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Jonathan’s Champion Courage
Eighteen-year-old Jonathan may make his way through the halls of Boys Town Jerusalem with slow, deliberate steps and a noticeable limp, but his...
A Dream Summer that Came True
Thirteen-year-old Seth* certainly didn’t miss his parents’ constant fighting that brought about their recent divorce. But he did dread the long...
A Bar Mitzvah Beyond Hope
If Natan* has learned one thing in his 13 years, it’s how to cope with reality. Even if it meant not having a Bar Mitzvah. Natan didn’t have hope...
Past BTJ Grads Give a Gift for the Future
As toddlers,Yodi Gitelman, born in Poland to Holocaust survivors, and Pereets Damri, born in war-torn Tunisia, fled with their families to settle in...
An extraordinary Bar Mitzvah for Sam
When Sam* was just five months old, his father abandoned the family. He never contacted them again. Not even for Sam’s recent Bar Mitzvah. Sam was...
A new shirt and hope for Rami
Rami’s* classmates in Grade 7 at Boys Town Jerusalem could not help but notice his hardship. The quiet, serious young boy tried his best to keep up...
Jonathan’s One Wish
For his entire life, Jonathan,* 13, has been entangled in his parents’ endless, vicious conflict. Yet when he began seventh grade at Boys Town...
Empowering Elazar and Orel for life
Elazar Leynov, a new Russian immigrant, barely spoke Hebrew when he began Grade Seven at Boys Town Jerusalem. When Orel Offner entered BTJ the...
Dog Training a Howling Success for BTJ Students
The proud collies and frisky white puppy who romp across the Boys Town Jerusalem campus each Monday afternoon for dog training sessions are not only...