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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.
” 

AUTO INSURANCE 
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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

JN STAFF

