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career while attending high 
school in Muskegon, where 
his family has belonged to 
Temple B’nai Israel and where 
he has resumed affiliation. His 
professional commitment was 
perked by reading the Stanford 
University student-run campus 
newspaper, The Stanford Daily, 
edited by his older brother 
Ron, who went on to achieve 
recognition in sports journal-
ism.
When Rapoport attended 
the University of Michigan, he 
edited the student-run cam-
pus newspaper, The Michigan 

Daily, and went on to work 
at California newspapers, 
including the San Francisco 
Chronicle and Oakland Tribune. 
For 17 years, he had a book 
publishing firm (RDR Books) 
and accepted some Holocaust-
centered texts. 
His attention to Jewish 
history additionally has been 
expressed through various 
articles, such as one circulat-
ed by the Jewish Telegraphic 
Agency. It has to do with a 
man believed to be Crete’s last 
Holocaust survivor.
“Peter’s book — and so this 
play — is about the Holocaust, 
but it’s not a Holocaust book 

per se,” Rapoport, 75, said 
about what captured his atten-
tion. “It’s a wider story than 
that.”
Rapoport’s re- 
entry into the Michigan artistic 
community evolved after he 
was invited to give a speech at 
the Muskegon library in 1995, 
when family considerations 
began motivating his return. 
Meetings with writing pros 
connected him to filmmakers, 
and his early feature film ven-
ture included another book 
adaptation, WaterWalk, which is 
about a father and son tackling 
travel along the Mississippi 
River. 
A multi-tasker, Rapoport is 

looking forward to the publica-
tion of his first novel, My Search 
for Sarah Price, to be released 
later this year by Lexographic 
Press in Chicago. Earlier books 
have centered on travel, avia-
tion, politics and biography.
Regardless of project, this 
writer may randomly disperse 
his work time throughout the 
day.
“If I don’t write down an 
idea right away, it will drift,” he 
said. “When I have something 
I want to say, I need to have a 
record of it even if I never use 
it. That saves me an enormous 
amount of time because some-
times you get an idea right the 
first time.” 

Details
Old Heart will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday, 
May 14, and 4 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at the Redford 
Theatre, 17360 Lahser, Detroit. $25, $50, $75 
(with dessert meet-and-greet). (313) 462-9721. 
redfordtheatre.com. rogerrapoport.com. 

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