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THE POWER OF A TEACHER’S TRUST

By admin | February 16 2022 | 0 Comments.

At the end of Grade Eight in 2007, “Eliezer” was hurt, but not really surprised, to be informed that he was under serious consideration to be transferred out of Boys Town Jerusalem for high school. Over the past two years he’d spent at the school’s Junior High, he’d only excelled in troublemaking. Now to his […]

MAKING INVESTMENTS COUNT

By Shoshana Levovitz | January 19 2022 | 0 Comments.

“I’ve learned that if there’s something important to know in life, it’s that money isn’t everything,” declared Shimon Potter, a multimillion-dollar investment portfolio manager. His audience, Boys Town Jerusalem High School students, paid rapt attention to his every word. Potter’s firm comminited to contribute 50% of profits to charitable organizations Within the school’s guest lecture […]

BAR MITZVAH UNDER FIRE

By Sarit Newman | May 30 2021 | 0 Comments.

Thirteen-year-old Benjamin* always dreamed of a Bar Mitzvah with his family and friends at his side. Yet the Hamas missile attack on Israel and the COVID crisis shattered his dream to pieces. Only thanks to the love and care of Boys Town Jerusalem did Benjamin celebrate an unforgettable Bar Mitzvah ceremony that gave courage to […]

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 […]

BTJ GRAD ON GUARD AGAINST IRANIAN TERROR

By Sarit Newman | June 10 2020 | 0 Comments.

A recent cyberattack attributed to Iran was specifically targeted towards Israeli water installations. Boys Town Jerusalem grad Shai Dreizin, General Manager of the massive Ashkelon Desalination Plant, is quick to point out that the attack caused only very minor, easily-repaired damage to several small isolated facilities. The Ashkelon Desalination Plant is highly secure, he stresses, […]

BTJ PREMIERS at AIPAC CONFERENCE

By Sarit Newman | March 22 2020 | 0 Comments.

A popular super robot made and programmed by Boys Town Jerusalem students starred in BTJ’s debut at the prestigious 2020 AIPAC Policy Conference last month. Ariela Lacovsky, BTJ Development and Grants Officer who initiated the participation, reports that the BTJ booth drew well over 1,000 participants to view the robot as well as a prototype […]