Our Associate Principal Rabbi Shimon Schenker presented a workshop at last week’s inaugural YHShare Conference for Yeshiva High School Limmudei Kodesh Teachers. Rabbi Schenker’s workshop,Teaching Gemara to Struggling Learners, discussed how to personalize the study Gemara for students with different learning styles. Visit https://bit.ly/2K3NApR to listen to the audio recording.
Our Sports Management Club ended the year on a high note with a special guest appearance from Chris Smith, former NBA player and younger brother of JR Smith. As a new Israeli citizen and current player in the Israel Basketball League, Chris discussed his NBA career and recent conversion to Judaism. Thanks to Jew in the […]
On Monday, June 11th, MTA celebrated the Commencement Ceremony of its 100th graduating class. The program opened with inspiring words from Head of School Rabbi Joshua Kahn, who also acknowledged the 17 families who were experiencing their last MTA graduation as their youngest or only son graduated. These families have been part of the MTA […]
By: Elie Benedek (‘20)
The Debate Team celebrated a successful year filled with many victories and trophies at their end-of-year dinner. This year, it was a joint event with the Mock Trial Team. The evening started off with speeches by the faculty coaches for both clubs, Mrs Levitt and Noah. Afterwards, everyone enjoyed a great […]
The University of Rochester sponsors four prestigious awards on an annual basis, recognizing outstanding achievements in leadership and academics of high school Juniors. MTA is proud to announce this year’s awardees: Dov Pfeiffer of Bergenfield, NJ received the Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, which recognizes high achievement in Science classes, high Math scores on […]
More than 400 talmidim, rebbeim, parents, and friends joined MTA on Wednesday, June 6th, for its Yeshiva-Wide Seudas Preidah and Siyum, celebrating the Torah learning accomplishments of all talmidim and the culmination of its inaugural Scholarship Campaign, honoring Rabbi Hyman Arbesfeld (’49). The program was sponsored by MTA alumni Eytan (’06), Noam (’08), and Ezra […]
By: Ephraim Meiri (‘18) and Moshe Hecht (‘18)
Seniors in Morah Haibi’s Ulpan class enjoyed a year of rigorous programming, designed to immerse them in Israeli culture. They finished off the year with a unique final exam. Rather than a written test, Mora Haibi asked each student to have a conversation with either Rabbi Taubes […]
Benedek (’20) and Benny Mermel (’19). The program, spearheaded by Executive Director Shuey Jacoby, was developed to empower students with the ability to build on their entrepreneurial ideas and create meaningful and sustainable business projects, while gaining lasting business and communal leadership skills. Working in teams, students are mentored by industry leaders and have the […]
