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PLEASE CALL OR STOP IN! 1393 S, WOODWARD AVE, BIRMINGHAM, MI 48009 (113) 644-8565 Monday to Saturday 9 am to 6 pm Metro Dealer for Over 35 Years SCHECHTER'S RIME40 O KOSHER HOTEL G LATT INCLUDES: * DAILY ACTIVITIES * DAILY SHIURIM * AIR CONDITIONING * HEATED POOL * HEATED WHIRL POOL 106 * NIGHTLY ENTERTAINMENT * COLOR TV * FREE PARKING * CATER TO ALL DIETS * GOURMET KOSHER MEALS YOUR HOME IN MIAMI BEACH ON THE BOARDWALK, ENTIRE OCEANFRONT BLOCK RESERVE NOW FOR YOUR WINTER VACATION REDUCED RATES UNTIL DEC. 21 Phone Toll Free 1-800-327-8165 WHY SETTLE FOR AN IMITATION? - SCHECHTER'S CARIBBEAN - THE ORIGINAL, THE BEST FREE Municipal Bonds Listing Receive Weekly Report A.G &wards & Sons,Inc 1.111-STIII.MS MACE W7 MEMBER SIPC #AN-BM-8-EDA BOB MORIAN (3131) 336-9200 I-800-365-9200 Judge Strikes Down Kosher Food Law New York (JTA) — In a deci- sion that may impact government enforcement of kosher food practices in the United States, a federal judge has struck down Baltimore's kosher food or- dinance, calling it an un- constitutional entanglement of church and state. The decision may affect similar laws in the 15 to 20 states and the handful of counties and municipalities where they exist. Although the New Jersey State Supreme Court in 1992 struck down that state's kosher food laws as unconstitutional, this is the first time a federal court has ruled against legal enforce- ment of Jewish dietary laws by government agencies. In New Jersey, the regula- tions have been rewritten to conform with the court's decision. In the Baltimore ruling, however, the city's Bureau of Kosher Meat and Food Control has been outlawed. In his Oct. 1 ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Benson Legg called the Baltimore ordinance's purpose of pro- tecting consumers from kosher food fraud "commendable," but said that "its primary defect is that it excessively entangles civil and religious au- thority." In response to the decision, Baltimore's chief lawyer said the city plans to appeal it to the Supreme Court, if necessary. "We feel very strongly that our kosher food law is constitutional," Baltimore City Solicitor Neal Janey told the Washington Post. "Judges are just uncomfor- table with the state being involved with anything smacking of religion," said Dennis Rapps, executive di- rector of COLPA, the Na- tional Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs, which represents Orthodox Jews on church- state matters. "They can't deal with it in a clear way, so they throw the baby out with the bath water, not making the fine distinctions they usually make. Consumers suffer "because they're being defrauded" while the government is not able to ensure that they are really getting kosher food, he said. A representative of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, which certifies kosher pro- ducts, said, "All these en- forcement agencies seek to do -; to protect the con- sur f" from fraud. ",, s baffling to us that this sort of (court decision) takes place," said Rabbi Jacob Mendelson, a rabbinic coordinator at the Orthodox Union. In his decision, Judge Legg wrote that the doctrine separating church and state outweighs consumer protec- tion interests in the Baltimore case, according to the Washington Post. Judge Legg singled out as problematic the city's employment of a battery of rabbis. But he ruled that the city can legally continue the enforcement of kosher food standards by not using them as its experts. Efforts were made by COLPA to have the New The regulations have been rewritten to conform with the court's decision. Jersey case reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court, which denied the petition. In New Jersey, new regulations are set to go into effect any day, said Yakov Dombroff, chief of the state's Bureau of Kosher Enforce- ment. They will require retailers of kosher food to post detailed information about what is involved in ensuring that their food is kosher. If the N.J. Bureau of Kosher Enforcement finds that products are not as kosher as the retailer says they are, the retailer can be prosecuted for fraud, said Mr. Dombroff. "We won't be making any religious decisions, but just enforcing commercial disclosure," he said. The Baltimore case arose after vendor George Barghout challenged a fine of $400 he was charged in a city court when a city food inspector said that he defrauded the public by sell- ing hot dogs as kosher after they were cooked on a rotisserie with non-kosher hot dogs. ❑