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1,000 people, living and dead, encom-
passing every aspect of human enter-
prise: science, the arts, sports, politics,
medicine, literature, films, journalism
and more. Regardless of where they
were born, all the entrants are of
Jewish European origin with one or
two Jewish parents.
Symons' aim in writing the book
was two-fold, he
says. While
informing read-
ers of the ways
these 1,000 indi-
viduals have
enriched our
society, the
author also asks
us to ponder the
ways in which
our world might
have been differ-
ent had

BETWEEN THE PAGES

Alan Symons is a British play-
wright, novelist and screenwriter who
wrote his latest work, The Jewish
Contribution to the 20th Century (Polo
Publishing/Seven Hills Distributors;
$34.95), in honor of the children of
the Holocaust, who, he says, "never
had the chance of making their contri-

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Jewish children
not been mur-
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Author Alan Symons includes biogra-
phies of 1,000 Jewish men and women
from 150 backgrounds and 40 coun-
tries.

Alan Symons
will speak and
sign copies of

The Jewish
Contribution to
the 20th
Century 7:30
p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 14, at the
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Jewish
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Community
Center's D. Dan and Betty Kahn
Building, 6600 W. Maple Road,
West Bloomfield. $5 members/$7
non-members. (248) 661-1011.

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Symons will speak and sign copies
of his book at the Jewish Community
Center in West Bloomfield 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 14. His talk is co-spon-
sored by the Holocaust Memorial
Center and Agency for Jewish
Education/Midrasha Center for Adult
Jewish Education.

The Jewish Contribution to the 20th
Century contains short biographies of

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His has been a life to cheer about.
James Burrows, co-creator, exec-
utive producer and director of the late
long-running "Cheers," the sitcom
that raised the bar for excellence, has
little time to drink in his many
accomplishments these days.
Nine-time winner of the Emmy
Award and three-time victor of the

10/9
1998

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