Ten years ago on erev Pesach, Brian (Yaakov) Hagler of Woodmere was playing basketball with friends, dribbling down the court, when his legs gave out; he felt that he had no strength. After sitting on the side, he went home. His wife, Ruchy, noticed an unexplained bruise under his eye. He went to the doctor. more

Beginning at HAFTR in Lawrence, 55 participants raced 1K on Aug. 14 to raise money for the Friends of Israel Defense Forces. more

Volunteers from the Five Towns and surrounding communities will come together at 10:30 am this Sunday, Aug. 10, to assemble backpacks for local school children in need. more

HAFTR hosted 300 students from 19 tri-state area Jewish high schools to showcase what they learned during two years of an Israeli high tech engineering course. more

Valedictorian Miriam Shana Friedman of Cedarhurst plans to study Chemical Engineering at Princeton University. more

First Grade students at HAFTR Lower School celebrated the end of their unit of study on Opinion Writing. Throughout the study, students learned how to express their opinions by supporting their feelings with details. Students had strong feelings about characters, food and school. more

HAFTR students gathered to commemorate Yom Hashoah. more

Four Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway HS students were awarded medals for outstanding research at the final round of the Long Island Math Fair on May 2, 2014 at Hofstra University. more

It was a dark and somber environment as high school students at the Hebrew Academy of Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) commemorated Yom Hashoah on Monday. At an assembly Rabbi Gedaliah Oppen discussed his recent trip to Poland, which he took with a select group of seniors and faculty members Rabbi Moshe Hubner and Ms. Shira Oppen. more

The HAFTR High School Players recently gave an incredible performance of How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. more