MTA Seniors Noam Ben Simon, Raphi Spoerri, Tani Glaser, and Eitan Brown and Sophomore Pinchas Rosenfeld won first place at the Yeshiva University Hack-A-Thon! The event began on Sunday, April 10th and lasted through the night, with project presentations taking place on Monday morning, April 11th. The theme of the event was healthcare. The MTA […]
MTA Seniors were privileged to meet with Rabbi JJ Schacter, widely respected and beloved scholar at YU, grandfather of Senior Eli Knapp, and son of Rabbi Herschel Schacter, the chaplain who accompanied the US Army in liberating Buchenwald in 1945. Seniors recently completed an American History unit on World War II, and were eager to […]
MTA recently launched a new initiative to help talmidim develop sophisticated research, reading, writing, organization, analysis, and presentation skills starting in Freshman year that are of tremendous value during their high school years and beyond. This program was created by a group of teachers and administrators during regular think tank-style meetings aimed to devise creative […]
MTA Freshmen put both their English and creativity skills to work and designed innovative projects for their end-of-semester English Literature assessment on Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey. The talmidim created board games, brochures, websites, and presentations to advertise a travel adventure, as well as movie posters, storyboards, and trailers for imagined film adaptations and digital […]
MTA’s Meet The Israeli Author elective course for Juniors provides talmidim with the opportunity to work directly with an award-winning Israeli author via video-conference workshops conducted entirely in Hebrew. The course, created by Director of Hebrew Language Mrs. Tova Fish-Rosenberg, is in its 12th year and is unique to MTA. This one-of-a-kind experience enables talmidim […]
By: Noam Ben Simon (‘22)
A group of MTA Engineering and Computer Science students took part in Yeshiva University’s Hackathon competition, working through the night to design and create projects that fit into the theme of this year’s event – Education. They were hard at work from 10:00 pm on Motzei Shabbos, May 1st through […]
By: Mr. Murray Sragow, Director Of College Guidance
Many students discovered with great joy that almost every college has offered “test optional” applications, due to the difficulties in administering the SAT and ACT for the last 14 months during the COVID-19 pamdemic. Students were able to save hours of intense studying and expensive tutoring or […]
By: Noam Ben Simon (‘22)
MTA Juniors in Dr. Berliner’s AP Physics course enjoyed hands-on experimentation during their first lab of the year. After months of learning about the math and theory behind electricity and magnetism, talmidim were able to see these principles in action through active participation in engaging experimentation. They utilized Yeshiva University’s […]
Academics at MTA aren’t limited to the classroom. They are opportunities to engage in hands-on learning and unique experiences. The yeshiva’s dynamic instructors bring learning to life for their classes every day and ensure that each talmid is an active participant in class discussions and has the chance to take on leadership roles. MTA’s Chemistry […]
MTA took second place at the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education (CIJE) Hack-A-Thon, held on Wednesday, January 29th at Yeshiva University. The event brought together 170 students from 18 different schools, who were divided into teams and given 5 hours and the necessary computer hardware to develop solutions that address environmental problems. MTA’s team […]
