Hope in the Classroom: BTJ Sees a Rise in Grades

Hope in the Classroom: BTJ Sees a Rise in Grades

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...
Rabbi Zussman’s Lessons for Life

Rabbi Zussman’s Lessons for Life

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...
Heroic BTJ Grad Triumphs Over Trauma and Tragedy

Heroic BTJ Grad Triumphs Over Trauma and Tragedy

IDF (Res) Infantry Unit Squadron Commander Amitay Cohen, 22, has triumphed over trauma and tragedy in Israel’s ongoing war. Today, as the Boys Town Jerusalem grad fights to heal from a complex war injury, he is determined to “continue to do good for the people and the...
New “Bervin Buddies” Recreational Center

New “Bervin Buddies” Recreational Center

Thanks to the generosity, love, and a son’s tribute to his late parents, Boys Town Jerusalem Junior High students are now enjoying a dream-come-true, spacious, well-equipped haven during their intensive school day. The newly opened “Bervin Buddies Recreational...
Sammy is Gripped by Nightmares and Fear

Sammy is Gripped by Nightmares and Fear

When “Sammy” was just a little boy, his father disappeared from his life. Alone with his poverty-stricken mother, Sammy has lived in fear for as long as he can remember. At age 13, this Boys Town Jerusalem seventh grader is now fighting the terrifying trauma that...