Metropolitan Yeshiva High School Athletic League Explained

The Metropolitan Yeshiva High School Athletic League (MYHSAL), or Yeshiva League, is a high school athletic league consisting of 36 Modern/Centrist Orthodox and two pluralist Yeshivas in the New York Metropolitan Area. It includes the sports of basketball, floor hockey, volleyball, soccer, baseball, tennis, and softball. The league, and particularly its sport of floor hockey, was described by the New York Times in a 2017 piece.[1] Jared Kushner played hockey in the league while attending the Frisch School.

Member schools

The MYHSAL member schools are:

width= 200px SchoolGenderHashkafaCityStateEnrollmentEstablished
Barkai Yeshivah (Barkai)CoedSephardiMidwood, BrooklynNew Yorkunknownunknown
Bruriah High School for Girls (Bruriah)GirlsModoxElizabeth, New JerseyNew Jersey2401963
Yeshiva University High School for Girls–Central (Central)GirlsModoxHolliswood, New YorkNew York2991948
Yeshiva Darchei TorahBoysHarediFar Rockaway, QueensNew Yorkunknown1973
Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School (DRS)BoysModoxWoodmere, New YorkNew York3351997
Yeshivah of FlatbushCoedModoxMidwood, BrooklynNew York6311927
Frisch School (Frisch)CoedModoxParamus, New JerseyNew Jersey9231972
Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR)CoedModoxLawrence, Nassau County, New YorkNew York3781978
Hebrew Academy of Nassau County (HANC)CoedModoxUniondale, New YorkNew York4631953
Heichal HaTorahBoysModoxTeaneck, New JerseyNew Jersey1502012
Abraham Joshua Heschel School (Heschel)CoedPluralisticUpper West Side, ManhattanNew York9622001
Hillel YeshivaCoedSephardiOcean Township, Monmouth County, New JerseyNew Jersey9161950
Ilan High SchoolGirlsSephardiAsbury Park, New JerseyNew Jersey163unknown
Jewish Educational Center (JEC)BoysModoxElizabeth, New JerseyNew Jersey1451940
Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School (Kushner)CoedModoxLivingston, New JerseyNew Jersey7351942
Ma'ayanot Yeshiva High School (Ma'ayanot)GirlsModoxTeaneck, New JerseyNew Jersey3111996
Yeshivat Magen AbrahamBoysSephardiManhattan Beach, BrooklynNew York40unknown
Magen David Yeshivah High School (Magen David)BoysSephardiGravesend, BrooklynNew York2,0001946
Mesivta Ateres Yaakov (MAY)BoysHarediLawrence, New YorkNew York2501987
Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy (MTA)BoysModoxWashington Heights, ManhattanNew York3231916
Naaleh High School for Girls (Naaleh)GirlsModoxFair Lawn, New JerseyNew Yorkunknownunknown
Mesivta Netzach HaTorah (Netzach)BoysHarediWoodmere, New YorkNew Yorkunknownunknown
North Shore Hebrew AcademyCoedModoxGreat Neck, New YorkNew York4161954
Ohr YisroelBoysHarediTenafly, New JerseyNew Jerseyunknownunknown
Ramaz SchoolCoedModoxUpper East SideNew York2671937
Rambam MesivtaBoysModoxLawrence, Nassau County, New YorkNew York1781991
SAR High SchoolCoedModoxRiverdale, BronxNew York6362003
Yeshivat Shaare Torah (Shaare)Both, single-genderSephardiMidwood, BrooklynNew York4291982
Shulamith School for GirlsGirlsModoxWoodmere, New YorkNew York1721930
Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls (SKA)GirlsModoxHewlett Bay Park, New YorkNew York3551992
Schechter School of Long Island (SSLI)CoedConservativeWilliston Park, New YorkNew York261unknown
Torah Academy of Bergen County (TABC)BoysModoxTeaneck, New JerseyNew Jersey3271982
Mesivta Ateres Shmuel of Waterbury (Waterbury)BoysHarediDurham, ConnecticutConnecticut185unknown
Westchester Hebrew High School (WHHS)CoedModoxMamaroneck, New YorkNew York110unknown
Yeshivat Darche Eres (YDE Boys)BoysSephardiSheepshead Bay, BrooklynNew Yorkunknownunknown
Yeshivat Darche Eres (YDE Girls)GirlsSephardiGravesend, BrooklynNew Yorkunknownunknown

Notes and References

  1. News: A 'World Unto Itself' in New York Area Yeshivas: Floor Hockey. Kilgannon. Corey. 2017. The New York Times. 2018-02-28. en-US. 0362-4331.