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. Established more than 30 years ago, the stories featured in the publication are written, photographed and edited by HAFTR students. Recently, HAFTR students and rabbinic faculty alike, re-founded the HAFTR Haftorah: A judaic publication, focused around major Jewish holidays and includes Divrei Torah, whats happening around the school, and Judaism inspired art. Notable alumni Robby Berman, wrote the first book ever published on Arabic Idioms in the Palestinian Dialect. Paula (Finkelstein) Eiselt, director of 93QUEEN, a documentary featuring Rachel Freier Deborah Lipstadt (HILI), Holocaust historian and expert on antisemitism Alana Newhouse (HAFTR), editor of Tablet magazine Jacob Steinmetz (HAFTR), first Orthodox-Jewish Major League Baseball-drafted player Daniel Wise, mathematician References External links HAFTR homepage Data for Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, National Center for Education Statistics Private elementary schools in New York (state) Private high schools in New York (state) Private middle schools in New York (state) Modern Orthodox Jewish day schools in the United States Jewish day schools in New York (state) Educational institutions established in 1978 Schools in Nassau County, New York 1978 establishments in New York (state)