A winning hockey team, cheering fans and teachers prepping for their next class are what Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway envisioned as it opened, on Purim Sunday, the school’s … more

HAFTR first graders received their first siddurim at a memorable chagiga where they performed for families and guests. Their Koren Youth Siddur includes questions that lead to a deeper understanding … more

Israel is very much a part of HAFTR’s curriculum, where learning, teaching, speaking, thinking and breathing Eretz Yisrael takes place throughout the year. This week, in lashon, fourth and … more

In honor of their bar and bat mitzvahs, HAFTR seventh graders donated a sefer Torah to the IDF, in partnership with Oz Ve’Hadar. Rabbi Dovid Kupchik, Menahel K–8, is pictured dancing with … more

A fifth grade boys Melave Malka filled HAFTR’s lunchroom with sounds of Torah learning. Under the direction of Rabbi Weiss, fifth grade rebbe, the talmedim and their chavrutot delved into … more

A model of the Bait Hamikdash — the Temple that was on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem — is coming to Long Island in the New Year, part of a campaign to make Judaism’s ancient spiritual citadel something tangible, right here, right now. “People sometimes think that the Bait Hamikdash (Temple) has nothing to do with us,” said Rabbi Mordechai Persoff, educational director of Machon Hamikdash (Temple Institute). “It was 2,000 years ago, or it’s for the times of Mashiach another 2,000 years from now.” more

For over two decades, the Jewish Agency’s P2G Global School Twinning Network has paired hundreds of Jewish schools in diaspora communities with schools in Israel, in order to create direct … more

Hawks, Lady Hawks undefeated By Michael Orbach Issue of February 19, 2010/ 6 Adar 5770 It’s a good time to be a Hawk. Both the boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams at the … more

Former Israel Ambassador Danny Ayalon told Five Towners over the weekend that they must step up their defense of Israel. “The challenges are political warfare,” he said. “We won the military and economic wars.” more

The HAFTR Players, joined by members of the Kulanu program, staged a sold-out performance of “High School Musical.”   Directed by Mrs. Jennifer Winkler, the play, featuring … more