YU News

By: Baruch Schwartz (‘18) Recently, both of Morah Haibi’s Hebrew Ulpan classes took a journey down to Golan Heights for a unique experience as a celebration of the Ulpan curriculum completion.  Students were given a budget to purchase food at Golan and had to order in Hebrew as well as speak…

Seniors enjoyed a 3-day trip to the Split Rock Resort in the Poconos this week.  Each day was jam-packed with fun activities and excursions, including Coastal Sports NJ, Dorney Park, whitewater rafting, paintball, mountain biking, BBQ, kumzits, arcades, bowling, swimming, sports, and of course…

By: Rafi Saperstein (‘20) This Tuesday, the MTA Debate Team journeyed to Ramaz to debate whether assault style rifles should be banned in the United States.  Prior to the debate, multiple team members presented on the topic to educate the entire team and help each member formulate their…

On Friday, May 18th, the MTA Mountain Lions climbed Popolopen Torne, in Harriman State Park.  The Torne is famous for the monuments at its summit, erected in memory of U.S. Army soldiers who trained at West Point, just up the Hudson River.  In fact, the cairn at the summit of Popolopen…

MTA Freshmen enjoyed a fun-filled gradewide trip on Thursday, May 24th to Nesquehoning, PA featuring ziplining, sports, bike riding, paintball, and a BBQ. “It was an incredible experience for the entire grade to bond with one another and their rebbeim,” said Director of Student Activities Elie Hirt…

The Julius Wrubel Beis Medrash Katan program provides qualified MTA Seniors with an exceptionally intensive learning experience, thereby transitioning them into the world of Beis Medrash learning in which they will continue to thrive in Eretz Yisrael, at Yeshiva University, and other mekomos ha-…

By: Akiva Richman (‘19) The MTA Lions Baseball Team continued their dominant season with wins against Haftr on May 9th and Frisch on May 13th.  Going into the game against MTA, Haftr had been undefeated. However, MTA pitchers Daniel Landa ('19), who pitched 6 1/3 innings, and Coby Sorotzkin…

MTA Freshman Sam Verstandig, of Queens, NY, has been lobbying for anti-bullying legislation at the State Senate and Congress levels for the past two years and was recognized as one of the Jewish Week’s 36 Under 36 in 2017 for his efforts.  Accompanied by his parents, Sam has made multiple…

On Tuesday night, MTA’s Tennis Team marched into battle against a potent SAR squad under the bright lights of the USTA National Tennis Center, home of the US Open.  Determined to play their best after suffering a string of consecutive losses, MTA came out swinging on all cylinders. All pro…