by Sarit Newman | Feb 16, 2026 | News
In honor of their recent Bar Mitzvah, twin brothers Asher and Lior Freedman and family donated two new sets of tefillin (phylacteries) to Boys Town Jerusalem students in need. This generous gift adds a moving new chapter to the family’s nearly centuryold story of...
by Sarit Newman | Feb 2, 2026 | News
Elliot,* a ninth grader at Boys Town Jerusalem, has stopped sleeping over the two recent war years in Israel. His dad and brothers serve in combat units, his mom is anguished, and his own panic attacks have become near paralyzing. To help Elliot and the growing number...
by Sarit Newman | Jan 5, 2026 | News
Zach* was so young when his father walked out – leaving the family and never returning – that he has no memory of the day it happened. Yet every day since, Zach has been trying to navigate his own path through life. Searching for direction at a critical age Now 15,...
by Sarit Newman | Jan 4, 2026 | News
At just 14 years old, Boys Town Jerusalem ninth-grader Amichai Romaine has become the youngest Team Captain in the history of BTJ’s renowned FTC Robotics Team. And his rise to success has just begun… “The perfect choice for team captain” “The entire team agreed that...
by Sarit Newman | Dec 16, 2025 | News
With smiles lighting their faces, a class of Boys Town Jerusalem seventh graders eagerly waited to board the bus for a daylong field trip. Among them, Aaron * quietly slipped behind his friends to approach Principal Rabbi Yehudah Rosencrantz. “Please, Rabbi,” he...
by Sarit Newman | Dec 1, 2025 | News
Sometimes 14-year-old “Ori” can barely remember life before everything changed—before his world shattered. There was a time when his family laughed together, when his parents left for work each morning, and he and his younger brother enjoyed school, friends, and...
