's Jewish question
Jacket CopyOn the second anniversary of comic book author Harvey Pekar's death, book critic David L. Ulin looks at the posthumously published "Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me."... -
READER SUBMITTED: Vintage Players Present "Driving Miss Daisy"
MiddletownThe Vintage Players, a highly respected local theater group will be performing "Driving Miss Daisy" at Adath Israel Synagogue, 8 Broad St., on Sunday, June 2 at 4 p.m. A unique feature of the performance will be a panel dialogue at the conclusion of...Tags: Middletown, Religion and Belief
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READER SUBMITTED: June 23 Fundraisers To Send Jewish Children With Develomental Disabilities To Camp This Summer
StatewideThe Fourth Annual Tour de Shuls is looking for participants, volunteers and donors to help them raise funds to send Jewish children with developmental disabilities to camp this summer. On June 23, participants can ride, run, walk or even participate...Tags: West Hartford, Israel, Religion and Belief, Granby, Simsbury
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Disney Cruise Line begins holiday season Saturday
A Mom and The Mouse - Orlando SentinelDisney Cruise Line kicks off its holiday season Nov. 19 with the first of three Thanksgiving voyages. All three ships will offer traditional Turkey Day activities with feasts and football games broadcast live on the outdoor jumbo screens by the pools.... -
Rama Burshtein's Orthodox tale 'Fill the Void' is from the inside
Israeli writer-director Rama Burshtein felt a lot of pressure graduating from the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem two decades ago because everyone expected great things from her. "They said, 'She is a promise,"' recalled Burshtein,...
Tags: Fill the Void (movie), Israel, Movies, Christianity, New York City
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Bringing the history of Jews in L.A. into clearer focus
What is the Jewish experience in Los Angeles? "Nobody even thinks about Jews being here or, if they do, maybe they think about Hollywood," said Karen Wilson, guest curator at the Autry National Center. "They might possibly, if they're local, think about...
Tags: Living Things (music group), Entertainment Events, Academy Awards, Awards and Prizes, Manhattan (New York City)
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The Scouts and gays
Over the past 103 years, America's churches have built the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) into the nation's most successful youth group — which makes it remarkable that the BSA stands ready to let gays join Scouting, thus publicly renouncing the wishes...
Tags: Social Organizations, Youth Organizations, Education, Gays and Lesbians, Separation of Church and State
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In Theory: Were early Christians persecuted for their beliefs?
Were early Christians really persecuted for their beliefs? The popular image is of them being thrown to the lions and having to meet in secret, but an author is challenging what she calls the "myth" of Christian persecution. Candida Moss, who is...Tags: Egypt, Belief and Faith, Rome (Italy), Book, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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New book asks: Could Germany have a Jewish chancellor?
ReutersBy Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN, May 24 (Reuters) - A new novel about a neo-Nazi plot to assassinate Germany's first Jewish candidate for Chancellor has shed a timely light on the right-wing extremist violence that has plagued the country since 1990 and was...Tags: Politics, Trials, Murder, Immigration, Nazi Party
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Herz excited about taking over boys basketball at Posnack
Sun SentinelTo say that David Posnack Jewish Day School athletic director Danny Herz is excited to also be taking over as boys basketball coach would be putting it mildly. “I have a huge passion for high school basketball and coaching high school basketball,&...Tags: Sports, High Schools, Schools, High School Sports, Robin Williams
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