YU News

by Ben Tzion Zuckier ('17) Last Thursday, the Honors College met for the second time this year; this time, Grades 9 through 12 convened separately with their respective grade leaders to discuss and deliberate a moving book regarding the harmful effects of the ink dying business on the health of…

by Noam Josse ('17) The Varsity hockey team traveled to Westchester to take on the Westchester Hebrew High School Wolverines on Monday. Lead by goalie Zeve Kornwasser ('18) and a strong defensive effort, the Lions were able to beat the Wolverines by a score of 15-0. Scoring for MTA came easy with…

by Aryeh Halpert ('17) On Monday night, the Varsity Basketball team played their season opener at JEC. After a long drive out to Elizabeth, the Lions started off cold but still managed to hold JEC to just 5 points at the half due to their strong defensive play. The offense picked it up in the…

by Eitan Warburg ('19) After a crushing loss in the final minutes against the JEC Thunder last year, the MTA Lions were eager for revenge as they opened the 2016-2017 season against the same team. However, the sweet taste of victory took a while longer than expected, as JEC, led by Yair Kimmel,…

by Raziel Siegman ('17) On Tuesday morning, half of the senior class visited the President of Yeshiva University, Richard Joel ('68), followed by the other half of the seniors on Wednesday morning. The students gathered in the President's office in Belfer Hall overlooking the Manhattan skyline,…

by Ari Englander ('17) This past Monday night, a group of our students attended the first of this year's Centennial Lecture Series talks to hear from award winning journalist and author, Yossi Klein Halevi ('71). The lecture took place at The Jewish Center on the upper west side, which will…

by Noam Putterman ('18) This past Shabbos, Rabbi Mendelson's shiur partook of their first "In Shabbos" of the year. The purpose of the "In Shabbos" is first and foremost to spend Shabbos with the shiur engaged in talmud Torah on the Yeshiva University campus and in the Beis Medrash, the ideal…

by Raziel Siegman ('17) MTA hosted its first blood drive of the school year this past Wednesday. Coordinated by the Arista National Honors Society, the blood drive was held throughout the entire day in the MTA library. Dozens of students showed up to do a simple good deed that literally saves…

by Ari Englander ('17) On Monday, the Seniors had the privilege to hear from Dr. Michael Berenbaum, a noted Holocaust scholar and two time Emmy award winner for documentaries he produced. Dr. Berenbaum - who is perhaps best known for his work as the Research Deputy Director of the President's…

by Zachary Gurwitz ('18) "Invent: YU," a hackathon founded by MTA alumnus and current YC student Aaron Landy ('13), took place on campus this past Saturday night through Sunday, enabling YU college, and some high school, students to participate. A hackathon is a twenty-four hour event where high…