Mazel tov to our esteemed colleague Rabbi Gary Beitler and his wife on the engagement of their son Moshe to Ms. Meira Bauman of Far Rockaway.
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Daniel Landa (2/22), Ephraim Landa (2/22), Chaim Dov Roffman (2/26)
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MTA LEADers Learn to Develop Business Plan
 On Tuesday evening, February 16th, Sy Syms Professor Bob Tufts led a workshop for students in MTA's unique business and entrepreneurship program, MTA LEAD. Professor Tufts, a former major league baseball player, is an adjuct professor of management at Syms and was able to provide a unique perspective.
The MTA LEAD program is a one-of-a-kind business club that was developed several years ago in partnership between MTA and Yeshiva University's Sy Syms School of Business.
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College Bowl Fares Well in Second Meet of the Year
by Rami Nordlicht ('16)
On Thursday, members of the MTA College Bowl Dandy Lions traveled to Flatbush for their second meet of the year. Entering the meet, the JV team held a record of 4-0 and the Varsity team a record of 2-1, and both teams were looking to improve their position in the standings. Things did not start off very well for the Varsity team, who fell behind early to Westchester and trailed by as many as 9 in the second half of the match. However, the Dandy Lions mounted a massive comeback and were able to narrowly overtake Westchester (who had beaten MTA during the first meet), winning in a most dramatic fashion that would help propel the Lions against their following opponents. Next up was SAR, another formidable opponent. Although MTA again started off slowly, the Dandy Lions were able to hit their stride during the second half of the game and came out victorious. The Varsity Dandy Lions then proceeded to take care of business against Magen David, winning all three of their matches in an amazing meet to bring their record to 5-1.
Although the JV team entered the meet with an undefeated 4-0 record, the JV Dandy Lions witnessed their first bout of adversity of the College Bowl season and lost both of their matches to bring their record to 4-2. Nevertheless, the JV team remains in a solid position to make the playoffs (as do their Varsity counterparts) and remain confident that they will be able to regain their composure during the next and final meet. We would like to wish both College Bowl teams much success in the upcoming meet, as both will be looking to make a successful run at the College Bowl playoffs.
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Ambassador Ayalon Shares His Wisdom on Israel
by Avi Rothwacs ('16)
This past Tuesday, the MTA student body had the unique oppurtunity to hear from a former Israeli Ambassador to the US, Danny Ayalon. Ambassador Ayalon, who is currently a visiting professor at Yeshiva University, spoke about the current wave of terrorism in Israel and analyzed whether or not it should be considered the third Intifada. The event was hosted by Hatzioni, MTA's Israel club, as part of the prepararions for the school's annual lobbying mission to Washington D.C. which is due to take place this April. The program was held in room 404 and there was not an empty seat. All in all, it was a huge success and the student body is already looking forward to the next Hatzioni sponsored event as well as to the MTAPAC mission.
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MTA Wrestling Takes Third Place at Wittenberg
by Shimmy Mandelbaum ('16)
For the first time in history, the Henry Wittenberg Wrestling Invitational Tournament was held at The Frisch School, after Yeshiva College, the previous host school, cut back their wrestling program this past year. Approximately 200 yeshiva high school wrestlers participated in the event which took place over President's Day weekend. Returning 2015 champions SAR succcessfully defended their title, taking first place for the second year in a row; an impressive feat for a program in its fifth year. For the first time in Wittenberg history there was a tie for second place between TABC and Kushner, and for the second year in a row MTA not only finished in third place but took both individual awards: Naftali Horowitz defended his title as Most Outstanding Wrestler and Akiva Axel took the Dominator title by having the most pins in the least amount of time.
Wrestling began on Friday morning, February 12th, on four separate mats (one of which was MTA's) at The Frisch school. Sixteen schools were represented from across the country. After several hours of non-stop matches, the wrestlers were transported to a hotel in New Jersey for their annual Wittenberg Shabbaton.
The tournament continued all day on Sunday, with many matches in the 14 different weight classes, from 106 lbs. through 285 lbs. While each individual winning wrestler advanced in the brackets, he also gained overall points for his teams. In addition to having 14 individual champions by Monday afternoon, the school team with the highest overall score would be deemed the winner as well.
This year, the consolation finals, as well as the finals, were held on Sunday night, as opposed to Monday morning, for the first time in league history. At approximately 3:30 PM, wrestling began with the 5th/6th place matches followed by the 3rd/4th place matches. At 5:00 PM, after opening remarks by Coach Neil Elman, former YU and MTA wrestling coach and founder of the Yeshiva Wrestling Association, the packed crowd at Frisch was treated to an exciting display of high-level wrestling, as each of the 14 championship matches took place on a lone center mat. Monday's matches were also live streamed, with commentators, on macslive.com. (The championships are now uploaded to Youtube as well.)
RESULTS:
The SAR Sting had a dominating position on the final day of wrestling, with 10 wrestlers taking part in the final matches, five of them taking first in the championships themselves. The team's overall score for the tournament was 303 points. The TABC Storm and Kushner Cobras both finished in second place with a total of 205 points each.
The MTA Lions returned to the winner's circle for the second year in a row by earning 202.50 points as a team and coming in third. The team placed 6 wrestlers in the finals. Captains Naftali Horowitz (145 lbs.) reclaimed his postion at the top of the podium by beaing a Wittenberg Hall of Famer for the second year in a row. Akiva Axel (126 lbs.) made it to the finals after an exciting semifinals match and upset last year champion, Max Berger from SAR by pin which allowed him to also take the Dominator award. Yosef Kurlantzick (152 lbs.) made it the finals for the second year in a row and this time made it the top of the podium as well. Yaakoc Kurlantzik (170 lbs.) made it the finals for his third year in a row and finished in first while entering the Wittenberg Hall of Fame. Full results and brackets are posted at YeshivaWrestling.com.
Other notable MTA place winners were Alex Knapp ('17) who took second place at 285 lbs., Izzy Frasco who took second place at 220 lbs., Aron Fried ('16) who took fourth at 285 lbs., and Abie Veroba who took fourth at 195 lbs.
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A Lion's Life Executive Staff
Faculty Advisor: Elie Hirt
Publishing & Design: Devir Kahan ('13)
Editor in Chief: Shimmy Mandelbaum ('16) and CJ Glicksman ('16)
Executive Editor: Rami Nordlicht ('16)
Associate Editor: Raziel Siegman ('17)
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