From the monthly archives: December 2015

JV Hockey Update

By On December 25, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In MTA Athletics

by Ephraim Landa (’19)

On Sunday, the MTA JV Lions traveled to the Upper East Side of Manhattan to take on the Ramaz Rams. Down 1-0 in the second period, Captain Gabe Isaacs (’18) got the Lions on the board with a rebound goal. The score would remain tied and the game went into OT, […]

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JV Basketball Update

By On December 25, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In MTA Athletics

The Mta Lions traveled deep into Westchester to play the Wildcats. They went in to a must-win game with a competitive attitude. Everyone contributed significantly and MTA left Westchester with a 81-15 win Then, on Saturday night, the Lions took on the Ramaz Rams in The Max. It was a close game the whole way […]

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Varsity Hockey Update

By On December 25, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In MTA Athletics

by Rami Nordlicht (’16)

On Wednesday night, the MTA Varsity Hockey Lions traveled to Mamaroneck to play the Westchester Wolverines. It was a gloomy, rainy night, and the Lions knew they would need an extremely inspirational speech to have but a slim chance at victory against the mighty Westchester team. Fortunately, Yehuda Benscher (’16) was […]

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Varsity Basketball Update

By On December 25, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In MTA Athletics

by David Berg (’16)

On Sunday, December 20th 2015, the MTA Varsity Basketball Team faced off in their second game against the undefeated Heschel Heat at Yeshiva University’s Max Stern Athletic Center. In hopes to make up for their loss against the Heat earlier in the season, the Lions came to the Macs ready to […]

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Wrestling Update

By On December 25, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In MTA Athletics

by Shimmy Mandelbaum (’16)

Coming off a win against the SAR Sting, the MTA Wrestling Team continued their winning streak this past Monday, when they wrestled Martin Luther High School and North Shore Hebrew Academy back to back. After rolling out the mats, wrestling began at 5:45 PM when the opposing team arrived. […]

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Chess Team Begins With A Bang

By On December 25, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Extra-Curriculars

by Yosef Schatz (’16)

On Monday, the MTA Chess Team traveled across the Manhattan Bridge, through Brooklyn, all the way to Long Island, to face off against Yeshivas Rambam for their first chess match of the season. The team practiced hard for this match, playing chess daily for weeks on end in our own Joseph […]

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Makor Chaim Week 2 Recap

By On December 25, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Extra-Curriculars, Special Programs

by Abraham Bodzin (’18)

Last weekend was spent at the Yeshiva where we had a wonderful time singing, dancing, eating, learning, and getting to know the Israeli students. Sunday began the new week and we were settled by then into the schedule and more used to our new surroundings. Rabbi Taragin started a weekly Kohelet […]

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Pearls of Wisdom

By On December 25, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Extra-Curriculars, Special Programs

by Ariel Dubizh (’17)

On Thursday, December 25th, Pearls of Wisdom, MTA’s literary and art journal, kicked off with its first meeting of the year. We had the pleasure of hearing from Eli Berger, an editor of the 2011 Pearls of Wisdom. He talked of how creating art for yourself is pleasant, but sharing with […]

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Mr. Yaakov Lehman Shares His Incredible Path to Judaism

By On December 25, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Extra-Curriculars, Special Programs

This past Wednesday, students had the opportunity to hear from Mr. Yaakov Lehman who shared his amazing story about his path to Judaism. He gave the boys a greater appreciation of what they were raised with as observant Jews and challenged them to ask and investigate more deeply the beautiful religion that they grew up […]

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Asarah B’Teives Program

By On December 25, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Special Programs

by Raziel Siegman (’17)

On Tuesday, Asarah B’Teives, the entire student body watched the film, “Our Boys,” recounting the story of the three Israeli high school students who were brutally kidnapped and killed in the summer of 2014. Rabbi Taubes introduced the film by describing how in this week’s Parsha, Yaakov makes Yosef swear to […]

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