In the fall of 1966, two Morristown families looking for quality Jewish education for their own children spawned the idea for a day school for Morris County. These families, the Wertheimers and the Turners,  joined with other dedicated families, area rabbis, and Jewish leaders to build support for creating a new school.

The school would be a community day school, meaning that it would welcome families from all branches of Judaism. To make this point clear, the founders gave the school a "parve" name: the Hebrew Academy of Morris County. With little experience or money, but a lot of hard work and tremendous commitment, the founding families' vision became a reality.  In September, 1967, the Hebrew Academy of Morris County opened its doors with 18 children in classrooms at the Morristown Jewish Center in Morristown.

Over the next decade, the Hebrew Academy led an itinerant existence, moving from the Morristown Jewish Center to the Lake Hiawatha Jewish Center, then to to Sts. Cyril and Methodius Roman Catholic Church in Boonton, and then to Temple Shalom in Succassunna. By the mid-1970s, it was clear that for the school to survive and thrive, it needed a home of its own.

School leaders secured a site on Dover Chester Road in Randolph. With strong support from many families, the school was able to construct a new building in time for the school opening in September, 1980. The building is named in memory of Nathan Bohrer and Abraham Kaufman, the fathers of the lead donors for the building project, Esther Bohrer and Bernard Bohrer z"l.

The school has continued to grow and expand at the Randolph campus. In 1993, the Hebrew Academy dedicated a new wing in memory of Beatsy Wertheimer, one of the school's founders. In the last few years, thanks to extraordinary support from Hebrew Academy families and friends, the school has added a computer laboratory, a new administrative wing and beautiful new sanctuary, an expanded library, and expanded programming in the computer science, the arts, and other areas.

Today, HAMC offers excellent secular studies as well as a rich and challenging Judaic curriculum to some 225 children, aged 18 months through grade eight. Hebrew Academy boasts more than 260 alumni, and hundreds of others who have attended the preschool or other grades.  Our graduates have excelled at top high schools and colleges. Many say the Hebrew Academy is the foundation of adults lives committed to Judaism and Jewish causes.

The school has enriched the lives of hundreds of families, drawing them closer to their Jewish heritage, and drawing many families together in life-long friendships. The Hebrew Academy has become an anchor of the growing Jewish community in Morris and Sussex counties.

In 2003-04, the Hebrew Academy celebrated its Double Chai (36-year) anniversary. To commemorate this special milestone, the school honored its founders: Morton Wertheimer, Alvin Turner, Beatsy Wertheimer z"l, and Michael Rubenstein z"l.  

The plaques created for the founders included these famous words from Theodore Herzl: "If you will it, it is no dream."