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On Wednesday, April 26th, the MTA Outdoors Club hiked the "Giant Stairs," part of a strenuous hike in Palisades Interstate Park. The park, located along the Palisades cliffs on the west (New Jersey) side of the Hudson River, features interesting historical sites, tough rock scrambles, and several…

Interested students availed themselves this week of the opportunity to hear a lecture by Mr. Mony Weschler, Director of Innovation and Technology at Montefiore Medical Center/ Albert Einstein Medical College. Mr. Weschler began by discussing his own background in Chemistry and Computer Science that…

by Ariel Dubizh ('17) On Tuesday May 10th, the MTA soccer team finally got the chance to play SAR on home field turf. The game started with a goal by Hudy Weiss ('19), which began MTA's lead. MTA continued to charge on, managing to come up with a two point lead at the end of the half with a score…

by Ezra Wildes ('17) The MTA Tennis Team put in tremendous effort this week battling Frisch and Ramaz. The matches were close on the Brookdale Park tennis courts. Specifically, Josh Zyskind's ('17) ferocious hitting and spectacular over all playing awarded him an incredible win against Frisch. The…

On Thursday, MTA honored the memory of the 6 million Jews who were killed during the Holocaust by holding an incredibly meaningful Yom HaShoah program, designed by students in conjunction with our Student Life Department. The presentation was organized by many of the 21 Seniors who visited Poland…

by Ben Tzion Zuckier ('17) In an ultimate showdown between the top Yeshiva Chess League teams, hosted in our very own MTA library, Ramaz pulled away with thevictory, followed closely by MTA, which came in second place. In third and fourth place were Frisch and North Shore, respectively. MTA won…

by Shuey Boniuk ('16) This year's third and final blood drive was another great success, with forty-two donations of a pint each, or a total of five and a quarter gallons of blood. These donations will provide blood to approximately three people per pint, or 126 people, who so desperately need…

by Akiva Richman ('19) The MTA Lions JV Softball team picked up a big win over the SAR Sting this past Monday. The Lions took a commanding lead in the very first inning by scoring four runs, the first two coming thanks to Coby Sorotzkin's ('19) 2-run homer. Then, in the third inning, Chaim…

by Raziel Siegman ('17) On Monday morning, the whole school gathered in Lamport Auditorium for a D'var Torah about Pesach from Rabbi Taubes and a farewell address from Mr. Dobrick, who will be parting from MTA at the end of this school year. Mr. Dobrick announced that before he leaves, MTA must…

As reported earlier, MTA students has a stronghold on most of the top spots in YU's Bronka Weintraub Bekius program, in which students from various yeshivos around the country participate. Last week, the third round results were released and MTA continues to lead the pack. In the Boys' Daf…