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MURDER page 8
register at the time, and noth-
ing appeared to have been
stolen.)
Or, Mr. Duchin's death may
have nothing to do with theft.
Police also are investigating
whether a disgruntled former
employee or customer was in-
volved.
Although the police describe
the case as challenging, they are
not without leads. Detectives
Trepte and Gottschall are secur-
ing phone records which will
identify the persons with whom
Mr. Duchin spoke immediately
before his death.
They also have interviewed ev-
eryone from employees to former
girlfriends, anyone who had a re-
lationship with Mr. Duchin.
"We're working closely with the
family and will look into any lead
we have," Detective Trepte said.
Drugs are not a factor in the
case, the detectives added.
Perry Warehouse Furniture is
now closed. In the front window
is a reward sign for information
about property damage to the
building (some time ago a vandal
smashed the front glass just be-
low the letter "S" in a large "EV-
ERYTHING GOES" sign.)
Inside, boxes are stocked hap-
hazardly. There is a crib and bed
headboards and mattresses. The
store's front door reads "Closed."
After Mr. Duchin's death, the
family received hundreds of con-
dolence cards, many from con-
gregants at Beth Shalom, the
family's synagogue. Numerous
contributions in Mr. Duchin's
name were sent to Yad Ezra
kosher food bank.
"Burt is — I mean was — very
good-hearted," his father said.
"It's so hard for me to talk
about him in the past, especially
because of the way he died."
One of Cecilia Duchin's fa-
vorite memories of her son is from
a recent Mother's Day.
Burt Duchin surprised his
mother with a gift of a metal tree
made by a Cranbrook art stu-
dent. It was 60 feet tall.
"He had a crew take it apart,
then they came out to our house
with all kinds of machinery and
put it back together," she said.
"It's in our back yard still." ❑
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It is offensive, he said, that
some are so accepting of homo-
sexuals. He described homosex-
uals as a group of people who
define themselves by their sexu-
al behavior, then who want to re-
tain their Jewish identity while
refusing to stop a practice clear-
ly forbidden by the Torah.
"It is pathetic," he said. "In
their rush to be accepting of ev-
eryone, (those who perform the
ceremonies) have completely wa-
tered everything down. They have
made a decision to be politically
correct when they should try to
be halachically correct."
Rabbi David Nelson of
Congregation Beth Shalom said
that some of his congregants had
no objection to a rabbi providing
a Chanukat ha'bayit, dedication
of the house, for a homosexual
couple. But a number described
the rabbis willing to perform cer-
emonies for homosexuals as "too
embracing."
"I support the inclusion of gays
and lesbians in congregations,"
he said. "I respect them, but they
should respect my convictions.
It is against my beliefs to perform
the ceremonies."
"If I do the commitment cere-
monies because people ask me to,
my standards will become what
people want me to do," he said. "I
have to be a religious leader. I
lead with my convictions."
Rabbi William Gershon of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek also
said he heard a few comments re-
garding the subject.
He echoed the sentiments of
many Conservative rabbis in that
he does not foresee officiating at
such a ceremony because the
movement does not sanction such
services.
Bais Chabad's Rabbi Berg-stein
said his congregants were espe-
cially offended that a rabbi would
sanction a ceremony for a same-
sex couple.
"I cringe when people say they
are speaking on my behalf and
saying that this is what Jews be-
lieve," he said. "If you look in the
books of the Jews you will see that
this is not so." ❑
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