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“I believe that a refund is
warranted if the numbers are
actuarially sound and won’t
impact patient care, but this
money could be used for its
intended purpose, patient
care.
”
Some of the bills to restore
coverage have cosponsors
from more than half of the
legislature, enough support-
ers to guarantee passage.
However, these bills are
bottled up in committee.
Insurance Committee Chair
Daire Rendon (R) blocks
these bills in the House,
while Insurance and Banking
Committee Chair Lana Theis
(R) blocks them in the Senate.

Even so, Speaker of the
House Jason Wentworth
(R) has the power to bring
the bills up in the House,
and Majority Leader Mike
Shirkey (R) has the power to
do so in the Senate. To date,
these leaders have succeeded
in blocking all attempts to
restore coverage to cata-
strophically injured accident
survivors.
Moss expresses his respect
for “courageous victims” who
“line up their wheelchairs
in the corridors of the leg-
islature, lobbying, putting
pressure on the legislators to
make the situation better.
”
After reportedly refusing
to meet with the catastrophic
injury survivors and their
advocates, Wentworth
declared, “I’ve spent an entire
year looking at every idea
that was proposed and work-
ing with our committee on
options. They all either move
us back toward the old status
quo or put the savings and
refund checks for Michigan
drivers at risk. At this point,
it’s time to move on.
”

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OUR COMMUNITY

T

he Zekelman
Holocaust Center
(The HC) will host
its annual community-
wide Yom HaShoah
commemoration on
Sunday, May 1 at 2:30 p.m.
The event will take place
in-person at The Zekelman
Holocaust Center and will
also be livestreamed at www.
Holocaustcenter.org.
This year’s program
will be led by local clergy
Rabbi Michael Moskowitz
of Congregation Shir
Shalom and Cantor Michael
Smolash of Temple Israel.
Members of the community
will speak and present
stirring readings throughout
the commemoration. In
addition, candles designed
to remember and honor
the 6 million Jews lost in
the Holocaust will be lit by
survivors and children of
survivors in the community.
Following the event, all who
wish to light a memorial
candle are invited to do so in
the museum at the Eternal
Flame.
This year’s event is
presented in cooperation

with C.H.A.I.M. (Children
of Holocaust Survivors
Association in Michigan);
Hidden Children and Child
Survivors Association of
Michigan; Michigan Jewish
Conference; Program for
Holocaust Survivors and
Families, a Service of Jewish
Senior Life; The Shaarit
Haplaytah Organization; and
The Voice/Vision Holocaust
Survivor Oral History
Archive.
April 28 is Yom HaShoah
— also known as Holocaust
Remembrance Day. The day
is dedicated to remembering
the millions of lives lost to
Nazi persecution as well as
reflecting on the courageous
acts of those who resisted the
brutal regime. Gloria Ruskin
and Marla Weiss, children
of a Holocaust survivor, will
share their father’s story at
noon. A docent-led public
tour is available at 1 p.m.

UNTO EVERY PERSON
THERE IS A NAME
The Zekelman Holocaust
Center is inviting the
community to participate
in Unto Every Person There

is a Name, an international
Holocaust memorial project.
This project is designed
to honor the memory of the
6 million Jews — among
them 1.5 million children —
murdered in the Holocaust.
The project offers the
opportunity to remember
them as individuals, one at
a time, through the public
reading of their names.
From now through
May 1, all members
of the community are
invited to record a video
of themselves reading
the names of Holocaust
victims and uploading
their video to social media.
Tag @HolocaustCenter on
Facebook and Instagram,
and @HolocaustMI on
Twitter, using the hashtag
#RememberThemHC. In
addition, participants are
encouraged to tag friends
and nominate them to take
part in the project as well.
To receive a list of
names and instructions on
how to participate in this
meaningful initiative, visit
www.holocaustcenter.org/
upcoming.

Events take place April 28 and May 1.

Yom HaShoah
Remembrance at The HC

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