Schools

This past Sunday, the Yeshiva of Central Queens (YCQ) held a Ladies’ Luncheon for the Junior High School Girls and their guests. Several eighth-grade girls worked on the event to make it fun and meaningful. Last year, the current eighth-grade girls spoke with Ms. Schlisser about tz’nius and new ways to help encourage tz’nius behaviors in school. Ms. Schlisser said, “I set up the Ladies’ Luncheon because I heard the girls’ request to take a different approach to tz’nius and feeling more empowered, and I wanted to honor their request.” The event was held on Sunday, October 3, a few days before Rosh Chodesh, which was appropriate because Rosh Chodesh is known to be a special holiday for women.

MTA is getting ready to launch the 15^th year of its unique Makor Chaim Israel Exchange Program. Each year, a select group of MTA Sophomores have the opportunity to live in Israel and attend Yeshivat Makor Chaim (YMC) for an academic quarter. Founded by noted Jewish educators Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz and Rabbi Dov Singer, YMC is located in Kibbutz Kfar Etzion. This immersive experience of Toras Eretz Yisrael allows talmidim to fully integrate into Israeli culture and absorb the spirituality of YMC. In turn, a group of YMC talmidim spend an academic quarter at MTA, where they enhance the spiritual culture of the yeshivah. This year, the program is open to both MTA Sophomores and Juniors.

A delegation of MTA talmidim and alumni had the unique opportunity to meet Dr. Shaikh Abdulla Al Khalifa, Undersecretary of State and Deputy Secretary General of the Supreme Defense Council of the Kingdom of Bahrain on Monday, October 4, at a special luncheon hosted by Yeshiva University. The event, which marked the celebration of one year to the Abraham Accords Normalization Agreements, featured a discussion with the Shaikh, who shared the Warm Peace Strategy of the Kingdom of Bahrain for the implementation of the Abraham Accords, and learned from YU leadership, faculty, and students about American Jewry.

An impressive turnout of students, administrators, and faculty members of the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls enjoyed a warm and leibedik Simchas Beis HaSho’eivah on Sunday evening, September 29, in the backyard of Mrs. Elisheva Kaminetsky, SKA Principal, Religious Studies.

SKA’S Freshman Class of 2025 enjoyed an exciting day-long bonding experience at Camp Kaylie on Wednesday, October 6.

Shaar Lev at HALB has officially begun! On opening day, students made sukkah decorations for Sukkos and enjoyed singing in the HALB sukkah, led by Rabbi Benji Renov. They were also joined by HALB’s Bnei Akiva shlichos, Shira and Ahuva.