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This year, the talmidim of Rabbi Danto's shiur have voluntarily taken upon themselves to not only be mesayem the entire Maseches Makkos, but to also review on each daf at least 3 times (and some up to 6 or 7 times)! As part of this program, the shiur was invited to participate in a very special…

by Zack Stein ('17) MTA vs Magen David: In the Lions' second to last game before the Pesach break, they looked to come out of the gates strong and take down the MDY Warriors. MTA did just, that taking control from the opening kick. The game ended in just three quarters as the Lions picked up their…

by Akiva Richmond ('19) This past week, the MTA JV Softball team continued their season with games against Hillel, Maor, Frisch, and JEC. In the first game of a double header on Sunday, the Lions lost to Hillel. In the second game of the double header, this time against Maor, the Lions fell behind…

by Raziel Siegman ('17) This past week, MTA's Kosher Troops 3 on 3 basketball tournament fundraiser wss held to benefit KosherTroops. It was organized as a chesed activity by the Leadership Institute, the special community leadership program directed by Rabbi Shalom Richter. A few dozen students…

by Ari Englander ('17) On Tuesday night, Juniors and their parents had the opportunity to attend MTA's annual College Night, at which representatives of several colleges were present to discuss their respective schools with the students and answer any questions that they had. The program was…

by Raziel Siegman ('17) After school on Thursday, the Junior and Senior Arista members, accompanied by many of their parents and faculty members , headed to Belfer Hall for the annual Arista dinner. The night kicked off with light appetizers as people arrived. Once everyone was seated, Mrs. Levitt…

by Mendel Weintraub ('16) As we near our school's historic 100th year, seven MTA seniors - Eli Kahn, Yosef Kurlantzick, Shanan Miller, Avi Rothwachs, David Schmidt, Shimmy Socol, and Mendel Weintraub - are documenting the history of YUHSB as part of the elective course: "TA 100"--COVERING A…

by Ariel Dubizh ('17) This past Tuesday, the MTA soccer team played their fourth match of the season at Flatbush and earned their third win. The Lions got off to a great start, scoring 4 goals in the first quarter without giving up any. Over the next two quarters, each team scored 2 goals per…

by David Schmidt ('16) Over the past 10 days, students in MTA's "Names, Not Numbers" program traveled to what used to be the country with the largest Jewish population in the world, Poland. This trip was billed as a "Chessed and Leadership Training Mission" which indeed it was, as the goal was…

by Shimmy Mandelbaum ('16) April 7th served as a meaningful and productive day on two fronts for the MTA students who participated in the school's annual lobbying mission to Washington D.C. The Hatzioni Club members who partook in this event had been preparing for weeks in advance by researching…