HAFTR schools celebrated Hanukkah

Across the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway schools Hanukkah was celebrated with handmade menorahs and songs sung by Pre-K students, along with tasty donuts.

That kicked off a holiday week of events which included lower school students taking part in a musical prayer led by Rabbi Asher Klein.    

HAFTR students also took part in Hanukkah musical IQ drum circles, crafts, parties and other activities to commemorate the Jewish Festival of Lights. 

Mordechai Shapiro visited on Dec. 21 and performed a Hanukkah concert. A show made possible by HAFTR’s PTA.

Outside of HAFTR High School there was a special menorah lighting ceremony of the giant menorah designed by Israeli artists Yaron Bob that was built from pieces of Kassem rockets fired from Gaza into Sderot, Israel. The menorah was donated by the Bokor and Segal families in 2015. The Bokor family sponsored the lighting ceremony.