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...
by Sarit Newman | Nov 17, 2025 | News
They did it! With determination and love, Boys Town Jerusalem’s 11th graders completed Israel’s challenging 43-mile Sea-to-Sea Trail, hiking from the Mediterranean Sea to the Sea of Galilee. Every step of the three-day journey was dedicated to the memory of BTJ grad...
by Sarit Newman | Oct 28, 2025 | News
Not a single day in Abe’s* life has been easy. His father, prone to violence, has never held a steady job. His mother, living with a disability, struggles daily to care for Abe and his two younger brothers Shimon* and Eliezer*. Their home is marked by hardship—scarce...
by Sarit Newman | Sep 2, 2025 | News
It took time to understand just how deeply 14-year-old Uri* was suffering. He tried desperately to keep his pain hidden. A family’s sudden collaspe Both of Uri’s parents worked long hours to provide a happy, stable life for their children. But when the Israeli...
by Sarit Newman | Sep 2, 2025 | News
Boys Town Jerusalem’s 2025 Summer Camp was one of the most memorable seasons ever. Yet, the very fact that it opened was a near miracle. A summer against all odds “The Iran-Israel War broke out suddenly during the last week of school and ended several days after our...
