Boys Town Jerusalem takes pride in noting that a 1982 graduate of Boys Town Jerusalem, Major-General Yoav Mordechai, met this week with top Trump adviser Jason Greenblatt in Jerusalem. Mordechai, the coordinator of Israeli government activities in the territories, personally briefed Greenblatt on security issues.

Major-General Yoav Mordechai, who is fluent in Arabic, has previously served as chief of civilian administration in the West Bank and as IDF Spokesman. On a visit to his Boys Town Jerusalem alma mater in 2011, Major-General Mordechai told students, “Here I gained the spirit to provide strength for the years ahead.”

Boys Town Jerusalem is one of Israel’s premier institutions for educating the country’s next generation of leaders in the fields of technology, commerce, education, the military and public service. Since its founding in 1948, BTJ has pursued its mission of turning young boys from limited backgrounds into young men with limitless futures. From junior high through the college level, the three-part curriculum at Boys Town—academic, technological and Torah—is designed to turn otherwise disadvantaged Israeli youth into productive citizens of tomorrow. Boys Town’s 18-acre campus is a home away from home for its more than 900 students. More than 7,000 graduates hold key positions throughout Israeli society. For more information, please visit our website at boystownjerusalem.org.