October | 2019 | Boys Town Jerusalem

WHEN NO OTHER SCHOOL WOULD TAKE AVIEL….

By Sarit Newman | October 31 2019 | 0 Comments.

In 2013, 12-year-old Aviel Berkowitz flinched as he handed his “pathetic” 6th grade report card to Boys Town Jerusalem Principal Rabbi Elimelech Yaakov for scrutiny. “I’d been rejected to so many schools by now that I’d nearly run out of hope,” he recalled. Following his interview, Aviel was shocked when the rabbi told him he […]

HOW ONE BOY’S EDUCATION WAS THE KEY TO HIS SUCCESS

By Sarit Newman | October 27 2019 | 0 Comments.

If you ever go to Shaare Zedek hospital, you’ll probably hear the name Dr. Maro Gete. That’s because he is a specialist ENT, and his story is incredible. His life changed when he was just a kid Born in Ethiopia, Gete immigrated to Israel at the age of nine and had his world turned upside […]

REPAIRING A BROKEN HOME

By Sarit Newman | October 10 2019 | 0 Comments.

Meet Neria. A fourteen-year-old boy without a stable home. When Neria was a baby, his father became addicted to drugs and alcohol, and his parents divorced. Neria’s mother did her best as a single mom to make a home for the two of them, but it came with its struggles. Three years ago, Neria’s mother […]

Rav Yoram’s Home at BTJ

By admin | October 6 2019 | 0 Comments.

When Yoram Ram first entered Boys Town Jerusalem as a 13‐year‐old “problematic student” back in 1987, he could not have imagined that Boys Town would consistently remain his home till today—or that he would become a powerful force in the education and growth of generations of students. Today Rabbi Yoram Ram, the son of Yemenite […]