by Sarit Newman | Mar 19, 2025 | News
In a show of engineering innovation and skill, the shiny precision-designed and programmed robot created by Boys Town Jerusalem’s FTC Robotics Team scored a triumph in the recent Israeli FTC Robotics regional competition. Engineering excellence: a robot like no other...
by Sarit Newman | Mar 19, 2025 | News
“Eli,” a sweet-natured 13-year-old Boys Town Jerusalem student, has a very severe learning disability. Once he was placed in a small Special Education class at the start of the school year, he began to make slow but steady progress. Yet, to the frustration of the...
by Sarit Newman | Mar 10, 2025 | News
Ami*, age 14, was born optimistic. This Boys Town Jerusalem student’s positive nature seemed unbeatable, until he came face-to-face with the tragedy of his mother’s lethal cancer. Today, the school is at Ami’s side through the painful difficulties that he and his...
by Sarit Newman | Mar 10, 2025 | News
After over a year of academic decline due to the war, Boys Town Jerusalem is finally seeing a turning point—grades are improving. The challenges of war, coupled with economic hardship and personal struggles at home, took a significant toll on students’ focus and...
by Sarit Newman | Feb 9, 2025 | News
Boys Town Jerusalem instructor Rabbi Meir Zussman’s first memories of this school go back to when he was a toddler crawling through its halls. “My father was a longtime BTJ teacher who lived and taught on the campus,” the rabbi explains. “I’ve followed his footsteps...
