Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport makes appearance in Glencoe: ‘It’s extremely important that we do not forget’

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Renowned actor and comedian Michael Rapaport couldn’t get past security when a Batavia comedy club abruptly canceled the celebrity’s June shows due to safety concerns amid potential protests.

At the end of the program, from left, Michael Rapaport of New York, New York, Karen Firsel of Northbrook and Am Shalom Senior Rabbi Steven Stark Lowenstein, take a selfie with the audience as part of “A Conversation with Michael Rapaport” at Am Shalom in Glencoe on June 27, 2024. No protests were seen by pro-Palestinian groups supporting the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas invasion of Israel at Am Shalom in Glencoe amid heavy Glencoe Public Safety and Cook County Sheriff’s Police presence.

Michael Rapaport’s X profile at @MichaelRapaport identifies Rapaport as an Actor/Comedian/Director/Disruptor/Podcaster at https://www.michaelrapaportcomedy.com/, “Making weekly podcast history @iamrapaport @rapaportreality WORLDWIDE.”“The fact that he has been so outspoken and so raw and so real, he’s been a hero to me,” Firsel said. “I would comment on his social media posts to try to get his attention and one of my comments was, ‘You should come to Chicago.

Lowenstein said of Rapaport’s support of Israel, there are, “very few people that are making it as public as he is and it’s important to lift up those voices.” Second from right, in ivory shirt, being recognized with applause is Abby Polin of Evanston. Polin’s nephew Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, is a hostage taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023 from a music festival and is still missing. Taken during the program “A Conversation with Michael Rapaport” at Am Shalom in Glencoe on June 27, 2024.

 

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