YU News

by Yoni Schechter ('15) On Tuesday, MTA hosted a Torah Bowl meet against TABC, SAR, Ramaz and Magen David. The MTA team hoped to get back on track after having their seventeen game winning streak broken in the previous meet. Members of all teams were treated to a pizza lunch when they first arrived…

Jared Scher's Winning Entry Overall Winner - Jared Scher ('13) Nature - Shimmy Socol ('16) Black & White - Brian Small ('16) The City - Shimmy Socol ('16) Thank you to all who participated!

Pearls of Wisdom, our literary magazine named after a beloved English teacher, Pearl Mayefsky, will be guided this year by Ms. Danielle Lewis. Isaac Krasnopolsky ('13) was named Editor-in-Chief and Max Hoffman ('13) was named Features Editor. Position for art editor is still open. This year's…

by Moshe Bochner ('13) On Wednesday, the fourth day of Chanukah, the entire student body of MTA took part in the Yeshiva's annual Chanukah Chagigah. Upon entering Weissberg Commons, students were treated to a scrumptious breakfast of bagels, cereal, ice cream, and, of course, latkes and donuts.…

After the week of terror in Israel, two 2012 graduates of MTA, who are currently studying there in Yeshivat Lev Ha Torah, captured the intense emotions and created an incredibly inspiring song, and accompanying video, to describe our attachment and support of our homeland. Gabe Rosenfeld, wrote,…

On Tuesday, students packed into the Library to hear more about MTA's brand new partnership with the Sy Syms School of Business, called MTA LEAD (for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Advisement, and Development). The program offers incredibly unique opportunities to students interested in business…

by Moshe Bochner ('13) On Monday, the "Names, Not Numbers" program, MTA's Holocaust film documentary class for seniors, went to Battery Park to visit the Jewish Heritage Museum. Led by Mrs. Tova Fish-Rosenberg, the group of thirty plus seniors were generously treated to a tour of the museum as…

by Aryeh Klien ('14) During lunch on Tuesday, MTA students had the privilege to  hear from Rabbi Moshe Taragin, one of the Ramim of Yeshivat Har Etzion, who addressed them as to how a religious Jew should view the events of the past few weeks in Israel. He briefly mentioned the political…

A new round of Macbeth performances began on Thursday, as the sophomores completed their study of Macbeth,  a Shakespeare tragedy.  Each group determined the time period to set the specific act in and used costumes and scenery to match the time. The fourth period class masterfully…

Just one win shy of win number 200, Coach Gibber expected the victory to come on Wednesday night on the road in Brooklyn, where the Lions were scheduled to take on Simchas Chaim. However, the milestone victory came hours earlier when it was announced that Simchas Chaim would be forfeiting the match…