The Hasten Hebrew Academy was incorporated as a non-profit organization on March 30. The Hasten Hebrew Academy opens its doors at B'nai Torah with 18 students, forming a kindergarten, first, second, and third grade in September. Edwin Epstein served as the first principal of the school until 1978.
A fourth grade is added to the school, with a new grade added every year until an 8th grade is established in 1978.
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June 20 Lipot Frankovitz contributed $200,000 towards the new school building, allowing the building to go up without a single mortgage payment needed.
The Academy moves into its own building at 6602 Hoover Road.
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Thanks to a massive immigration from the former Soviet Union
For excellence in Jewish Education