YU News

by Moshe Bochner ('13) This past weekend, Rabbi Kerner's 12th grade shiur had a marvelous shabbaton in rural Monsey. The shabbaton kicked off on Friday with a parsha shiur at Rabbi Kerner's shul, Kehillat New Hempstead. Then, the shiur played an intense game of tackle football in Orchard Hill Park…

On Monday, students and faculty headed down to The Lions' Den to celebrate Shushan Purim with singing and dancing. Music was provided by our very own music instructor Mr. David Ross, and his band. Rabbi Bechhofer spoke about the pride we take in MTA, and students enjoyed performances from the MTA…

At 7:30pm on Wednesday night, February 27, LionsLive went live for the very first time. In partnership with MacsLive, the broadcast home of YU Sports, LionsLive plans to broadcast MTA home athletic events. Special thanks to Avi Matanky, President of MacsLive, for all his help and support. Daniel…

by Shai Cohen This past Wednesday, I had the privilege to compete in the New York State Semi-Finals of the English Speaking Union's Shakespeare Competition. I had prepared a monologue and a sonnet to perform on stage in the New York Public Library. With a lot of help from Mrs. Levitt and Ms. Lewis…

by Dovid Schwartz ('13) On Thursday, the MTA Debate team went to Central to debate about affirmative action. Unlike in most debates, in which only experienced debaters participate, a few select novices were given the opportunity to debate. These novices were facing debaters who were both older and…

by Shimmy Mandelbaum ('16) The Yeshiva University Seforim Sale, the largest Seforim Sale in North America and the second largest Seforim Sale in the world has been going on since February 3rd and will continue through March 3rd. The sale offers over seven and a half thousand titles of Jewish…

by Aryeh Klein ('14) On Tuesday night, a secret operation was conducted in the shadowy hallways of MTA. The Israeli members of the Makor Chaim Exchange Program, in the cover of the darkness, snuck into the library with seemingly nefarious intentions. When the MTA student body came in the next…

How did the concept of affirmative action begin in our history?  What brought about the idea that certain students should be favored in college acceptances over others more qualified? Those questions initiated Mr. Murray Sragow's discussion of affirmative action to our Debate Club on Tuesday…

by Avi Weschler ('14) This past Wednesday night, our College Guidance department, under the leadership of Mr. Murray Sragow, coordinated the annual "Financial Aid Night" for Junior and Senior parents. Mr. Robert Friedman, the University Director of Student Finance, was invited to come speak…

This past week, Meir Finkelstein ('13) and Dovid Schwartz ('13) presented a copy of the inaugural edition of Pirchei Yitzchak to YU President Richard Joel. The two Seniors founded Pirchei Yitzchak, modeled after Yeshiva University's Beis Yitzchak, last year as their Capstone Project for Honors…