by Sarit Newman | Jan 15, 2025 | News
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...
by Sarit Newman | Jan 14, 2025 | News
The Australian Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem organisation recently invited two heroic Israelis to personally share firsthand accounts of their wartime experiences for audiences at leading Melbourne and Sydney synagogues. Daniel (not his real name for security...
by Sarit Newman | Jan 7, 2025 | News
Thanks to the generosity of Boys Town Jerusalem supporters worldwide, more and more boys in trauma are getting lifesaving help, plus the tools to help build a strong future. As students’ needs for emotional support have grown to record proportions during the Israeli...
by Sarit Newman | Nov 27, 2024 | News
As battles continue to rage, the entire Boys Town Jerusalem student body gathered on Israel’s first Memorial Day for victims of the Swords of Iron War. Paying tribute to over 700 soldiers slain, BTJ students were urged to boost their own efforts to help the needy, as...
by Sarit Newman | Nov 26, 2024 | News
“How could my mother have done this to me?” cried “Zeke,” an anguished Boys Town Jerusalem tenth-grader. “She barged straight into my class – in front of my friends and my teacher – to demand to speak to me. She knows I’ll never talk to her again. Ever.” Zeke’s...
by Sarit Newman | Nov 10, 2024 | News
Over one thousand people attended the funeral of Boys Town Jerusalem graduate IDF Sgt. Ariel Sosnov, killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack on troops near the Lebanese border. Ariel, aged 20 at his death, left parents, four brothers – all BTJ grads – and a...
