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Coming Together for ‘chazaq’ In F.h.

Various elected officials and community leaders celebrated a night of unity and inspiration at the “Big Chazaq” event on Mar. 3 at Forest Hills High School. Founded in 2006, Chazaq is a group that provides religious outreach programs within the Bukharian Jewish community in Queens in partnership with local synagogues and yeshivas. Among those in attendance (shown from left to right) were Yaniv Meirov, operations manager for the Chazaq event; former Assemblyman Rory Lancman; State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky; Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz; City Council Member Karen Koslowitz; Rabbi David Pollack; Deputy Borough President Barry Grodenchik; Rep. Grace Meng; and Jan Fenster, former president of the Queens Jewish Community Council.