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About a month ago, the Jewish Daily Forward published a hit-piece attacking Chabad's Michigan Jewish Institute for alleged failure to receive accreditation and predicted its impending closure. Last Week, the Detroit Jewish News took the Forward to task for its gross misrepresentation of the facts and set the record straight.

Detroit Paper Responds to Forward Attack on MJI

About a month ago, the Jewish Daily Forward published a hit-piece attacking Chabad’s Michigan Jewish Institute for alleged failure to receive accreditation and predicted its impending closure. Last Week, the Detroit Jewish News took the Forward to task for its gross misrepresentation of the facts and set the record straight.

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Baby Boy!

Shuki and Chaya Sara (nee Marasow) Friedman from Baltimore, MD had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Tzvi Tiechtel (Tempe, AZ) to Chaya Rochel Kalmanson (Chicago, IL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana
New Engagement!

Nachum Preger (Miami, FL) to Rachelle Zago (Huntington Beach, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Yechiel Zirkind (Weston, FL) to Devorah Lea Heintz (Utrecht, Netherlands) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Mendel Lieberman (West Hempstead, NY) to Chumy Heber (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Bais Rivkah 310 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Arale Raskin (Crown Heights) to Sheva Unsdorfer (Lauderhill, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Girl!

Mattanya and Rochel Ginsburg from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Meir Menachem Mendel and Chaya Ita (nee Goldberg) Ciment from Kingston, PA had a baby girl!

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New Engagement!

Mendel Shifrin (Little Neck, NY) to Moussia Bukiet (Salvador, Brazil) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zalman Serebryanski (Gold Coast, Australia) to Rochele Cheruty (Miami, FL) L’Chaim: Tuesday, May 12th, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Schneur Berger (Los Angeles, CA) to Sara Gorodetsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, May 12th, 8:00pm at Bison and Bourbon
New Engagement!

Nissim Elbaz (Sarcelles, France) to Dinah Moyal (Geneva, Switzerland)
New Engagement!

Dovi Bensoussan (Paris, France) to Shirel Ayache (St. Maur des Fossés, France)
New Engagement!

Levi Laufer (Crown Heights) to Rochel Mochkin (Rochester, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, May 3rd, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Sholom Ber Schtroks (Cologne, Germany) to Chaya Minzberg (Tzfat, EY)
New Engagement!

Zusha Sandman (London, UK) to Rivkale Kaplan (Oak Park, MI) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday,8:30pm at Rubashkin’s 1349 President St. Upstairs
New Engagement!

Menachem Mendel Backman (Crown Heights) to Elka Miriam Ross (Toronto, Canada)

President Touts Innovation in Education

For the first time in several years, a sitting U.S. president visited Brooklyn. President Barack Obama’s trip to the city’s largest borough on Friday was to deliver what the White House called a major policy speech. It was about the future of the U.S. economy as told through the story of one very unique Crown Heights school.

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Culinarians to Battle in Kosher ‘Iron-Chef’ Competition

The Center for Kosher Culinary Arts — the world’s only professional Kosher Culinary Arts school, will be co-producing for the third straight year the Kosher “Iron-Chef” culinary competition. Three top chefs will have thirty minutes to cook one entrée from scratch using only a basket of mystery ingredients and a limited pantry of basic staples. The winner will take home a cash prize of $1000.

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SafetyKid Coming Back to Crown Heights

Last year the Crown Heights Parents Safety Alliance, a project of the Merkos Chinuch Office, initiated a very successful child-safety program for K-3rd grade in all the Mosdos in Crown Heights, empowering children and teaching them what’s appropriate touch and what’s not and how to respond when situations come up.

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7 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Yossi and Chanie Apfelbaum
916 Lincoln Pl. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]

Yossi and Leah (nee Rapoport) Itzinger
580 Crown St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.] Apt. #415

Gamliel and Chana (nee Nemni) Dray
1548 President St. [corner Troy Ave.] Apt. #N

Shimi and Dalya (nee Lisker) Backer
1404 President St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.]

Jonathan and Sarah Tuller
717 Eastern Pkwy. [Between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.] Apt. #4

Menachem and Altie (nee Maness) Silverberg
770 Lefferts Ave. [between Troy and Schenectady Aves.] Apt. # A1L

Yossi and Nechama Piekarski
1151 Lincoln Pl. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]

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