Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway
Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway HILI | |
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Address | |
389 Central Avenue , United States | |
Coordinates | Hebrew Academy of the 5 Towns |
Information | |
Type | Private |
Motto | "Have a Growth Mindset" |
Established | 1978 |
President | Yaron Kornblum |
Dean | Middle School:
High School:
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Director | Ari Solomon |
Principal | High school:
Middle school:
Elementary and Kindergarten
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Grades | PreK-12 |
Gender | Coed |
Color(s) | White, Blue, Red |
Mascot | HAWK |
Newspaper | Secular- Tattler, Judaic- HAFTR Haftorah |
Affiliation | Judaism |
Website | haftr |
The Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) is a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school on the South Shore of Long Island in New York, United States, serving male and female students in preschool through twelfth grade. It is a private school in the Five Towns.
HAFTR was established in 1978 as the result of a merger between two schools on the South Shore of Long Island: the Hebrew Institute of Long Island (HILI) in Far Rockaway, Queens, which had served the Rockaway and Five Towns community since 1936; and the Hillel School, which was founded in Lawrence in 1957.[1]
The school is a participant in the Salute to Israel Parade.
Athletics[]
The Academy offers basketball, soccer, hockey, baseball, softball, tennis and volleyball, all for both girls and boys. The head of athletics is Joey Hoenig. All HAFTR athletics use the name "The Hawks," though the hockey team formerly competed under the name "The Flames."
Publications[]
The official student newspaper of HAFTR High School is The Tattler.[2] Established more than 30 years ago, the stories featured in the publication are written, photographed and edited by HAFTR students.
Recently, HAFTR students and rabbinic faculty alike, re-founded the HAFTR Haftorah: A judaic publication, focused around major Jewish holidays and includes Divrei Torah, whats happening around the school, and Judaism inspired art.
Notable alumni[]
- Alana Newhouse, editor of Tablet magazine
- Daniel Wise, mathematician.
- Paula (Finkelstein) Eiselt, director of 93QUEEN,[3] a documentary featuring Rachel Freier
- Jacob Steinmetz, First Orthodox-Jewish Major League Baseball player
References[]
- ^ Staff. "Dor L’Dor: HAFTR celebrates its 38th year", The Jewish Star, February 24, 2016. Accessed February 9, 2017. "HAFTR was established in 1978 as a merger between two outstanding South Shore day schools — Hebrew Institute of Long Island (HILI), which served the Rockaway and budding Five Towns communities since 1936, and the Hillel School, which was founded in 1957 to serve the area’s growing needs."
- ^ The Tattler
- ^ https://www.93queen.com/
External links[]
- HAFTR homepage
- Data for Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, National Center for Education Statistics
- Private elementary schools in New York (state)
- Private high schools in New York (state)
- Private middle schools in New York (state)
- Modern Orthodox Jewish day schools in the United States
- Jewish day schools in New York (state)
- Educational institutions established in 1978
- Schools in Nassau County, New York
- 1978 establishments in New York (state)
- Jewish organization stubs