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BJE Conference draws large crowd

By Malka Eisenberg Issue of Nov. 21, 2008 / 23 Cheshvan 5769 A standing room only crowd of over 1,300 educators and administrators filled the gym at Hewlett High School on Nov. 11, Veterans … more

11/19/08

Students gaining valuable information concerning internet safety.

Schools: What’s happening at DRS

Chanukah Chesed If you walked into DRS this past week, you would have noticed Chanukah preparations in full swing. Exciting flyers detail all of the exciting student activities that are scheduled to take place over Chanukah. These events include a toy drive for Ohel families, nursing home visits, raffles for the Ossie Schoenfeld Memorial Fund, a Chinese auction to benefit Od Yosef Chai, and a Chanukah party for local public school kids. more

By Natan Farber | 12/15/11

Jewish Star Schools

The trip for HAFTR’s eighth grade boys began with a chesed activity at the Masbiah Soup kitchen where they packed food packages to be delivered in communities around Brooklyn and Queens. more

10/31/13

Sharsheret Five Towns volunteers: Seated, from left, Sharon Shtern, Naomi Levinson and Esther Zeidman. Standing, from left: Dorit Schwartz and Reva Borgen.

Sharsheret yoga event launches 5T cancer group

Last May, a car full of Five Towns women headed to the Sharsheret benefit in Teaneck. They were a mix of breast cancer survivors and their family and friends. When they walked into that ballroom, … more

By Celia Weintrob | 1/29/15

During the Yeshiva Darchei Torah’s 43rd anniversary gala, the grandchildren of Harriet Keilson unveil a new sign outside the school’s early childhood center which was named in her memory.

Yeshiva Darchei Torah celebrates its 43rd year

Members of the Five Towns-Far Rockaway community crowded into Yeshiva Darchei Torah on Beach 17th Street on Jan. 10 to support the school and honor leaders in Torah, on the occasion of … more

1/20/16

HAFTR High School commencement graduates 115

One-hundred-fifteen graduates of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway HS celebrated their major milestone at the Milton Bassin Performing Arts Center at York College in Jamaica on June … more

6/22/16

HALB students had blast at hands-on shofar show

When the Living Torah Museum came to HALB last week, Rabbi Deutsch and his ram gave the children a hands-on experience with the mitzvah of shofar. They learned why … more

9/22/16

YCQ girls visit heritage center

The Names, Not Numbers program at the Yeshiva of Central Queens took a trip to the Jewish Heritage Museum to learn about the Holocaust. Names, Not Numbers is a program started by Tova-Fish Rosenberg … more

By Savi Kessler | 11/9/16

SKA ninth grader Priva Halpert studies with her father, Dr. Eliezer Halpert, at the school’s father-daughter breakfast.

Transmitting the mesorah, l’doe va’dor, at SKA

Our Jewish day schools assist parents in transmitting the mesorah to the next generation, with the parents joining in at school on special occasions. At left, Meir Katz, a fifth grader at Yeshiva of … more

1/3/18

Yanky Brach is greeted by students after the surprise presentation at Yeshiva Darchei Torah. From right: Brach; Rabbi Dovid Frischman, menahel of YDT’s middle school; and Rabbi Avrohom Bender, a rebbi and menahel at YDT.

Darchei surprises Yanky Brach

In the Diamond Bais Medrash at Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway, a crowd ranging from sixth graders to kollel yungeleit and rabbeim waited patiently for the arrival of Yanky Brach, to present … more

By Benzion Kaplan | 4/6/16