Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway

Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway
HILI
Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway; HILI
Address
	389 Central Avenue; Lawrence, New York; United States
Information
Type	Private
Motto	"Have a Growth Mindset"
Established	1978
President	Yaron Kornblum
Dean	Middle School:; Einat Rabinovich; High School:; Rabbi Yitzchok Riselsheimer and Goldy Walfish;
Director	Ari Solomon
Principal	High school:; Naomi Lippman, Principal; Middle school:; Dr.Rochelle Brand, Principal; Elementary and Kindergarten Joy Hammer, Principal;
Grades	PreK-12
Gender	Coed
Color(s)	White, Blue, Red
Mascot	HAWK
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

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.

Notable alumni

Alana Newhouse, editor of Tablet magazine
Daniel Wise, mathematician.
Paula (Finkelstein) Eiselt, director of 93QUEEN,[3] a documentary featuring Rachel Freier

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

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[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

[3] ttps://www.93queen.com/