YU News

by Yonatan Chudnoff & Micha’el Shloush To continue our weekend’s theme of connecting with ourselves we started our day on Friday by doing yoga. It was a very interesting experience that we had never been exposed to before. Doing the yoga allowed us to explore our connection to ourselves on a…

by Noam Putterman ('18) and Jonathan Felman ('18) MTA's first Winter Classic filled the school with a magnificent sense of school pride. On Monday night, MTA Varsity Hockey and Basketball both went head to head with their respective TABC opponents. MTA provided the students with beautiful long…

by Eitan Warburg ('19) and Noam Mayerfeld ('19) On a typical morning at Makor Chaim, the entire school wakes up at the crack of 7 in order to tackle the Gemara with the ferocity of a lion (יתגבר כארי לעמוד בבוקר לעבודת בוראו שיהא הוא מעורר השחר). On Fridays, after an all-night Mishmar, we, the…

Last Shabbos, Parshas Vayigash, Rabbi Kahn, Rabbi Axelrod (who serves as the Assistant Rabbi of the Young Israel of New Rochelle) and Shuey Jacoby headed to New Rochelle to spend Shabbos with alumni from the community and some of their friends that joined. Rabbi Kahn addressed the community on…

by Ari Englander ('17) This past weekend was the annual Highland Park and Edison Shabbaton. The excitement started with the packed late ride from MTA Thursday night and the boys enjoyed davening and hanging out together on Friday morning. The boys regrouped Friday night to hold their own Carlebach…

by Elie Benedek ('20) This past Tuesday night was the semiannual Study Night, organized by the Arista National Honors Society and Mrs. Levitt. Many students and members of the faculty stayed in school late to prepare for the upcoming finals, and it was an amazing success. After filling themselves…

This past Wednesday, the JV Lions basketball team hosted the Westchester Wolverines. The Lions press was unbreakable and they ended the first quarter up by 25 points. The Lions continued to dominate and ended up winning 81 to 23! The Lions' next game will be at home against Heschel on February 7th.

by Aryeh Halpert ('17) On Wednesday night, following the JV victory against Westchester, the Varsity Lions hosted the Ramaz Rams. Early on, the game was close with each team being unable to take a lead of more than a couple of points, until the end of the first half when Aryeh Halpert ('17) scored…

Yedidya Schechter ('19) & Sammy Cohen ('19) DING !!! The seatbelt light turns on; getting ready for landing we all sit back and buckle-up. Apprehensive, nervous, excited, tired, jubilant, enthusiastic, eager- a whole rainbow of feelings bubbling up inside each of us, the MC11 (MTA students at…