Princess, a playful Border Collie dog who is deaf from birth, and Rafi, a rail-thin eighth grader who has seen his share of sorrow, are learning the language of love. Each week, Rafi and Princess meet at the sports field for an extracurricular Dog Training for kids course offered by Boys Town Jerusalem. Yet the knowledge that Rafi and […]
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Surpassing all high schools in Jerusalem, Boys Town Jerusalem was tapped by the Ministry of Education to open its third Special Education class at the start of the 2016-7 school year. The new seventh grade class joins Special Education classes already operating in the eighth and eleventh grades. “The Education Ministry’s vote of confidence in Boys Town Jerusalem is […]
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As most Boys Town Jerusalem students now look forward to the festive, flickering Chanukah menorah flames, 11th grader Daniel Ben Hemo looks back at the horrific flames that recently raged across Israel—and to miracles that he witnessed. During the wave of devastating fires, 16-year-old Daniel became one of the two youngest firefighters to battle the […]
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