YU News

by Yehuda Goldberg ('17) On Tuesday, the debate society participated in a debate at the Rambam Mesivta which centered around a pivotal issue of current foreign policy: Should the U.S. promote democracy in the Middle East? Because this was the last debate of the season, Mrs. Levitt paired and…

by Michael Kolber ('16) Last week, each of Morah Haibi's 12th-grade Ulpan students took their final exam: a conversation in Hebrew with either Rabbi Taubes, Mrs. Tova Rosenberg, or Rabbi Richter, none of whom any of us had previously conversed with in Hebrew. Topics that came up in the…

by Rami Nordlicht ('16) This past Wednesday at breakfast, the MTA Senior class congregated in the Library for a celebratory breakfast marking the end of their MTA careers before the grade's Senior Trip and Graduation. After a representative from each of the grade's shiurim shared a brief…

by Akiva Richman ('19) On Thursday evening, the MTA Baseball Lions took the field against the host team Columbus Torah Academy for their first ever game in the Columbus Baseball Invitational Tournament. The fans wouldn't have known it was the Lions' first ever game as they jumped to a quick 4-0…

On Monday, the Yeshiva Fellowship held its annual Bein HaSedarim raffle. Every week, participating students learn after school on Thursday and before Shiur on Sunday for an hour in a Beis Medrash. For every week that a Talmid learns, he accumulates another ticket in the raffle. All of those who…

by Bentzion Zuckier ('17) On Yom HaZikaron this past Wednesday, MTA conducted a program featuring four speakers who told their stories regarding the current conditions in Israel, including the unfortunate incidents of terror. The first speaker was Rabbi Eli Cohn who spoke generally about the…

by Raziel Siegman ('17) As the students arrived at school on Yom Ha'Atzmaut, a special sense of Ruach and Simchah could be felt in the air. Before concluding Shacharis with a singing-filled Hallel, Rabbi Taubes addressed the student body about the privilege we all now have to be able to go to…

by Noam Putterman ('18) This past Monday, students were privileged to hear from the esteemed Rav and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, Rav Moshe Taragin, who spoke on pressing current topics - Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut. Rav Taragin described the Jewish people's intense historical…

by Mendel Weintraub ('16) This past Tuesday, May 10th, Juniors and Seniors had the opportunity to participate in the Gift of Life's Senior Swab program, which administers DNA swabbing of eligible high school students for the purposes of adding them to a lifesaving bone marrow donor registry. The…

This Monday was the Athletics Senior lunch, paying tribute to the members of our many sports teams, and especially those who will be graduating shortly. All students who participated in a varsity sports team this past season gathered in the library to mark the conclusion of another successful…