YU News

By: Noam Mayerfeld ('19) MTA's Mock Trial Team competed against The High School For Law and Public Service on Wednesday night as the prosecution.  Team members David Tanner ('18), Davi Hazan ('19), and Benny Mermel ('19) acted as the attorneys, while Raphi Feig ('19), Noam Mayerfeld ('19),…

Freshmen had an incredible day of bonding with each other and their rebbeim this week at Freshman Fun day 2.0!  The day began with shiur and interactive guidance sessions, followed by a trip to High Exposure.  This is just one of many exciting programs our Freshmen experience throughout…

A group of MTA student leaders participated in an interactive discussion on Jewish leadership with renowned speaker Charlie Harary on Wednesday night.  Mr. Harary and Head of School Rabbi Joshua Kahn led the conversation, which centered around the characteristics of a Jewish leader and what…

A group of 15 MTA Seniors, who are enrolled in our yeshiva's Name, Not Numbers course, recently returned from a 9- day trip to Poland, led by the Names, Not Numbers organization, where they not only traced the roots of the Holocaust, but also experienced the re-birth of Judaism in Poland.  …

This week's snow days did not stop our talmidim from learning.  Rebbeim held shiurim via video chat and teleconference, with talmidim participating across the tri-state area, and even from Poland!  Click here and here to listen to the audio recordings from Rav Tanchum…

By: Meir Uretsky ('18) This Tuesday, eleven MTA students headed out to the Young Israel of Woodmere for Yeshiva League Model Congress 2018.  Each student was placed on a Committee, where they presented bills that had been prepared weeks in advance and discussed bills presented by other…

By: Sam Verstandig ('21) On February 27th, ten students from MTA’s NYPAC visited City Hall.  The club’s purpose is to bring students into the political process and help them learn how local government operates.  Along with Dr. Taylor, the club’s faculty advisor, the students attended an…

More than 100 talmidim joined us for Purim at MTA!  The evening began with a mincha minyan, followed by chaburahs, megillah reading, break-fast, chagiga, Purim shpiel, and costume contest and continued on to the Yeshiva University chagiga.  Talmidim and rebbeim had an amazing time dancing…

This week we said goodbye to Betzalel, Gavriel, Shalom, and Yehuda, the 4 Makor Chaim talmidim who have spent the last 5 weeks at MTA, learning and enhancing our yeshiva with their ruach and spirituality. Amsterdam Avenue was filled with the sounds of our talmidim singing and dancing the MC4 to…