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Connecting the Queens Jewish Community Recap:Mr. Greenspan, Zeidy’s friend, drives Akiva to shul for his bar mitzvah lesson. He gives...
Recap: Libby doesn’t understand why her boss is letting those rude men be in the aviation school. She thinks there is something not right about them. Avi’s sister and their niece are coming for Friday night dinner. Libby and Avi have an important meeting scheduled.
In this week’s parshah, Yaakov prepares to see his brother Eisav. The p’sukim go into detail explaining the preparations that Yaakov does: including preparing for war, grouping his family, and sending Eisav gifts. As Yaakov and his family make their way towards Eisav, they encounter the Yabok River, and go to pass through. Yaakov goes back and is on his own. Rashi explains that Yaakov ends up being alone because he goes back for “pachim k’tanim” – small vessels – that he left behind.
NEW YORK NEWS
Ibrahim Khan, longtime chief of staff to Letitia James, the New York Attorney General, has resigned amid an investigation into misconduct. Khan had been one of Ms. James’s closest political advisers for nearly a decade. Three people with knowledge of the matter said it involved at least two harassment allegations by women. The accusations against Mr. Khan, who began working for Ms. James as spokesman for her campaign for New York City Public Advocate in 2013 and then, after she took office, as her Chief of Staff, were particularly sensitive for Ms. James, who oversaw a 2021 sexual harassment inquiry of New York’s governor at the time, Andrew Cuomo. “I’ve been slated to leave the office for the private sector at the end of this year,” Khan said in the statement. “This is unrelated to an investigation which, nevertheless, found no official workplace misconduct,” adding he “is proud of all we have achieved over these past four years in serving New Yorkers.”
Recap: Libby started her job as secretary at the aviation school. The two rude Arab men reappeared and demanded to know why it was taking so long to process their applications for the school. Libby had a bad feeling about them and tried to tell the boss.
NEW YORK NEWS
Mayor Eric Adams announced a new initiative to address New York City’s increasing homelessness problem. The city will begin hospitalizing people involuntarily if they are found to have severe, untreated mental illness. “The common misunderstanding persists that we cannot provide involuntary assistance unless the person is violent,” Mr. Adams said. “This myth must be put to rest. Going forward, we will make every effort to assist those who are suffering from mental illness and whose illness is endangering them by preventing them from meeting their basic human needs.” Training for police officers, EMS, and other medical personnel will begin immediately.
Do you recall that cute rhyme from a famous children’s movie, “Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” Well, readers, as we head into the cold, wet, snowy weather, my clients sing that rhyme as, “Water, water everywhere, my carpets stink everywhere!” Okay, that’s a little lame, but you get the idea.
