STUDENT ACTIVITIES

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Debate Team


Our Debate Team empowers students to think critically, speak with confidence, and engage thoughtfully with complex ideas. Through structured argumentation and research-based reasoning, students learn to communicate with clarity while respectfully challenging opposing viewpoints. Debate fosters leadership, poise, and intellectual curiosity—skills that extend far beyond competition. Throughout the year, our students participate in four interschool debates against other yeshivahs across the tristate area, applying their skills in dynamic, real-world settings. Whether exploring current events, ethical dilemmas, or global issues, our students develop the confidence and analytical strength to form meaningful arguments.  

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Names Not Numbers


The Names, Not Numbers© program is a unique intergenerational approach to Holocaust education that has connected survivors and WWIl veterans with students worldwide. Every year, Middle School students listen to the tragic but inspiring stories of Holocaust survivors and learn how to interview and film them for a documentary. 


Dedicated by Reneé and Steven Adelsberg

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Math Team


 The YoF Middle School Math Team is a space for curious problem-solvers to go beyond the regular curriculum and tackle challenging problems. Students collaborate, explore multiple strategies, and present their thinking, building both confidence and communication skills. Along the way, they learn new mathematical ideas and techniques that help them approach complex problems with an open mind and persevere in solving them.  

Chidon Hatanach


At the Yeshivah of Flatbush, Chidon HaTanach inspires students to deepen their knowledge and appreciation of Tanach through focused study, mentorship, and meaningful engagement with the text. As participants in the National Chidon HaTanach program, students have the opportunity to compete with peers from Jewish schools across North America, showcasing their dedication and achievement while strengthening their connection to Torah learning.

Humanities Plus


Humanities Plus has enriched the Yeshivah of Flatbush Middle School experience for over three decades, engaging eighth graders in New York City’s arts through pre-event sessions, live performances at Lincoln Center, museum visits, and Broadway shows like Phantom of the Opera, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and Ragtime. Students attend the Metropolitan Opera House—often for their first opera, La Bohème, on opening night—and participate in a pre-Passover guided tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Egypt Exhibit, as well as the moving Anne Frank Exhibition’s full-scale Secret Annex. The program consistently enlightens, entertains, and broadens horizons, with graduates crediting it for fostering a lifelong appreciation of the arts.

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Torah Bowl


 Middle school students have the opportunity to compete in the Junior Torah Bowl League. Each year students learn a specific secret of Chumash and the accompanying Rashi. Throughout the year, students compete in a trivia competition in 4 meets against different yeshivot. Students enjoy this opportunity to enhance their Torah knowledge. 


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