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Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island officials had to explain the meaning of a letter they wrote regarding report cards at the Inwood school.

Poor wording stirs report card controversy

A letter sent by Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island officials to parents concerning their children’s report cards has caused the Inwood school to backtrack about the genuine meaning of the Jan. 8 correspondence. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/3/16

HAFTR Highlights student columnist Maia Schlussel.

Playing, studying and then relaxing

Every January for the past 29 years, the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) hosts an intra-school basketball tournament. more

By Maia Schlussel | 1/27/16

Hatzalah of the Rockaways and Nassau County, which is building a one-story garage in Woodmere, above, was one of three Five Towns entities to have its building department fees capped at $500.

Town of Hempstead caps building permit fees

The Town of Hempstead board approved capping the building department fees for three Five Towns entities at $500 each that will translate in saving the Yeshiva of South Shore in Hewlett, the Far Rockaway-based Hatzalah of the Rockaways and Nassau County and Congregation Bais Ephraim Yitzchok of Woodmere a total of $23,225 for their respective projects. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/20/16

Communities Acting to Heighten Awareness and Learning kindergarten teacher Melody Harris helped a student during a math lesson on the Smartboard.

CAHAL aims to help kids reach their learning potential

Communities Acting to Heighten Awareness and Learning (CAHAL), is a Cedarhurst-based special needs resource program for children in kindergarten through their senior year in high school. more

By Vanessa Parker | 1/6/16

HAFTR Science Chairwoman Rita Sinensky conducted an experiment for parents at the school’s open house.

Opening the doors of HAFTR [Photo gallery]

More than 150 students and their parents attended the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) open house on Nov. 15, where the high school class of 2020 and more than 70 families from other neighborhood schools learned more about educational opportunities in general and Judaic studies at the modern Orthodox yeshiva in Cedarhurst. more

12/2/15

David Herman, center, a senior at DRS, was named a Siemens regional finalist. On the left was Principal Dr. Gerald Kirshenbaum and Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky, right.

DRS senior named regional finalist

David Herman, a senior at the Davis Renov Stahler (DRS) Yeshiva High School in Woodmere, was named a regional finalist in the prestigious Siemens (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Competition for 2015 on Monday. The first one in DRS’s history. more

By Jeff Bessen and Yitzchak Carroll | 10/21/15

David Herman, center, a senior at DRS, was named a Siemens regional finalist. On the left, Principal Dr. Gerald Kirshenbaum and on the right, Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky.

DRS senior a Siemens regional finalist

David Herman,a senior at David Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys in Woodmere, was named a regional finalist in the prestigious Siemens STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Competition for 2015. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/16/15

Yeshiva Darchei Torah, in Far Rockaway, is undecided on whether to build a dormitory, a gymnasium or additional classrooms on a vacant site that was donated to the school.

Yeshiva Darchei Torah receives land donation

Thanks to a donation of land from its neighbors across the street, Yeshiva Darchei Torah, a Far Rockaway school that serves about 2,100 students, could be expanding its campus in the near future. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/19/15

Rabbi Shay Schachter, director of Adult Education at Young Israel of Woodmere, at one the synagogue’s Beis Medrash lectures.

Promoting Torah in the community

Supplementing already existing Torah study is one of the goals of the Young Israel of Woodmere’s new Beis Medrash program, as the synagogue’s Summer Learning Experience (SLE) is considered a tremendous success, attracting community members of all ages to learn together. more

By Yitzchak Carroll | 8/12/15

Shani Lefkowitz and her granddaughter Rivky Lefkowitz packed a backpack at the 2013 Supplies for Success at Yeshiva of South Shore in Hewlett.

Filling those needed backpacks

Volunteers ranging from elementary school students to grandparents will hunker down at Yeshiva of South Shore in Hewlett this Sunday to fill backpacks as part of the Supplies for Success program, which donates school items to more than 500 Orthodox Jewish children in the Five Towns and throughout Long Island. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/12/15

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