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YITZHAK PERLMAN per-
formed for JARC and the
Lubavitch this year.
JACKIE MASON took Broadway by storm with his immensely
popular one-man show, "The World According To Me," a uniquely
Jewish brand of comedy.
ENTERTAINME
AMERIKA,' an ABC seven-part "novel for television," stirred
controversy with its depiction of a bleak U.S. under Soviet
occupation.
ABC Photo
ISAAC STERN was featured
at last fall's Lubavitch dinner.
MARLEE MATLIN, a deaf
actress, won the Academy Award
for Best Actress for her role in
"Children Of A Lesser God," and
created a lasting memory when
she "signed" her acceptance
speech at the Oscars ceremony.
FEIVEL MOUSEKOWITZ, star of Steven Spielberg's cartoon
film, "An American Tail," depicting immigrant life in America dur-
ing the early part of the century. Many Jews found it ironic that
Feivel, a Jewish pop hero, was used as part of a McDonald's
Christmas season promotion.
AN ANNE FRANK EXHIBIT
was shown in Detroit, drawing
enthusiastic crowds to see, in
photos and artifacts, the life of
the young girl whose tragic
death at the hands of the Nazis
has come to symbolize a whole
generation of children who
perished.
JENNIFER GREY, daughter of
actor Joel Grey and grand-
daughter of Yiddish comic
Mickey Katz, achieved stardom
with her role in "Dirty Dancing,"
a nostalgic coming-of-age film
set in the Catskills in 1963.
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CHAIM POTOK was a guest
speaker at the Jewish Book Fair.