by Meir Barg (’16)
Last Tuesday night, MTA held a “Captains Debate,” in which the best debaters from Central, Flatbush, and MTA competed. The debate kicked off with a delicious Carlos and Gabby’s dinner and then it was time to debate. The style of the debate was impromptu, meaning that upon entering each round, debate […]
by Meir Barg (’15)
This past Monday, debaters from Rambam, Central, and MTA went to SAR to debate the resolution that the United States government should mandate that paid maternity and paternity leave of one month be provided to all employees.
After a quick dinner, it was time to for the competition. All the debaters […]
by Asher Finkelstein (’15)
Last week, the debate team was preparing for a tournament at Kushner, in which the topic was whether the US should increase humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people. To help us prepare, Shlomo Anapolle (’13), president of MTA’s Hatzioni club, was invited to speak with us about this contentious and complex […]
by Gavriel Mayer (’15)
On Thursday night, the MTA debate team participated in an inter-yeshiva debate meet hosted by Kushner. The meet had both a debate and an extemporaneous speaking aspect to it. MTA’s stellar reputation remained intact, as we excelled at both aspects. Captain Dovid Schwartz (’13) took home 1st place in extemporaneous speaking […]
by Dovid Schwartz (’13)
On Thursday, the MTA Debate team went to Central to debate about affirmative action. Unlike in most debates, in which only experienced debaters participate, a few select novices were given the opportunity to debate. These novices were facing debaters who were both older and more experienced than they, and consequently had […]
How did the concept of affirmative action begin in our history? What brought about the idea that certain students should be favored in college acceptances over others more qualified? Those questions initiated Mr. Murray Sragow’s discussion of affirmative action to our Debate Club on Tuesday. Mr. Sragow discussed the Supreme Court cases that set precedence, […]
On Sunday, MTA hosted the annual Great Debate and it was once again an outstanding event, despite the huge amounts of snow that threatened to cancel it. Over 165 debaters from across the country met to debate issues of immigration and methods of speeding up the waiting process to become citizens. The timely topic challenged the […]
Debate at MTA is more than learning arguments for debates, and more than developing cross-examination techniques. Debate opens the door to becoming familiar with a body of knowledge not often afforded to students.
This past Wednesday evening, the Debate Club heard all about immigration from Rabbi Avi Morell, a practicing immigration lawyer and MTA parent. Since […]
by CJ Glicksman (’16)
This past Wednesday night, MTA hosted a novice debate, which was originally scheduled for last week, but was postponed due to the snowstorm. Novice debaters came from Ma’ayanot and Ezra Academy to debate against MTA, and experienced debaters came from each school to judge the competition. Each school had three affirmative […]
by Meir Barg (’16) and CJ Glicksman (’16)
This past Monday night, MTA novice debaters went to Ezra Academy in Forest Hills, Queens, to debate with over ten other schools. The resolution was that the New York City soda ban passed by the NYC Board of Health, scheduled to take effect on March 12, 2013, […]
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