This week we said goodbye to Betzalel, Gavriel, Shalom, and Yehuda, the 4 Makor Chaim talmidim who have spent the last 5 weeks at MTA, learning and enhancing our yeshiva with their ruach and spirituality. Amsterdam Avenue was filled with the sounds of our talmidim singing and dancing the MC4 to their bus as they […]
Nearly 300 talmidim, parents, siblings, rebbeim, and faculty members joined us this past Motzei Shabbos for our Yeshiva-Wide Melave Malka, featuring Eitan Katz. We were excited to welcome parents and talmidim from the incoming Freshman Class of 2022, who also had the opportunity to learn more about our Yeshiva Fellowship program following the Melave Malka. […]
By: David Tanner (’18) This past Tuesday, February 27th, the MTA Mock Trial team trekked to the New York County Criminal Courthouse at 100 Centre Street downtown to compete against Validus Academy in their first match of the season, this time acting as the Prosecution. This year’s case is a criminal trial where Carson Conners, […]
MTA Robotics Team Advances To Super Regional By: Elishama Marmon (’20) On Sunday, February 25th, the MTA Robotics teams, Lionotics and Lionotics 2, went to Townsend Harris High School in Queens to compete in the First Tech Challenge New York City State Championship. Lionotics has been doing these competitions for years, while Lionotics […]
By: Yoni Wilks (‘20)
Over the past few weeks, students in Mrs. Levitt’s Sophomore English Literature class had the opportunity to choose a British poet from the 1800’s – 1900’s and explore their poetry by presenting it to the entire class. Students not only read the poems with inflection, but also expressed the meaning behind […]
By: Elishama Marmon (‘20)
This week, MTA introduced Grow Like A Lion, a new grade-wide initiative for Sophomores. The goal of this program is to help talmidim develop their emunah and recognize Hashem as our Creator. Sophomores gathered in the library on Tuesday morning to learn about the program. Grade Dean Rabbi Elon Soniker began […]
By: Coach Yonah Stromer (‘13)
This past President’s Day weekend, 15 yeshiva wrestling teams descended upon the Zayat Athletic Center, long time home to the Frisch Cougars and new home to the Henry Wittenberg Wrestling Invitational. For the MTA Lions, the two-day tournament began on Friday morning, with a Shabbaton component that started early Friday […]
Mazal Tov to MTA Senior Joseph Friedman, who was named a National Merit Finalist. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recognizes the top 15,000 out of 1.5 million students who take the PSAT each year. These students must confirm their outstanding score with comparable performance on the SAT and in school. By this designation, Joseph is […]
Mazal Tov to MTA Freshman Binyamin Fox, who beat the odds to win an Honorable Mention for MTA in this year’s Yeshiva University National Model United Nations (YUNMUN) conference. Binyamin, who represented Ukraine, had worked incredibly hard to prepare for the conference and won, which is highly unique as a Freshman win is rare. Kudos […]
Meet The Israeli Author, an elective course for Juniors created by Director of Hebrew Language Mrs. Tova Fish-Rosenberg, is unique to MTA and provides students with the opportunity to work directly with an award-winning Israeli author via video-conference workshops conducted entirely in Hebrew. This one-of-a-kind experience enables students to not only develop their creative writing […]
