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NEW SCHOOLYEAR POSES CHALLENGE

By Sarit Newman | October 2 2022 | 0 Comments.

Two major challenges face Boys Town Jerusalem as the 2022-23 schoolyear opens: For the over 900 students from grades 7-14, the main challenge is to reach the highest level in their studies. For the faculty, thanks to BTJ’s citation by the State of Israel as one of the nation’s best schools, the main challenge is […]

BTJ CITED AS TOP SCHOOL BY ISRAELI MINISTRY

By Sarit Newman | September 5 2022 | 0 Comments.

Boys Town Jerusalem was cited as one of the top high schools in Israel. The Israeli Ministry of Education has granted Boys Town Jerusalem the highest Award for Excellence among Israeli high schools throughout all educational sectors. The school ranked in the top 10% of the 838 high school schools examined over the 2021-22 academic […]

HEROIC IDF COLONEL RETURNS TO ALMA MATER

By Sarit Newman | August 1 2022 | 0 Comments.

IDF Colonel David Cohen, a 1995 graduate of Boys Town Jerusalem, values every moment of his life. Over his 30 years of active duty in the Israel Defense Forces, he has brushed with death countless times, including a fierce clash between terrorists and his elite commando unit in which he was critically injured. IDF Colonel […]

SPECIAL TRIUMPHS FOR BTJ CLASS OF 2022

By Sarit Newman | June 21 2022 | 0 Comments.

The recent graduation of Boys Town Jerusalem’s Class of 2022 marked their triumph over challengesno class had ever faced over the school’s 74 years. “The Covid pandemic that closed our campus for the better part of two years placed tremendous hurdles before us all. I’m proud of your patience and efforts, and I salute your […]

TRAILBLAZING BTJ TEACHER LEAVES A LEGACY OF INNOVATION

By Sarit Newman | October 4 2020 | 0 Comments.

“I never gave up on a student,” says newly-retired Shlomo Serok, the award-winning Boys Town Jerusalem instructor renowned for changing the face of Israeli technological education. The nearly 2,000 BTJ students Serok has taught over the past 40 years, leaders in hi-tech, IDF, education and Israeli society, are vivid proof of the faith he placed […]

FAMED IDF RESCUE TEAM HEAD NOW LEADS LARGE-SCALE CORONA AID TO JERUSALEM NEEDY

By Sarit Newman | June 21 2020 | 0 Comments.

As others fled for their lives, IDF Brigadier General (res) Ben Zvi Elyassi, 55, has raced straight into the world’s most devastating disasters throughout his 30-year military career, directing rescue efforts for victims of war, terrorism, earthquakes and more. Today, the 1982 Boys Town Jerusalem graduate stands at the head of a massive IDF Home […]