HAFTR scientists discovered that you can learn about science anywhere, even on a bus! Students in kindergarten, fourth and fifth grades … more

Dozens of students, faculty and alumni of Zionist-oriented day schools in Long Island’s Five Towns were among an estimated 18,000 participants — including 4,000 campus representatives … more

This time of year we often get caught up buying costumes, packaging our Mishloach Manot, and preparing our beautiful Purim meals, and rightfully so. Purim is a joyous holiday that requires tons of preparation, but this past Wednesday night students of SKA, DRS, and HAFTR came together under Philanthropy For The Future and Heart to Heart to create more than 75 Purim packages for sick children in LIJ’s Cohen’s Medical Center. more

All HAFTR grades participated in an Advisory meeting focused on the topic of empathy. Drawing upon the work of Brené Brown, students learned that empathy consists of perspective taking, … 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

All hands were on deck at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited the school’s Lawrence campus to announce a $150,000 state grant to improve security at … more

HAFTR’s fourth-grade artists experienced a celebration to remember — the annual Evening of the Arts, a culmination of a year-long study of music and the visual arts. The Washington … more

Rabbi Gedaliah Oppen, HAFTR High School principal of Judaic Studies, is in Israel visiting his students (here with HAFTR boys at Torat Shraga). Around 85 percent of the HAFTR graduates choose to … more

A behind-the-scenes look at New York’s annual Salute to Israel By Yaffi Spodek Issue of May 22, 2009 / 28 Iyar 5769 Months of intensive planning are often required to organize a … more

An eleventh grade HAFTR class met with HaGaon R’Shorr shlita in his private study in Flatbush last week, and listened intently as the Rav discussed the meaning of “true … more