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by Avi Weschler ('14) [easyembed field="FlickrYomHazik"] This past Monday, the entire student body gathered in the Beis Medrash to commemorate Yom HaZikaron. The program began with a short introduction by Hatzioni faculty advisor Rabbi Eli Cohn, and was followed by a short video about an Israeli…

by David Aaronson ('14) This past Tuesday, MTA celebrated Yom HaAtzma'ut, the 65th anniversary of the Jewish State of Israel. The day began with Shacharis and Hallel, after which a auditorium-wide dance broke out, as well as a speech by student council President Eli Weinstein ('13). The breakfast…

by Akiva Schiff ('13) This past Wednesday, the annual Arista Dinner took place in Weissberg Commons. Students, parents and faculty gathered together to celebrate the formal induction of this year's seniors into the Arista National Honor Society, and to welcome in the juniors to their roles for…

by Dovid Ort ('14) After two days of excellent programing from Hatzioni, the club continued to provide inspirational programming on Wednesday.  During lunch, we had the opportunity to hear from Mr. Danny Newman, Deputy General Counsel of Israel's Ministry of Defense. A resident of Teaneck,…

by Asher Finkelstein ('15) Last week, the debate team was preparing for a tournament at Kushner, in which the topic was whether the US should increase humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people. To help us prepare, Shlomo Anapolle ('13), president of MTA's Hatzioni club, was invited to speak with…

by Moshe Bochner ('13) This past Wednesday night, members of the Hatzioni club were privileged to attend a speech given by MK Rabbi Dov Lipman at YU. Rabbi Lipman sits in Israel's Knesset and is a member of the Yesh Atid party. An American born Oleh from Silver Spring, Maryland,  Rabbi…

by Aryeh Klein ('14) On Monday morning, the MTA student body gathered in Lamport Auditorium to commemorate the Holocaust at a special program for Yom HaShoah. The students were first addressed by Yoni Kram ('13), a member of the Names, Not Numbers program, who spoke about the wartime experiences…

by Shlomo Anapolle ('13) [easyembed field="FlickrYUPAC"] Wow, what an amazing day! On Thursday, several members of MTA's Hatzioni club were invited to join the YUPAC mission to Washington. Ethan Wasserman, YUPAC's previous leader, has a close connection to MTA and was kind enough to continue to…

by CJ Glicksman ('16) This past week, the Mock Trial team had two very exciting matches. In the first, which took place on Tuesday, the defense side of the case played against Lehman High School. The match was very close and after much anticipation, MTA came out on top, sending the team to the NYC…

On Friday, select participants of the MTA LEAD program, which is a program MTA runs in partnership with YU's Sy Syms School of Business, were able to attend the lecture delivered by Howard Behar, former President of Starbucks Company North America and Starbucks Coffee International. The theme of…