14 The Courier sun • AUGUST 7, 2014 for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com Lenny’s Clam Bar hosts movie shoot BY SALVATORE LICATA slicata@queenscourier.com/@sal_licata1 Howard Beach is going Hollywood. A scene from a feature-length film named “Where Hearts Lie” was shot at Lenny’s Clam Bar on Cross Bay Boulevard on Aug. 5. At Lenny’s, the film crew was shooting the first date scene between the two lead characters. It took about three hours to shoot the scene, which included about 25 extras and the two main characters. It was a perfect local spot to film this scene, according to Peter Iengo, producer of the film. “I love this location because there is so much history here,” said Iengo, who mentioned the actual clam bar may be featured in the movie. “It’s a great spot to shoot this scene.” The movie is about a young up-and-coming real estate entrepreneur from East New York who is trying to gain support for the projects he is working on after he took over the real estate business from his father, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s. He meets a young women while he is working on his projects, falls in love and has a child not knowing that his spouse is mentally unstable. Once he sees her instability he wants to break away and fights for the custody of his child, which becomes the main plot of the movie. Only two scenes are filmed in Queens, one at Lenny’s and one at the Elixir Lounge in Jamaica. The rest will be filmed in Brooklyn and the total filming period is about three weeks. Hollywood stars Clifton Powell, from movies like “Next Friday” and “Ray,” and Malik Yuba, from “Cool Runnings,” make guest appearances in the film as well. Once the post-production is finished, the film team will send the finished product to films festivals and shop THE QUEENS COURIER/ Photo by Salvatore Licata it around to distribution companies. Film crew setting up scene at Lenny’s Clam Bar. Howard Beach rabbi gets ancestor’s grave mix-up fixed Photo courtesy of Rabbi Ricter Henry Dienstein’s tombstone was changed from a Christian cross to the Star of David, the correct religious symbol. BY SALVATORE LICATA slicata@queenscourier.com @sal_licata1 Rabbi Avrohom Ricter, director Chabad of Howard Beach, is finally at peace after narrowly beating a deadline to correct a 50-year-old error on a relative’s grave in a Wisconsin military cemetery. Ricter, whose relative was a WWII veteran, found the grave on May 23 by chance when doing some genealogy searches online. He noticed the grave, which was dug in June of 1964 in Wood National Cemetery in Milwaukee, had a Christian cross symbol instead of the Star of David on it. To stay in line with Veteran’s Affairs (VA), whose rules prohibit modifying a memorial after 50 years, he needed to act fast and got the help of U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to speed up the process. “I got in touch with Veteran’s Affairs right away to try to get it changed but was not getting anywhere,” Ricter said. “I truly thank Gillibrand for helping me fix this in time. It shows that she cares about the normal, everyday person.” Ricter came across the grave just three weeks before he would have been out of time. He said his relative, Henry Dienstein, had no children, which is why no one had ever noticed the mistake. By chance, he was on the website findagrave.com helping a woman translate Yiddish writing on one of her ancestor’s graves and then decided to stay on the site and plug in some old family names. That’s when he found Dienstein’s grave with the incorrect religious mark on it and called the senator. “It’s amazing how something like this just dropped in my lap,” he said. “I felt strongly about this and wanted to go and get it changed.” Gillibrand expedited the case with the VA and provided the proper paperwork and evidence to get the correct headstone in place. Once everything was confirmed by the VA, they immediately switched the headstones. “We pay tribute to Mr. Dienstein’s courageous service in defense of our nation in World War II,” Gillibrand said. “This headstone will ensure that Mr. Dienstein’s memory is rightly honored.” Ricter said he could not blame the VA for the error on the grave. He noted that back then, when you requested a religious emblem you had to give a number instead of spelling out which symbol you wanted, which he suspects caused the mix-up.
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