1. Hedy Epstein was a German-born Jewish-American political activist and Holocaust survivor known for her support of the Palestinian cause through the International Solidarity Movement.
10 Facts About Hedy Epstein
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Hedy Epstein immigrated to the United States in 1948, married Arnold Epstein, and lived in St Louis, Missouri, for many years.
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Hedy Epstein returned once a year, saying that she had been strip searched and cavity searched in 2004 by guards at Ben Gurion International Airport.
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Hedy Epstein spoke about the situation in the occupied territories, and about her own life and experiences, for audiences in the United States.
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Hedy Epstein echoed these sentiments, avoided comparisons between Nazis and Israelis, and spent little time discussing her background in Nazi Germany, wrote The Daily.
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Hedy Epstein apologized for the "wrong" and "misleading" decision to run Mintz's op-ed criticizing Epstein's speech before it had happened.
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Hedy Epstein reportedly had planned to take part in the 2011 flotilla but did not.
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Hedy Epstein was on board "The Audacity of Hope" ready to join the flotilla.
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Hedy Epstein was supportive of the Black Lives Matter movement, and was arrested for failure to disperse on August 18,2014, during a St Louis protest against the killing of Michael Brown and subsequent police actions.
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Hedy Epstein died at her home in St Louis on May 26,2016, aged 91, of cancer.