DETROIT Shir Shalom Renovates Holocaust Torah designer pictlire jranies & albums magnificent cgstal nostalgia collectioll dolls clid(11)i bears unique etll'1'111 5. )1115 & bl'acelets 11(111d-crafted itenis soilporres KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer F phis so imich more Complimentag gift wrapping Fine furniture, accessories & gifts always 20",, off nip . sum' retail S()11 t11 f iC'iii Tel-Twelve Mall • 12 Mile & Telegraph Daily 10-9 • Sun 12-5 • 354-9060 11 -est Blooliilield 6644 Orchard fake Road at Maple llon-Thur-Fri 10-9 Tile-Wed-Sat 10-6 Sun 12-5 • 855-1600 /011MIIININ JEWELRY APPRAISALS At Very Reasonable Prices Call For An Appointment L a tritc96n established 1919 IL FINE JEWELERS Lawrence M. Allan, Pres. 30400 Telegraph Road Suite 134 Birmingham, MI 48010 (313) 642-5575 GEM/DIAMOND SPEcIALIST AWARDED CERTIFICATE BY GIA IN GRADING AND EVALUATION Computer Users: Personalized Computer Training at Your Business Location = Lotus 1-2-3 • Word Perfect y.. 39-4153 • 20 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1990 DAILY 10-5:30 THURS. 10-7 SAT. 10-3 ORCHESTRA from KLEZMER to JAZZ Free Demo bpe Abraham Ben Ze'er 545-1639 , AMERICAN 441 SOCIETY' Help us keep winning. or $5,000, you can buy the book of Exodus at Temple Shir Shalom.. The cost of the Ten Com- mandments, however, is just $3,500. Members of the temple figure these prices are bargains for the product — a Torah from Czechoslovakia that was destroyed by the Nazis during World War IL Patrons can help restore the Torah to its original state by buying letters for $18, words for $36, verses for $100, Biblical names for $72, Torah portions for $300 or the entire Torah for $15,000. Through this fund-raising drive, the temple hopes to secure enough money — an estimated $20,000 —to cover the cost of its restoration. The Torah will be be used as a memorial to the Six Mill- ion Holocaust victims. "While many temples and synagogues have memorial Torahs from the Holocaust, no one in this area has at- tempted to restore one to its previous intact state," said temple spokesman Dr. Nor- man Lynn. "The time and cost factor for such an under- taking is far greater than having a scribe make a Torah from scratch." The project is expected to take a year to complete. The 250-year-old Torah suffers extensive damage, parts of it muted and other parts waterlogged. Dr. Lynn said the Torah survived unbelievable odds. The Torah, from Kolin, Czechoslovakia, was sent to Shir Shalom two months ago from the Westminster Syn- agogue in London, where it had been stored since 1964. Kolin is a small town 30 miles east of Prague. Before WWII, it had the second largest Jewish population in Czechoslovakia. The Kolin synagogue to- day stands empty; it has not been used since June 1942, when the last Jews left Kolin, which boasted a Jew- ish history dating back to 1347. Nazis took all religious symbols and articles from the Kolin Synagogue, bring- ing them to Prague. They were to be placed in "The Central Museum of the Ex- tinct Jewish Race." While waiting for the mu- seum to be built, the Nazis dumped the artifacts and Torahs on the floors of syn- agogues of Prague. These synagogues now are used as warehouses. Some 1,500 Torahs re- mained on the floors of Prague's empty synagogues for 20 years, until Jews from the Western nations pleaded for their release. Some were spattered with blood. One contained a piece of paper, saying, "Please, God, help us in these troubled times." "By restoring it to its sefer Torah condition, we give the scholars who wrote it and the people who read it over the years, a place in our hearts, in our minds and in our souls," Dr. Lynn said. "In short, with this Torah, we become as one with the peo- ple of Kolin, Czechoslo- vakia. CD Rabbi Cohen At Seminary Weekend "Who Is A Jew? Who Was A Jew? Intermarriage and Con- version lb Judaism: An Historical Perspective" will be the topic of Rabbi Shaye Cohen at 8 p.m. April 20 at Rabbi Cohen: Historical scholar. Congregation Beth Abraham Hind Moses. On April 21, a Shabbat lun- cheon and teach-in will be held at 1 p.m. At 7:30 p.m. there will be a Seudah Shlisheet. The weekend is sponsored by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and by Jack and Miriam Shenkman Rabbi Cohen is dean of the graduate school at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is the professor of the Jack and Miriam Shenkman Chair of Post-Biblical Foundations of Western Civilization, and pro- fessor of Jewish history at the Seminary.