Adolph Schreiber Hebrew Academy vs. Abraham Joshua Heschel School

The Adolph H. Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland (ASHAR) is proud to look back on over 50 years of history and service to the children of the greater Monsey community.

From its inception in the autumn of 1954, the school has maintained its place as one of the leading yeshiva day schools in the tri-state area.

First housed in Monsey's Community Synagogue on Cloverdale Lane, the school was originally called the Hebrew Institute of Rockland County (HIRC).

Although other day schools and yeshivas existed, it was this need to incorporate Ahavat Yisrael into their children's education that inspired a handful of parents to establish a school that provided a religious Zionistic environment mixed with a strong general studies curriculum.

The Abraham Joshua Heschel School is an independent school named in memory of one of the great Jewish leaders, teachers, and activists of the 20th century.

Unaffiliated with any single movement or synagogue, The Heschel School sees as essential the creation of a community with families from a wide range of Jewish backgrounds, practices and beliefs.

The School is devoted to equal participation—boys and girls, men and women—in all aspects of the School's religious, intellectual and communal life.

The Heschel School is dedicated to the values and principles that characterized Rabbi Heschel's life: integrity, intellectual exploration, traditional Jewish study, justice, righteousness, human dignity, and holiness.

The Heschel School is dedicated to fostering a lifelong love of learning.

It seeks to engender the understanding that the discovery of personal meaning and the growth of individual identity can emerge from the rigors of study.

The Heschel School seeks to create an ethical learning community that encompasses the children, staff, parents and all those who join in the work of the School.