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The volume of traffic across the Five Towns is much like the weather: Everybody talks about it, but nobody seems to be able to do much about it. Washington Avenue, which divides the villages of Cedarhurst and Lawrence, is a microcosm of the problem. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/17/22

A virtual meeting of the South Shore Online District. From left at top were Kaitlin Pollack and Dasi Weill, of HAFTR; Benjamin Cohen, of Katz Yeshiva; and Sam Passner, of the Idea School. From left in the next row were Ilana Greenberg, of North Shore; Maytal Chelst, of Central; Maya Karasanto, of HAFTR; and Alex Libkind, the district coordinator. Below them, from left, were Batya Kimyagarov, of SKA; Lulu Morse and Andrew Bereger, of HAFTR; and Chole Mastour, of North Shore. At bottom, from left, were Leo Elgen, of Ramaz, and Isabel Waitman, of the Salantar Akiba Riverdale Academy.

HAFTR debate team director creates league for yeshivas

Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns & Rockaway High School’s debate team has been unable to compete in tournaments held on Fridays and Saturdays, and the team’s director and coach, Alex Libkind, decided that he needed to do something about that. more

By Hernesto Galdamez | 9/29/22

Hewlett-Woodmere, HALB and HAFTR schools are collaborating with the Nassau County Police Department to tighten security. NCPD Officer Luis Serrano led a school safety seminar at the department’s Garden City training center on May 26.

Five Towns schools double down on security after Uvalde

It’s nearly 2,000 miles from Uvalde, Texas, to Long Island, but the aftershock of the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School has reached the Five Towns. more

By Lisa Margaria | 6/9/22

HAFTR eighth-grader Alex Preminger reflected on his experience interviewing a Holocaust survivor for his Names, Not Numbers project.

Survivors recall the Holocaust

The tragedy of the Holocaust continues to reverberate in the 21st century, as students at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway Middle School took part in the Names, Not Numbers project and showed their videotaped interviews with survivors on June 2. more

By Lisa Margaria | 6/9/22

West Hempstead resident Tzipporah Zimmer swabbed the inside of her mouth at the Gift of Life Marrow Registry drive at HAFTR High School last Sunday.

Swabbing for Shlomo at HAFTR in Cedarhurst

By simply taking four swabs of cells from the inside of your mouth, it’s possible to save someone else’s life, because for every 400 swabs, there’s a bone marrow match, according to the nonprofit Gift of Life Marrow Registry, which teamed up again with the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway to hold a bone marrow testing event last Sunday. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/15/21

HAFTR High School in Cedarhurst will host bone marrow testing to help a Cedarhurst family on July 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Bone marrow testing at HAFTR on Sunday

The Gift of Life Marrow Registry will conduct bone marrow testing in a quest to find a donor to help a Cedarhurst resident who has chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, a cancer that begins blood-forming cells of the bone marrow and invades the blood. It affects mainly older adults. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/8/21

Kindergartners greeted fellow students and teachers on the first day of school at Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway last Sept. 1.

HAFTR steers through Covid

Even before schools were closed last March as the coronavirus pandemic spread, officials at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway were keeping an eye on the growing crisis. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/10/21

Rebecca Linder is a lifeguard at Camp Seneca Lake, one of the few sleepaway camps open during this summer.

Making the most of a pandemic summer

Although it seems like a lifetime ago, just back in December, children across the country were sitting on one of the hardest decisions of their young lives: summer plans. The application process, interviews, receiving acceptance letters, planning, and finally being able to look forward to the summer. more

By Sophie Blank | 7/15/20

In honor of all our wonderful mothers

Although Mother’s Day is not a Jewish holiday and the Torah commands us to honor our mothers every day, as long as we continually show our love and appreciation to our moms throughout the year … more

By Jordana Mastour | 5/7/20

Dovid Kanarfogel and Leslie Gang, the founders of Hindi's Libraries, and the 2019 Herald People of the Year.

‘An assembly line of good’

After Cedarhurst resident Dovid Kanarfogel’s wife, Dr. Hindi Krinsky, died last year, he decided to honor her memory, with the help of his friend Leslie Gang, by putting books in the hands of children. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 12/26/19

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