by Sarit Newman | Jan 30, 2024 | News
Behind the stark numbers of the dead and wounded in Israel’s Swords of Iron War is the immeasurable pain suffered by the families of the victims. For Boys Town Jerusalem students and so many others, the suffering now extends to those experiencing greatly-increased...
by Sarit Newman | Jan 10, 2024 | News
In today’s war-struck Israel, over 40% of Boys Town Jerusalem students now have a father or brother (or both) serving in the Israel Defense Forces. Further, many students themselves suffer paralyzing fear and emotional distress fed by social media clips of Hamas...
by Sarit Newman | Jan 2, 2024 | News
As their fathers, brothers, relatives and friends are fighting on the Gaza battlefield, Boys TownJerusalem High School students have enlisted in an urgent rescue mission within Israel. Each week, several classes travel to farms across the country to roll up their...
by Sarit Newman | Dec 25, 2023 | News
As the Israeli war rages, Boys Town Jerusalem students and faculty gathered to pay tribute to four fallen grads – Sgt. Gedif Yaakov Mulugeta, Sgt. Benyamin Yona, Corp. Ofir Testa, and Liel Gerafe. In their memory, students have boosted their volunteer efforts to help...
by Sarit Newman | Dec 13, 2023 | News
The battlefield of the raging Israeli war is not confined to Gaza. Its widespread trauma now reaches every strata of Israeli society, as Boys Town Jerusalem students and teachers can attest. For some, the pressure is crippling. A mother would not let her son come to...
by Sarit Newman | Nov 22, 2023 | News
The day the Israeli war broke out, Eitan, a Boys Town Jerusalem seventh grader, experienced the tragedy and horror of his beloved uncle’s death in combat. Many of Eitan’s classmates with brothers now fighting in Gaza are experiencing tremendous anxiety. None of these...
