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Every Thursday night, talmidim at MTA end their week of school on a high note with a special chaburah during Thursday night Mishmar. In 2012, Rabbi Netanel Danto, Yeshiva Fellowship Coordinator as well as 11th grade Maggid Shiur and Dean, designed a special Mishmar for 9th graders. Instead of a…

by Benny Mermel ('19) Fresh from its victory last month, Lionotics, the MTA Robotics team, is looking forward to its tournament this Sunday, February 19th, at Dalton School. Lionotics made MTA history in January when it took 4th place out of over 20 schools participating in the FIRST Tech…

by Tzvi Sabo ('17) On Motzei Shabbos, February 11th, the Varsity MTA Lions took the court against the Magen David Warriors. During the first part of the game, the fierce Lions and the powerful Warriors matched each other point for point, and at halftime, Magen David was leading by one point.…

by Moshe Inger ('20) On Sunday, the 28th Annual Yeshiva University National Model United Nations (YUNMUN), an annual convention in which participating students from approximately 40 schools from around the country simulate United Nations sessions by representing different countries in different…

by Shua Pariser and Raziel Siegman ('17) On Shabbos, February 4th, MTA had its first ever Upper West Side Shabbaton. On Friday evening, the MTA students, accompanied by Rabbi Kahn, Mr. Jacoby, Mr. Matanky, and Mr. Bernstein, enjoyed an uplifting Shabbos Seudah at the home of Ezra Wildes ('17).…

by Ezra Muscat ('19) On Wednesday, the MTA Debate team went to Flatbush to debate the topic of whether voting should be mandatory. The positive team argued that mandatory voting is necessary to truly make America a democracy, and that it would improve the quality of our leaders. The negative team…

Last Friday, students who are part of the sports management club and the MTA LEAD business program had the opportunity to hear from New York Mets Vice President of Scouting, Tommy Tanuous. Mr. Tanuous spoke at YU as part of the Doris and Dr. Ira Kukin Entrepreneurial and Executive Lecture Series…

by Noam Putterman ('18) On Wednesday, MTA participated in Sharsheret's Pink Day. The students exceeded their goal and raised over $500 for Sharsheret, with almost 100% of the students donating money! Faculty and students wore pink apparel throughout the day, bought Sharsheret phone wallets and…

by Rafi Felder ('17) On Monday morning, filming of interviews with Holocaust survivors for MTA's "Names, Not Numbers" program kicked off with the interview of Mr. Eric Mayer. This week, participants in the "Names, Not Numbers" program had the incredible opportunity to interview Holocaust…

by Tzvi Sabo ('17) It has been a week back from vacation and the MTA varsity basketball team is already back on track and beating the competition. On Motzei Shabbos, the MTA Lions played the Kushner Cobras for the second time this season. The last time the Lions played the Cobras, they beat…