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Sophomores in Rabbi Kerner's shiur volunteered at Tomchei Shabbos of Bergen County, packing Shabbos meals for families in Bergen County. Chessed is an integral part of MTA's programming. Every shiur participates in multiple chessed projects throughout the year and students truly enjoy giving back…

Talmidim in Rabbi Danto’s Freshman shiur at MTA have voluntarily taken it upon themselves to not only be mesayem the entire maseches Taanis, but to also do chazara on each daf at least 4 times, and some up to 6 or 7 times! As part of this program, the shiur was recently invited to participate in a…

More than 70 talmidim participated in Mishmar Madness at MTA! A supersized version of Mishmar designed to enhance the learning experience for students, the program featured Chaburahs with Yeshiva University talmidim, rotating shiurim with MTA rebbeim, a delicious Carlos and Gabbys dinner, and a…

MTA’s inaugural Queens Shabbaton took place on March 16 - 17 at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills.  Head of School Rabbi Joshua Kahn, Freshman Rebbe Rabbi Rafi Pearl, and Executive Director Mr. Yoni Cohen joined 40 talmidim for an exciting and meaningful Shabbos, spearheaded by Director of…

MTA Honors College students welcomed United States Army Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of the American History Division at the United States Military Academy (West Point) Seanegan Scully on Tuesday, March 20th. Lieutenant Colonel Scully discussed the Pulitzer Prize winning book, "Washington's…

By: Shua Pariser (‘20) More than 500 students across the country participated in the National Chidon Ha’Tanach this year.  Included among them are MTA Sophomores Shua Pariser and DJ Wartelsky and Junior Micho’el Shloush, who will all advance to the National Finals.  In order to achieve…

By: Jonathan Felman (‘18) After a strong performance throughout  Yeshiva University’s Red Sarachek Tournament, the MTA Lions faced Beren in the Tier III Championship.  The Lions came out of the gate strong, with Eitan Warburg ('19) nailing a 3-pointer off the tip-off.  From there,…

MTA’s robotics team, Lionotics 2, is the first-ever yeshiva high school team to compete in the FIRST Tech Challenge East Region Super-Regional Championship.  The competition was held at Scranton University in Scranton, PA from Friday, March 16th through Sunday, March 18th. As the event…

Tenth Grade talmidim had an incredible experience bonding with each other and their rebbeim during their two fun-filled days in Connecticut on Sophomore Trip.  Talmidim and rebbeim participated in sports activities, including bubble soccer, volleyball, ultimate frisbee, kickball, and dodgeball…