by Shua Pariser (’20)
This Past Monday, MTA participated in its fourth Torah Bowl meet of the year. It was the most tense meet: the Playoffs. The participants were tested on Pinchas, Mattos, and Masei. When MTA arrived, there was a delicious pizza lunch. Due to MTA’s outstanding play throughout the season, they […]
Last week, a number of boys that participated in MTA’s “Names, Not Numbers” course had the opportunity to travel to Poland, along with Rabbi and Mrs. Taubes, Mr. and Mrs. Dov and Tova Rosenberg and Yehoshua Szafranski (’14), as part of the school’s heavily subsidized trip, with thanks to a variety of generous […]
by Yedidya Schechter (’19)
Immediately after davening last Wednesday morning, the excited sophomores boarded the buses to start a fantastic two day trip. The trip began by going to a sports complex inside a huge bubble-dome where we played sports such as kickball, ultimate frisbee, volleyball and dodgeball. It was tiring, but loads […]
On Wednesday during lunch, students had the opportunity to hear from Dr. Jesse Itzkowitz, Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Sy Syms School of Business, who fascinated them with his presentation on the power of branding. Dr. Itzkowitz, who is now in his seventh year at Yeshiva, earned a Ph.D. in both Psychology […]
by Raziel Siegman (’17)
On Wednesday, the senior class had the privilege of hearing from Ellen Newman on the topic of exertional heat strokes. Mrs. Newman’s son, Ariel Yitzchak Newman a”h, graduated from MTA in 2014 and like most of his peers, went to spend the year learning in Israel. A week after […]
by Elishama Marmon (’20)
On Rosh Chodesh Nissan, this past Tuesday, the freshmen were delighted to be treated to a special breakfast of Dunkin Donuts, hash-browns, and pancakes in honor of the new month. Rabbi Cohn, Rabbi Pearl and Rabbi Blackstein then gave inspiring and short Divrei Torah on the different aspects of […]
by Yair Caplan (’17)
On Tuesday, Rabbi Tanchum Cohen’s BMK Shiur had the great privilege of hearing Harav Shlomo Amar give a Shiur Klali to the entire Yeshiva University yeshiva program. Rav Amar served as Sephardic Chief Rabbi from 2003-2013 and he currently serves as Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. Rav Amar spoke […]
A Mishna a day…every day. That is how Rabbi Eli Cohn’s 9th grade shiur starts off each morning. In fact, even on days that Yeshiva was cancelled for snow the boys kept pace by learning the daily mishna on Zoom web conference. Over the course of the year the shiur finished Maseches Kiddushin […]
by Joseph Friedman (’18)
The MTA soccer team continued their promising season last Tuesday, defeating Ramaz in a home game. It was an exciting match that had MTA shining throughout. In the first quarter, MTA began a lead that would continue throughout the entire game, scoring two goals. The score was brought up […]
by Elishama Marmon (’20)
This past Motzei Shabbos, Purim night, was time for the annual Yeshiva University Purim Chagigah. All MTA students and their fathers were invited to join the college students at the Max Stern Athletic Center for a night of singing, dinner, and dancing with friends, rebbeim, and Roshei Yeshiva. The […]
