Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway

Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway
HILI
Address

  • Elementary School, Early Childhood. 33 Washington Avenue, Lawrence
  • Middle School. 44 Frost Lane, Lawrence
  • High School. 635 Central Avenue, Cedarhurst
  • Business Office. 389 Central Avenue, Lawrence
    Lawrence, New York
    United States
Information
Type Private
Motto "Have a Growth Mindset"
Established 1978
President Jason Bokor
Dean

Middle School:

  • Randi Ricotta and Einat Rabinovich

High School:

  • Rabbi Yitzchok Riselsheimer and Goldy Walfish
Principal

High school:

  • Naomi Lippman, General Studies
  • Rabbi Gedaliah Oppen, Judaic studies

Middle school:

  • Mr Joshua Gold, General studies
  • Rabbi David Kupchik, Judaic studies

Elementary and Kindergarten

  • Joy Hammer. General Studies
  • Naomi Maron. Assistant for General Studies
  • Rabbi David Kupchik. Judaic Studies
Headmaster Rabbi Simcha Loiterman
Chaplain Rabbi Jared Anstandig
Grades PreK-12
Gender Coed
Enrollment Aaron Oshry
Color(s) red, blue, black
Mascot The Benus Bear
Rival HALB, SHA
National ranking 1 in Torah Bowl
Test average 65-85
Newspaper Tattler
Affiliation Judaism
Website haftr.org

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

Head of athletics is Joey Hoenig. All HAFTR athletics use the name "The Hawks". The hockey team used to compete 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.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ 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."
  2. ↑ The Tattler


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