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New Israel Henry Beren Computer Lab Dedicated at BTJ
During challenging days for Israel – and for her students – the US-based Israel Henry Beren Charitable Foundation (Foundation) has donated a fully...
Guiding Students to be Strong in Wartime and in Life
Today, every boy knows someone directly involved in the fighting, and each student is affected in different ways. Yet the ongoing care of our teachers, rabbis, and social services staff strengthens the boys with coping skills and confidence.
BTJ Students Remember Their Heroes
Walking solemnly together, Boys Town Jerusalem High School students joined thousands of Israelis entering Mt. Herzl National Military Cemetery on...
Empowering Boys to Heal After Divorce
A simple sheet of paper divided into eight squares opened 13yearold “Danny’s” most painful wounds – and his own path toward healing. “Tell your...
Terrified by War
“Please, Rabbi,” the mother pleaded. “My son is hysterical. Can you try to calm him?” As 13-year-old Moshe* took the phone, the air raid sirens...
A Safe Haven for Jared
At 6 AM on a recent cold winter morning, Principal Rabbi Yehudah Rosencrantz arrived, as he does each day, to open the Boys Town Jerusalem school...
A Bar Mitzvah Gift of Miracles
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...
Healing Students’ Post-Trauma with Loving Care
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...
Zach’s Journey of Healing and Growth
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...