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HEALTH ■■ •• 0 MEM WE CARE FOR OUR PATIENTS AND — MOST IMPORTANTLY — WE CARE ABOUT OUR PATIENTS CARE OSTOMY OXYGEN WHEELCHAIRS HOSPITAL BEDS WALKERS/CANES BEDSIDE COMMODES AND MANY OTHER ITEMS VISIT OUR SHOWROOM 21120 GREENFIELD OAK PARK 48237 OR CALL 968-5000 WE BILL INSURANCE DIRECTLY ON COVERED GOODS & SERVICES JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT DELEGATE ASSEMBLY Topic: THE 'AMERICAN DREAM' IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY Frank J. Kelley Attorney General State of Michigan Frank J. Kelley FOCUS Torah insurance Continued from preceding page The certificate is the most important factor in proving ownership. When the system gets the full participation _which it needs for success,_a thief going to a dealer to sell a Torah will have to produce the certificate of ownership. This will hopefully discourage would-be Torah thieves. According to Rabbi Reuven Drucker, spiritual leader of Young Israel of Greenfield, "Once something like this exists, everyone is protected. It's kind of like putting a bur- glar alarm company sticker on ,your door when you don't have the alarm system. Even if you don't have your Torahs regis- tered, the fact that the Regis- try exists and others use it pro- tects those who don't." Taking into account the vast cost involved in the purchase of a Torah, synagogues are quick to insure them and pro- tect their investments, just as they are with the other orna- mental objects. As one would imagine, insurance premiums for such objects' are rather high. Torah registration, how- ever, does not lower a syna- gogue's insurance premiums. According to Earl 'Hordes of the Hordes Insurance Agency, which carries the insurance for Cong. Beth Achim, insur- ance premiums remain un- changed, regardless of whether the Torahs have been certified or not. This is so, ex- plains Hordes, because a -To- rah's status with the registry does not affect its overall value. "Insurance premiums for anything, including To- rahs, are based on the value," he says. And the Universal Torah Registry does not affect that value." The incentive to register lies in the peace of mind. Knowing that a Torah may be traced in the event of theft is enough — or at least should be enough — to discourage anyone from _stealing a. Torah. The Universal Torah Regis- try can be effective, according to many local rabbis. Detroit as a Whole, however, has not been quick to respond. The reason, many feel, is because This project has all the earmarks of Operation Identification, and has the same potential for success. The Registry is tremendously important." local congregations have - not been victims of the problem. And yet, many Detroiters believe that it is vitally impor- tant to participate with the Registry. "You need active participation for something like this to work," says Rabbi Schnipper. Torah scrolls are the most important of Jewish cultural objects. it takes a sofer (one who writes Torahs, mezuzahs and tefillin) six months of steady work to complete the copying of all 54 Sedrahs (por- tions), 378Perakim (chapters), 5,855 P'sukim (verses), 54,976 Milim (words), and 304,805 Osios (letters) of the Five Books of Moses. After all of the work and expense involved in just one sefer Torah, the own- ers now have a method of pro- tecting themselves and. their investment. NEWS Protest against neo-Nazis Tuesday, January 15, 1985 8:00 p.m. Congregation B'nai David 24350 Southfield Road Southfield, Michigan The community is invited Fulda (JTA) — Several hundred anti-Nazis demonstrated here on Jan. 1 against the prolif- eration of neo-Nazi youth groups in and around this Hessian city. They marched from the univer- sity campus to the site of the former synagogue while, at the same time, neo-Nazi youth shouted anti-Semitic slogans in another part of the city, There were no clashes. The anti-Nazis, heavily guarded by police, were protesting specifi- cally against a meeting of neo- Nazi youth groups in the nearby town of Hilders. Guenthel Kulka, head of a group called Fascism — Never Again, said his organiza- tion was demanding that the gov- ernment outlaw neo-Nazi groups. The demonstrators carried signs calling on federal, state and local authorities to ban the tradi- tional New Year's Eve gatherings of neo-Nazis, many of which are held in the Fulda area. The one in Hilders drew such organizations as the Viking Jugend, Skinheads, Young Na- tional Democrats, and National Socialist Action Front. It was presided over by Thomas Brehl, identified as national vice chair- man of the Action Front.