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BTJ SPECIAL ED STUDENTS SCORING BIG

By admin | January 7 2022 | 0 Comments.

Something very special at Boys Town Jerusalem is changing the lives of boys in crisis. The school’s seven Special Education classes, spanning grades 7-12, are providing a priceless lifeline to youngsters facing acute emotional and/or learning disabilities. Impressively, these boys are leading the nation in their academic feats: with the average national bagrut matriculation score […]

TUTORING AND VOLUNTEERING FOR LIFE

By Sarit Newman | December 15 2021 | 0 Comments.

“When I walked into the Home for the Handicapped last week, I was shocked,” admits Boys Town Jerusalem 10th grader Ariel Gurfinkel. “It was my first experience in volunteering, and the first time I’d ever interacted with handicapped persons. Now I can’t wait till our next visit!” For Ariel and his fellow classmates, the door […]

FIGHTING THE CRISIS WITH LOVE

By Sarit Newman | December 14 2021 | 0 Comments.

As health officials examine the extent of Covid-related injury to Israeli youth, teachers point to the severe blow to reading skills caused by the 18-month lockdown. “The Corona crisis created a massive decline in students’ reading ability and comprehension,” declares Mrs. Chayut Raanan, director of Boys Town Jerusalem’s remedial reading program. “The ramifications are so […]

A DREAM BAR MITZVAH FOR A BOY IN A NIGHTMARE

By Sarit Newman | November 1 2021 | 0 Comments.

With each explosive argument and battle that Jared’s* parents fought, the young boy longed all the more for the torment to end. Yet their bitter divorce proceedings plunged him into an even worse nightmare. The Boys Town Jerusalem seventh grader could no longer bring himself to think about his upcoming Bar Mitzvah, which he’d looked […]

WHEN LEVY’S WORLD COLLAPSED

By Sarit Newman | October 6 2021 | 0 Comments.

Nearly a year ago, 13-year-old Levy* watched his world collapse when his mom was stricken by a sudden brain hemorrhage and rushed unconscious to the hospital. As her condition steadily deteriorated, Levy’s dad was forced to leave his job to take care of the children and his wife as well. The oldest child in the […]

SUPER STUDENT AWARDED 1ST PRIZE IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

By Sarit Newman | October 3 2021 | 0 Comments.

In a milestone event, Boys Town Jerusalem senior Natan Anter was awarded the first prize Emanuel Mazor Award for Outstanding Research Works in Earth Sciences. At a ceremony held in the Weizmann Institute of Science, 17-year-old Natan presented his research findings to an audience of university professors and students. The research topic, “The effect of […]