For one memorable Shabbos, Kew Gardens Hills became home to one of today’s respected Torah leaders. HaRav Shlomo Kanievsky, Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshiva Tiferet Tzion in Bnei Brak, and son of the late Maran Sar HaTorah HaRav Chaim Kanievsky ztk”l, spent the weekend hosted by Kehila Charm Circle on Park Drive East, allowing many residents to meet the Rav before concluding his visit with an intimate Sunday morning gathering on June 21 at the home of Yaakov and Atara Serle on 70th Avenue.

One morning last October, leaders of the Queens Jewish Alliance (QJA) discovered an official-looking political endorsement circulating on social media that bore the organization’s logo and purported to announce its support for Republican City Council candidate Jonathan Rinaldi. There was only one problem: The organization had never endorsed him. Like many civic organizations, QJA interviews candidates and issues endorsements intended to help voters evaluate local races.

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In the final weeks of his life, Senator Lindsey Graham was laying the groundwork for what he hoped would become a historic agreement establishing formal relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel.