Hebrew Academy of Nassau County
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Hebrew Academy of Nassau County was started in 1953 by Rabbi Meyer Fendel and is one of the oldest and largest Jewish high schools in the world.[citation needed] There are 4 locations to the school: a preschool and an elementary school in West Hempstead, an elementary school in Plainview, and a Junior High/High School in Uniondale. It is also home to Ruach Day Camp during the summer. There are currently over 1,000 students in the four locations.
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[edit] Notable alumni
- Nathan Englander - Author.[1]
- David Denenberg - Councilman Nassau County
- Nathan Diament - Promient Attorney for the Orthodox Union and frequent council at the Supreme Court
- Todd Ant - Sportscaster, ABC Radio Network
- Eddie Kelaty - Producer of "The Side We Never Knew"
[edit] References
- ^ Shalit, Wendy. "The Observant Reader", The New York Times, January 30, 2005. Accessed October 29, 2007. "Englander is about as much a product of the shtetl as John Kerry. He actually attended the coeducational Hebrew Academy of Nassau County and then the State University of New York, Binghamton."
