A new Holocaust educational initiative was launched at Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway on Nov. 16. More than 100 educators from dozens of day schools and yeshivot were introduced to the … more

Seventh graders from the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockways visited the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan last week. The tour guides were all women who were either children of … more

HAFTR HS Valedictorian Rachel Sacks Rachel Sacks, valedictorian of the HAFTR HS 2017 graduating class, is president of the Science Institute Club, captain of the Debate Team, president of the … more

DRS hosted nearly 130 prospective applicants from 15 elementary schools for a chance to experience life as a DRS student. Eighth-graders from YCQ, HANC, Har Torah, South Shore, Yeshiva Ketana, HAFTR, … more

The children at HANC ECC West Hempstead are looking forward to Matan Torah on Shavuot.  They are counting the Omer daily in school on their Sfira charts. more

For SKA students last week, chessed meant action and not words. Eleventh and twelfth graders did the ultimate chessed shel emet, volunteering with at the Hebrew Free Burial Society to rake thousands … more

By Mayer Fertig Issue of July 10, 2009 / 18 Tammuz 5769 Parents of girls who expected to attend Shalhevet High School for Girls in September, as incoming freshmen or returning 10th graders, … more

After the much anticipated year in yeshiva or midrasha has come and gone, the students return to earth from a spiritual high in the rarified environment of Torah learning in Israel. Back in the U.S., many struggle to establish a college experience that continues their Torah high. To facilitate and maintain a yeshiva connection in the students, Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky, menahel (principal) of the Davis Renov Stahler (DRS) High School for Boys in Woodmere, has initiated a periodic Shabbat minyan (the next one is this Shabbat, Dec. 7). All single post-high school young men and women are invited. more

Jordan Hiller of Woodmere organized a chizuk mission to Copenhagen this week and was joined by several other Five Towners, including Rabbi Gedaliah Oppen, principal of Judaic Studies at the Hebrew … more

Close to 1,100 educators from over 45 Jewish day schools participated in the Jewish Education Project’s 39th annual Yeshiva Day School Day of Learning, at HAFTR in Lawrence on Nov. 18. Workshop … more