AFTR HS launched a Sunday morning “Shachris and Learn” program, where students and parents daven together, learn Chayei Adam and enjoy a lavish breakfast. Pictured above: Rabbis Arie … more

Gabriel Shore, a senior at the Hebrew Academy of Five Towns and Rockaway, will be presented with the Chesed Leadership Award at the American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center Heart of … more

It has been an exciting start to the new school year. For the first time, the high school of HAFTR (the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway) had a Big Read program, with freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors — along with many faculty members — all reading the novel “Exodus” by Leon Uris. more

A new program at the Lower School of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway is teaching fourth and fifth graders to go beyond not being a bully. The “Upstander” program asks HAFTR students to be an “Upstander — someone who, unlike a bystander, stands up to bullying,” said the school’s psychologist, Dr. Jennifer Yedlin, who developed the program. more

HAFTR Middle School students were joined by 30 students from the Lawrence Middle School on Monday to hear about the Names Not Numbers Project. The project was conceived by Tova Fish Rosenberg, … more

HAFTR seniors Jonathan (Yoni) Kastner and Justin Lish have been designated as National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists. The nationwide pool of semifinalists, representing less than one percent of … more

The new school year began just before Rosh Hashana for most Long Islanders. At the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, HAFTR parent and faculty member Robin Maron poses with her daughter … more

New York Islanders’ Matt Martin, four-time winner of the Bob Nystrom award, visited HAFTR’s Hillel Day camp, speaking about the importance of staying fit. He shared the story of his … more

Hillel Day Camp celebrated the end of the nine days by inviting Simcha Leiner to perform. Hillel’s choir, led by Izzy Keiffer, sang as well. The camp’s second grade girls later … 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