Carroll O’Connor, television’s “Archie Bunker,” will lead a star studded show in efforts to rebuild Chabad House here through a local telethon on Channel 9 Monday night Sept. 8. O’Connor will play a major role in the four-hour event, proceeds of which will be directly forwarded to the Committee to Rebuild Chabad House which burned down in a fire that killed three people last May.
O’Connor’s participation in the telethon is something that he says he “had to do.” He reportedly walked by the Chabad building in Westwood the morning after it had burned down and was overwhelmed by the destruction of the building that he knew as the place that helped troubled students. He immediately made a contribution to the rebuilding effort and promised to help rebuild the facility.
Others involved in the program will include Joe Murray, Jan Peerce, Edward Asner, Hal Linden; Adam Rich, Melissa Gilbert, Nehemiah Persoff and Steve Landesberg.
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