By: Rachamim Seltzer (‘20)
On Wednesday evening, February 27th, the Honors College traveled downtown to Times Square to see the Broadway performance of To Kill a Mockingbird. Prior to the trip, students participated in a discussion with English Instructor Rabbi Brownstein, in which he explored some of the stylistic changes made to the play that […]
MTA hosted its third community Shabbaton of the year in Monsey on February 15 – 16th. “We are fortunate that our yeshiva consists of talmidim from many different communities,” said Director of Student Activities Elie Hirt. “In an effort to promote achdus among all of our talmidim, as well as provide additional opportunities for talmidim […]
Color War at MTA gave each and every talmid an opportunity to showcase their strengths and contribute to the fantastic energy. From Chidon HaTanach to grade-wide dodgeball, basketball, hockey, frisbee, and soccer tournaments, Chess competition, Chopped, STEM challenge, extreme tic-tac-toe, Torah Bowl, yeshiva-wide Tug-of-War, banner presentations, Divrei Torah, team songs, and Stomp, there was something […]
The incredible MTA energy was felt throughout Washington Heights on Motzei Shabbos, February 23rd, at the yeshiva’s Family Melave Malka featuring Eitan Katz. MTA welcomed more than 400 people at this exciting event, including current talmidim and families, as well as incoming families from the Class of 2023. The tremendous ruach and achdus that MTA […]
MTA had the privilege of hosting New York State Assemblyman Marcos Crespo of District 85 on Wednesday, February 20th. Assemblyman Crespo met with MTA students, faculty, and Board members and watched learning come to life in the yeshiva’s state-of-the-art STEM Lab. Assemblyman Crespo explored hands-on STEM activities and discovered the technology behind each one with […]
Our Juniors had an incredible time on their fun-filled Junior Trip! From golf, indoor sports, and axe throwing to a midnight BBQ, bowling, broom ball, lively minyanim, and inspirational shiurim, talmidim had a blast bonding with each other and their rebbeim!
By: Rafi Saperstein (‘20) and Noam Mayerfeld (‘19)
On Thursday, February 14th, the MTA Debate Team participated in a debate meet with other yeshiva high schools. After weeks of preparation, MTA was ready to win. Held at the Yeshivah of Flatbush, the topic of the debate was whether or not lifetime tenure for Federal judges […]
In addition to sharing their incredible ruach with our entire yeshiva, Makor Chaim talmidim also enhance our spiritual programming. Over the next few weeks, they will be leading a “Blitz” in every Shiur grade-wide, beginning today with Rabbi Kahn’s Freshman Shiur. The “Blitz” began with an exciting icebreaker, followed by a thought-provoking discussion on Tefillah, […]
By: Elishama Marmon (‘20)
MTA talmidim had the incredible opportunity to visit Yeshiva University’s annual Seforim Sale on Wednesday, February 13th. Talmidim in each Shiur enjoyed discovering new seforim with their rebbeim, who gave them personal recommendations on which seforim to purchase to enhance their spiritual, religious, and Torah growth. Being on the Yeshiva University […]
After months of intense preparation, fifteen MTA talmidim participated in the Yeshiva University National Model United Nations, which was held on Sunday, February 10th through Tuesday, February 12th. The conference, located at the Crowne Plaza in Stamford, CT, included 45 yeshiva high schools from all over the United States, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, and Great […]
