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by Elishama Marmon ('20) On Tuesday, the MTA robotics team, Lionotics, competed in the first annual Yeshiva League Robotics Competition at the Yeshiva of Flatbush. Their robot was designed to push beacons, shoot hoops, and lift an exercise ball into a hoop several feet of the ground. The robots…

by Noam Putterman ('18) This past Shabbos, Rabbi Khan and his family hosted a Shalosh Seudos at his house for the Teaneck and Bergenfield talmidim, as well as those who came for Shabbos for this special event. This was no ordinary MTA gathering, however, because featured at the Shalosh Seudos was…

by Elishama Marmon ('20) Last Friday, the MTA Outdoors Club went hiking in the Ramapo Valley County Reservation in Mahwah, NJ. The boys hiked a three and a half hour trail including hard climbs and beautiful scenery. This route is unique because it also passes by the only naturally growing cacti…

by Ezra Wildes ('17) The MTA Tennis Lions took the court on Thursday night at the Althea Gibson Tennis Center in Newark, NJ, hoping to end their season on a high note with a win over Frisch. MTA grabbed the early lead thanks to a dominant performance from #1 Singles Star Josh Zyskynd ('17), who…

by Akiva Richman ('19) Also known as the Jewish World Series, the Columbus Baseball Invitational is a three day baseball tournament that hosts 12 Jewish high school baseball teams from around the country. The MTA Baseball Lions met at Laguardia Airport at 8:00 AM Sunday morning and landed in…

On Monday Evening, Dr. Michael (Avi) Helfand ('97), associate professor at Pepperdine University's School of Law and associate director of Pepperdine Unniversity's Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies, spoke to the YUHSB and Riverdale community on the topic of Religious Liberty…

by Zachary Steiner ('17) For Morah Haibi's Ulpan classes' final exam, the students were challenged with conversing with either Rabbi Richter, Mrs. Rosenberg or Rabbi Taubes completely in Hebrew. The topics ranged from their plans for the summer and next year, any good books they have read…

On Wednesday during lunch, MTA LEAD students had the opportunity to hear from Avi Orlian ('15) who talked about his own interests in business since a young age. Enabled by MTA LEAD when he was a student at MTA, Avi already launched his first business while in high school and, now as a student in…

by Kovi Pahmer ('20) This past Thursday, the Lions took on the HAFTR Hawks in The Lions' Den in the league quarter-finals. The game opened up with Daniel Libesman ('18) scoring off of the opening kick off, which eventually would turn into 6 goals scored in the game for him. During the game,…