YU News

by Avraham Novick ('15)   Click here for more photos Last Thursday, April 30, the MTA debate team visited the Ma'ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls for an inter-school debate against teams from various area yeshiva high schools, hoping to bring home some awards. The topic for the debate…

With the Yeshiva's official Lag BaOmer outing (to Camp Monroe) still a week away, Rabbi Eli Cohn's ninth grade shiur took advantage of the beautiful weather to explore one of Washington's Heights hidden gems. The talmidim walked with their Rebbe across the Heights to beneath the George Washington…

by David Tanner ('18) This past Shabbos, May 1-2 , Rabbi Richter's 9th grade shiur had their "Shiur Shabbaton" in the New Hempstead section of Monsey. A bus made several pick-ups on Friday afternoon and dropped us off at Rabbi Richter's house, where we were given the schedule and sent to our hosts…

by Rafi Anapolle ('15) This past Wednesday night was the annual MTA dinner for Arista - The National Honor Society. The dinner bid farewell to all the senior Arista members who will be graduating in a few weeks, while welcoming the new, incoming junior Arista members. The National Honor Society…

On Monday, young entrepreneur Adam Moisa, the founder and CEO of Agora, visited MTA during lunch to speak to a group of students interested in business. Adam founded his startup company, which allows users to aggregate their various cloud storage accounts, while an undergraduate student at…

On Sunday, friends and family of Marsha Dane Stern Stern, a"h, along with school leaders and the students of Rabbi Tani Cohen's 12th grade shiur, joined together for a special program to commemorate the 36th yahrtzeit of MTA's namesake. The program included a special performance by MTA's award…

This past week, the entire YUHSB student body was involved in a special Anti-Harassment Policy training program.  The school was divided grade by grade over the course of two mornings, as the students heard a presentation led byMs. Marjory Fisher of T&M Protection Resources, LLC, an…

On Friday and Shabbos, April 23-24, six Juniors joined College Guidance Director Mr. Murray Sragow for a weekend at the University of Pennsylvania. On Friday, we met with an Admissions representative and took a campus tour, and then enjoyed a wonderful Shabbos together with OCP, the Orthodox…

An April 21, a standing-room-only crowd of Juniors and their parents attended YUHSB's annual college night, this year including a larger and more varied range of colleges than ever.  State schools and private schools, selective and open enrollment, local and Israeli - over 20 schools and…

by Rafi Anapolle ('15) This past Wednesday, the senior grade heard a presentation from an organization known as ORA, which was founded at YU and continues to be based at the university. ORA, the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot, believes that a Get must never be used as a weapon. The…