YU News

by Ezra Wildes ('17) After starting off the season with 2 tough losses, MTA came out swinging on Tuesday night against SAR determined to get their first victory. Led by strong performances from #1 Singles Josh Zyskind ('17) and #3 Singles Gabe Isaacs ('18), MTA gained an early 2 matches to 1…

by Yaron Kahan ('19) The MTA Lions JV softball team started their season against JEC with a rough 6-1 loss. After this defeat, the Lions headed to Frisch, where they found themselves in an early hole, down 4-1. But the Lions battled back strongly and scored three runs in the sixth inning to tie…

We are excited to announce that Rabbi Dov Emerson will be joining the Leadership Team at the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy/ Yeshiva University High School for Boys, beginning on July 1, 2017. Rabbi Emerson will focus on faculty development and support, as well as nurturing our continued academic…

by Elie Burg ('18) Akiva Axel ('16) met with Morah Haibi's 11th and 12th grade students to have a discussion in Hebrew. Akiva is currently in Yeshiva מכינת עצם Otzem-Pre-Military Torah Academy, in the Southern part of Israel and he explained to the students the importance of learning Hebrew in…

21.1 Kilometers, or 13.1 miles. That's the total distance run by the ten MTA students who ran the Jerusalem Marathon on Friday, March 17. And while that's an impressive accomplishment in itself, our experience in our four days in Israel far exceeded the two or three hours that the marathon…

by Yosef Lemel ('17) On Tuesday night, the MTA debate team went to Rambam for a joint experienced/novice debate. The resolution was: "The United States should tax caffeine." That resolution may sound radical; however, the side arguing for the resolution is allowed to limit the tax to certain…

by David Tanner ('18) During lunch this past Thursday, April 5th, the Honors College met, divided by grade, and discussed a selection from Tom's River, this year's Honors College reading. Tom's River is an account of the pollution of the titular New Jersey township through dumping of toxic…

by Kovi Pahmer ('20) On Monday night, the MTA Lions soccer team travelled to Riverdale to face their rivals, the SAR Sting, in a battle that may end up being the deciding factor in the division race. As expected, the game started out tick for tack as Hudy Weiss ('19) and Ariel Feuerstein ('17)…

by Elishama Marmon ('20) This past weekend, the Yeshiva Fellowship held its second annual Yeshiva Fellowship Shabbaton. Some of the talmidim played a few games of paintball at the Paintball Asylum in the pouring rain, which really added to the experience, while the others went bowling in Bowler…

by Baruch Schwartz ('18) On Monday, Rabbi Danto's shiur celebrated the completion of 24 dapim of Gemara. With the completion of these dapim, the shiur also completed the first perek of Meseches Rosh Hashanah. The siyum was preceded by a review session lasting two and a half hours. This was…