Jewish Communities of the Five Towns and the Rockaways - Hardcoverby The Jewish Heritage Society of the Five (Author) The Five Towns comprising the villages of Cedarhurst and Lawrence and the communities of Woodmere, Hewlett, and Inwood is an area nestled on the South Shore of Long Island next to the easternmost part of Queens, known as Far Rockaway. Originally popular as a Jewish summer vacation spot near the Atlantic Ocean, the Five Towns and the Far Rockaway area grew to become a thriving, year round Jewish