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Today’s MTA Chanukah Light is Rabbi Netanel Danto.  A Freshman Rebbe, Junior Grade Dean, and Director of our Yeshiva Fellowship program, Rabbi Danto is committed to fostering the religious and spiritual growth of all of our talmidim.  In his Freshman Shiur, Rabbi Danto has adopted the V’…

We are excited to begin our second annual MTA Chanukah Lights campaign! On each day of Chanukah, we will introduce you to a member of the MTA family who makes a tremendous impact on our community and beyond and serves as a role model for our talmidim. Stay tuned as we continue to share the amazing…

On Thursday, November 30th, MTA Freshmen enjoyed an incredible Night In Yeshiva with their rebbeim and Senior mentors.  The evening kicked off with pizza and a d’var Torah, then the real fun began! Freshmen and their Senior mentors broke into groups and built boats out of cardboard boxes.…

By: Benny Mermel (‘19) On Tuesday, the MTA Varsity and JV College Bowl teams headed to Flatbush for their first meet of the year. After many weeks of practicing, the team was prepared and ready to perform well.  Led by Coach Mr. Andrew Katz, Varsity Captain Ben Mermel (‘19), and JV Captains…

By: Eitan Warburg ('19) On Wednesday night, the MTA Varsity Basketball Lions took on Hillel in the Max.  MTA started out with an early 10-0 lead.  Hillel caught up, but MTA was still in the lead 12-10 at the end of the first quarter and 14-12 at halftime. Hillel took the lead mid-…

On Wednesday, we kicked off the inaugural meeting of the Y Club.  A new weekly program for 10th-12th Grades, the Y Club features a discussion with an MTA rebbe, who answers a burning question our talmidim are anxious to learn more about. The first meeting’s topic, Y Do We Learn Gemara?, was…

MTA talmidim who participated in last year’s Names, Not Numbers elective course, were fortunate to meet Holocaust Survivor Dov Landau on their trip to Poland.  This year, Mr. Landau flew in from Israel to be interviewed today by current Seniors for their Names, Not Numbers documentary. He also…

MTA hosted a community-wide Thanksgiving Learning program in Bergen County, Brooklyn, Monsey, Passaic, Queens, and NYC.  Members of each community joined MTA talmidim and rebbeim for Shacharis, followed by breakfast and a shiur given by MTA rebbeim.  The Bergen County program was hosted…

By: Yeshurin Sorscher (‘21) On November 12th - 15th, MTA partnered with New Jersey NCSY and NECHAMA Jewish Response To Disaster for a chessed mission to South Carolina.  Ten talmidim from the Sophomore and Junior Grades joined the mission, along with Director of Teaching and Learning Rabbi…