Fifth grade students in the gifted program of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway have been partnering with Stony Brook University researchers to track penguin colonies in … more

In addition to the Great Challah Bake Long Island Style at the Sands Atlantic Beach, shuls, schools and other organizations staged their own events last week. At HAFTR, more than two hundred … more

HAFTR High School opened its doors to more than 350 people on last Sunday for its Class of 2021 open house. … more

Parshat Noach is always a child’s delight. At the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, pre-K youngsters dressed in ROYGBV (the colors of the rainbow) found it an occasion to … more

The annual Middle School Bar Mitzvah Workshop for seventh grade boys at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway and their chavrutot was held last Wednesday evening. Fathers and grandfathers … more

Three local yeshiva day school students are semi-finalists in the prestigious Siemens math, science and technology competition … more

For the second time in four years, the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway is adding a new sports complex to one of its campuses.  Construction began … more

During aseret yemei teshuva, on Tzom Gedalya, the students at HAFTR Middle School heard from Rabbi Eli Skaist, a lieutenant and chaplain in Tzahal-IDF and rebbe at the Ashreinu Yeshiva in … more

Children at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway participated in the  whole process of making a shofar when the Shofar Factory came to the school last week. The students saw a … more

To prepare for the Yamim Noraim, HAFTR HS Rabbi Hubner gave dvrei chizuk to students, parents and alumni last motzei Shabbat, before Selichot. more