During challenging days for Israel – and for her students – the US-based Israel Henry Beren Charitable Foundation (Foundation) has donated a fully equipped, ultra-modern computer laboratory to Boys Town Jerusalem (BTJ). Amid the ongoing Israeli war, the new lab provides an open, flexible learning environment offering state-of-the-art resources to train the next generation of computer science leaders.
As students filled the new laboratory at the dedication ceremony, BTJ Dean of Students Rabbi Meir Linchner thanked Nancy T. Beren, a Director of Israel Henry Beren Charitable Foundation, for personally attending during wartime and for continuing her family’s longstanding commitment to Jewish education. “For over 50 years, the Beren family’s generosity has helped our school offer the finest education in the most advanced facilities, enriching the lives of thousands of our students.”
Addressing the students, Ms. Beren said, “My three siblings and fellow Foundation Directors, Amy A.B. Bressman, Julie Beren Platt and Adam E. Beren and I learned from our parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles the importance of a high-level Jewish and secular education. Boys Town Jerusalem embodies these values. Our family is proud to make this computer laboratory available to help you make your own contributions to Israel.”
Ms. Beren and family members then toured many of the outstanding facilities endowed by the Beren family across the BTJ campus. Highlights included Harry H. Beren Synagogue, Harry H. Beren Sports Field, Israel Henry Beren Educational Wing of BTJ High School, and the newly renovated BTJ High School Bomb Shelter, funded in part by the Foundation.
With great pride, as her father Robert M. Beren z’l did before her, Nancy T. Beren then personally signed each 2026 Israel Henry Beren Institute of Torah and Technology diploma for both BTJ High School seniors and College of Applied Engineering graduates.