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...
by Sarit Newman | Nov 10, 2024 | News
Red-faced and hands clenched, seventh-grader “Joel” sat directly facing Boys Town Jerusalem Junior High Principal Rabbi Yehudah Rosencrantz. “Do you understand that absences are not allowed, here or in any school?” the principal asked firmly. “You must come to class.”...
by Sarit Newman | Oct 6, 2024 | News
Throughout his four years as a BTJ instructor, Avichai Charizi has sparked transformations, both as an innovative Hebrew Language teacher and a champion volunteer inspiring and guiding students to become volunteers for life. At the start of the 2024-25 schoolyear, he...
by Sarit Newman | Sep 29, 2024 | News
Netanel Raanan, 35, is “father” to 52 of the boys, aged 14-16, who live and study at Boys Town Jerusalem. Unlike most dads, he is at their side daily from dawn till nearly midnight. Somewhere in between, this teacher and father of 52 teens also spends quality time...
by Sarit Newman | Sep 10, 2024 | News
As Boys Town Jerusalem’s doors opened on the first day of the 2024-25 schoolyear, nearly 900 boys found a haven from the ongoing war around them. Yet for many, the battleground was their own homes, where poverty and family conflicts have reached hazardous levels....
