HAFTR’s Middle School welcomed New York Institute of Technology’s STEM Initiative at an event sponsored by the Jewish Education Project. NYIT brought its mobile STEM unit to work on … more

Midwinter break gives both students and teachers the chance to travel to all sorts of exotic places. This year, Rabbi Gedaliah Oppen … more

HAFTR High School began preparing for its fourth annual senior trip to Poland divrei chizuk from Gaby Benedict, who spoke about Jewish life in Hungary before and during World War II. Benedict, who … more

HAFTR scientists discovered that you can learn about science anywhere, even on a bus! Students in kindergarten, fourth and fifth grades … more

Chanukah was ushered in at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway’s Early Childhood Center by the fabulous performers of the Pre-Kindergarten program.Over 300 guests were thrilled to … more

HAFTR second graders learned about the intricate process of writing a Sefer Torah, during a Tzivos Hashem Sefer Torah Workshop. The talmidim and talmidot … more

HAFTR High’s Judaic studies principal, Rabbi Gedaliah Oppen, visited with his graduates — both talmidim and talmidot — who are studying in Eretz Yisroel for the … more

For Rabbi Waxman’s HAFTR CAHAL class, it was the day of kabalat haTorah, the day they got to receive and hold their chumashim. For weeks, they have been learning the songs and motions for … more

HAFTR’s eighth grade girls began their shabbaton last weekend with Kaballat Shabbat in the Beit Medrash. Rabbi Dovid Kupchik, menahel, introduced the theme of the Shabbat, “all for one … more

Mazal tov to HAFTR second graders on receiving their first chumash, the book of Genesis. At right, students performed songs that highlighted their love of Torah. Students and guests personalized … more