Nathan, is an 8-year-old who lives by the beach, loves scary roller coasters and can identify over 100 different sea creatures. With his 3-D printer, he has created a special pair of flip-flops … more

Eighth-graders at HAFTR enhanced their studies of immigration at the beginning of the twentieth … more

In preparation for their art show, HAFTR fourth graders created their own masterpieces with artist Rabbi Yitzchok Moully. Inspired by the art of Andy Warhol, Rabbi Moully shared his vision of … more

Two students at the Hebrew Academy of Five Towns and Rockaway — senior Russell Charnoff and junior Justin Lish — are regional finalists in the prestigious Siemens science … more

Joshua Gold has been appointed principal of HAFTR’s Middle School, effective July 1.  For the last seven years, Gold has been assistant principal of NEST+m, a citywide K–12 gifted … more

HAFTR hosted its 10th annual Golf Spring Classic & Spa Day on May 15, honoring the memory of Jacob Greenberg. Greenberg, a former HAFTR student, was a vibrant young boy who truly represented a … more

HAFTR Middle School celebrated one of our most exciting days of the year — Pi Approximation Day! Sixth graders measured the circumference and diameters of black-and-white cookies. They … more

Recently, Lara Decter, Rebecca Jedwab, Michael Sosnick, Samantha Weissman and I enjoyed an amazing trip to Israel through “Write On for Israel,” an Israel advocacy-training program more

Eighteen HAFTR students have returned from the mission to Poland and Germany that included visits to machanot hashmada (concentration camps) and mekomot hakedoshim (resting places of the … more

More than 200 yeshiva high school students from New York and New Jersey gathered at Young Israel of Woodmere for the 25th annual Yeshiva Model Congress. HAFTR High School was the host school and … more