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"After the Chagim"
30 Tishrei, 5775 October 24, 2014
This Week at CJHS
Grandparents' Night
Opera Field Trip
IFYC
Model U.N. Movie Night
Shabbaton
Golf Finals
P.O. Book Club
USCJ Scholar in Residence
Alumni Sighting
Honoring Dr. Schorsch
Parlor Meetings
Alumni Trivia
A Taste of Torah
Grandparents' Night
Over forty CJHS Grandparents came together
Save the Date
Friday, Oct. 31- Friday, Nov. 1 DEAP Shabbaton Sunday, Nov. 2 Open House
Friday, Nov. 14 No School
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P.O. Corner
The P.O. is pleased to offer the gift card or "Scrip/Gelt" program, designed to help families earn money to apply towards their students' Shabbatonim, Junior Class trip, and Senior Israel Experience. By purchasing gift cards through the school for vendors where you ordinarily shop (groceries, gas, household items, etc), a percentage of what you spend each time will be placed in your family's account to be used for these trips. Gift card orders are placed every Thursday. Please contact Sheri Sandrof at [email protected] or 847.324.3723 with any questions.
on Thursday for our annual Fall Meet and
Greet. The group was welcomed by Head of
School Tony Frank and Rabbi Zach Silver, Rav
Beit Sefer. Everyone was then treated to
learning sessions by Ms. Tamara Frankel of
the Jewish Studies Department and Mr. Dan
Kassner of the Social Sciences
Department. Grandparents were thrilled to
get a small taste of what their grandchildren
experience on a daily basis at CJHS. Special
thanks to everyone who worked hard to make
this evening a success! Please save the date
for our spring Grandparents and Special
Friends Day on Thursday, May 12, 2015.
A Night at the Opera
Wednesday evening, a CJHS group of twenty
one reveled in the hilarious shenanigans of
Figaro and his companions and gloried in the
heavenly music of Mozart. Once again, our
students had an opportunity to attend
an opera Live in HD from the Metropolitan in
New York. Not only did they love the
experience, but audience members were so
favorably impressed with the students'
captivation by the performance -- and their
own perfect behavior -- that many seasoned
opera-goers spoke to students during
intermission and to Mrs. Friedman and
complimented our school for our marvelous
students. News of who we are keeps spreading!
Sport b'Ivrit
Grandparents and Special Friends Association
Help us get in touch with some very special people in your students' lives! Please reply here with the names, addresses, and emails of their grandparents and/or special friends so we can forward them a membership form to join our "Grandparents and Special Friends Organization". If you provide an email address, they can also begin receiving CJHS e-news. Contact Sheri Sandrof at 847.324.3723 or [email protected] with any questions.
College Visits
CJHS is pleased to welcome the following schools this week:
Skidmore College 10/27/14
9:00 AM
Franklin and Marshall
College
10/27/14
1:26 PM
Pitzer College 10/29/14
2:34 PM
Interdisciplinary Center
(IDC) Herzliya
11/6/14
10:30 AM
Community News and Events
Anshe Sholom and Mechon Hadar Present
Join Us for an Amazing Learning Opportunity with Rabbi David Wolkenfeld and Rabbi Ethan Tucker:
"The Human Foundations of Divine Law: A
Conversation about Halakhah"
Sunday, November 2, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. At Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel Congregation 540
West Melrose Street, Chicago, Illinois 60657
Helene Hoffman Memorial Concert for Chai Lifeline
Gvt. Wasserman's Hebrew VI class gave
presentations this week on their favorite
sports. Things got so wild that the class ended
up acting out some of them! Well done Anna
Ecanow for her ballet
presentation/performane, to Hadar Halivni
who started a ping-pong match against Josh
Levitas all b'ivrit, and to Max Pivo who
presented on baseball with Liam Lynch.
IFYC
Interfaith Youth Core kicked off a new year of
programming this past Monday. Thirty
students from CJHS and Loyola met over
pizza, chips, and soda to begin getting to
know each other. The discussion topic was
new beginnings/new years in Christianity and
Judaism, including our students' High Holiday
experiences. Everyone caught up with old
friends and met plenty of new ones, excited
for a fantastic year of interfaith dialogue.
MUN Movie Night - This Weekend!
Sunday, October 26, 6:30 p.m.
Tickets : $10
At 3:00 p.m. on Sunday October 26, Congregation Beth Shalom in Northbrook will host Friends in Harmony: A Neighborhood Concert, featuring Cantor Jen Frost of BJBE, Cantor Stewart Figa of West Suburban Temple Har Zion and Cantor Steve Stoehr of Congregation Beth Shalom. The concert will benefit Chai Lifeline of Chicago whose mission is to provide free services to children diagnosed with cancer, life-threatening, or lifelong illnesses and provide emotional, social, and financial support to their families. General admission is $25 and sponsorships are available. Tickets can be purchased at the door. For advanced tickets and information call: 847.498.4100.
David Broza Live at Oak Park Temple
Oak Park Temple kicks off 150th Anniversary with world-renowned recording artist:
David Broza November 1, 2014
Oak Park Temple announces David Broza in Concert to kick off its 150th Anniversary celebration. This one-night-only concert with the world-renowned Israeli recording artist will be held 7:30 p.m. on November 1, 2014, at Oak Park Temple, 1235 N Harlem Ave in Oak Park. Tickets for David Broza in Concert are $20 for general admission; preferred tickets are $50 and include premium seats to the concert. Tickets are available online at http://davidbroza-opt.eventbrite.com . The event is open to the public.
Sponsor Breakfast
What's better than a birthday celebration with friends? Celebrate your student's birthday or other milestone with a special breakfast at CJHS.
For a donation of $180 (10x chai), bagels, cream cheese, and orange juice will be served to everyone. Announcements will be made in Tefillah and in the dining hall, and the occasion will also be listed in our weekly E-News and on the school announcement board. If you have any questions, please call 847.324.3713 or email
[email protected]. Order forms are available online
Who are
the
Kurds?
Why has
Western
media
paid so
little
attention
to them?
With over
35 million
Kurds,
why do
they not
have their
own land?
What do
the Kurds
have in common with the Jewish community
or Israel?
What role are the Kurds presently playing in
the Middle East and the events focusing on
ISIS?
Model U.N. will be raising funds with a
showing of the Kurdish film "Turtles Can Fly,"
followed by a discussion led by members of
the Chicago Kurdish Community. You can
purchase tickets from MUN members,
including seniors and co-presidents Joe
Cohen and Ruli Warner-Rosen, juniors
Josh Pliskin, Melissa Levin, and Ranan
Vales, sophomores Felix Rosen and Zev
Mishell, and freshmen Emma Mati and Eli
Ecanow. Mr. Eskin and Dr. Auslander will
also have tickets for sale, as will the front
office.
Fall Shabbaton
The CJHS Fall Shabbaton will be held next
weekend at the Fiedler Hillel in Evanston. This
year's retreat will focus on food justice via
Direct Service, Education, Advocacy,
Philanthropy (our DEAP board) including
sustainable food production, root causes of
food justice issues, and community organizing
here.
Quick Links
Our Website
Online Calendar
Trumba Tips
Lunch Menu
2014-2015 Dates
:: 847.470.6700
for social change. We look forward to
spending time at the Northwestern University
Hillel, learning with campus groups and
hanging out with a lot of CJHS
alumni. Shabbaton forms are due TODAY! If
you've had a sudden change of heart and wish
to come, click here post-haste and contact
Rabbi Silver.
Golf Finals
The
freshmen
came up big
at the IHSA
golf
regionals
earlier this
month,
posting the
two highest
scores on
the team!
Idan Chazan shot a 100 and Ethan Laney
shot a 104. The next two highest scores were
from junior Olvier Friedman who shot a 106
and junior Seth Wein who shot a 109. Well
done, golfers, on a great season!
From the PO
The CJHS PO book club had its first meeting
Monday evening. Thank you to all who turned
out to discuss the book Once We Were
Brothers with author Ronald Balson. Thank
you also, to book club co-chairs Susan Laney,
Becky Mati, and Abby Polin for all of their hard
work to make the evening a success. We are
looking forward to the next meeting on
February 17, when we will discuss the book Second Person Singular by Sayed Kashua.
Now that the Chagim are over, Hanukkah is
on its way. The CJHS Parent Organization
invites you to contribute to our annual
Teacher/Staff Hanukkah Gift Fund. The
suggested contribution is $18 per student, but
any amount is greatly appreciated. For your
convenience, PO Teacher Appreciation
Volunteers Anne McDonagh and Andrea
Becker will be collecting donations during
conferences. If you prefer, please send cash
or a check payable to CJHS PO to the main
office by December 9th. Watch your inbox for more details.
Please feel free to contact us with questions or
if you're interested in volunteering with the PO. We'd love to hear from you!
USCJ Scholar in Residence
CJHS is please to welcome
Rabbi Peretz Rodman for a
special session next week:
Thanksgiving: A Jewish Perspective
Is there a Jewish way to express gratitude?
Can Thanksgiving be thought of as a "Jewish"
holiday? Rabbi Rodman will explore some
classical and modern Jewish texts on giving
thanks in an effort to find answers to those
questions.
Thursday October 30
7:00- 8:30 PM
Chicagoland Jewish High School
1095 Lake Cook Road
Deerfield, IL
Rabbi Peretz Rodman serves as the head of
the rabbinical court (av bet din) of the
Rabbinical Assembly of Israel and the Masorti
Movement. He has several decades of
experience teaching Torah and helping to
build Jewish communities in many places
around the world, including time on Hillel
staff, Camp Ramah staff, and being founding
editor of MyJewishLearning.com.
Alumni
Trivia
Class
of 2014
gradua
tes and
Kivuni
m
membe
rs
Gabe
Wacks
, Alana
Spellm
an,
Maddy
Reisler
, Carly
Silverstein, Josh Silverman, and Ari
Spellman send their love to CJHS from
Jerusalem. Welcome home, graduates!
Now then...
Which of our related alumni has just been
promoted?
Save the Date - Honoring Dr. Schorsch
Thursday, November 13, 2014/20
Heshvan 5775
7:00 p.m.
Dr. Rebecca Schorsch, Moderator
Panelists
Jacob Cytryn,
Director,
Ramah Wisconsin
Tamar Cytryn,
Director of Jewish Studies and Campus Life,
Chicago Jewish Day School
Tzivia Garfinkel,
Head of Jewish Studies,
Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School
Rabbi Ben Kramer,
Director of Jewish Life and Learning,
Sager Solomon Schechter Day School
Lisa Alter Krule,
Director of Regional Engagement,
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Rabbi Zachary Silver,
Rav Beit Sefer,
Chicagoland Jewish High School
For Prospective Families
Evanston/Skokie/
Wilmette Parlor
Meeting -
This Wednesday
at 7:30 p.m.!
At the home of
Head of School
Tony Frank in
Evanston
Open House is Coming!
Sunday, November 2
1:00 p.m.
Studio Art Show
Date: Sunday, November 2nd
Time: 2-3:30 p.m.
Place: 1551 Gidwitz Place (social hall)
Lake Cook Rd. Deerfield
In keeping with their Surrealism
theme, Studio Art students are working on
watercolors with fruits or vegetables in a song
lyric. Their finished art will be displayed at
the open reception of "Falling" a music, song,
and art presentation in conjunction with the
residents of Gidwitz Place. All CJHS family
and friends are invited to attend. Look for the
current surrealism exhibit on the first floor
near the Dining Hall, "This is not a T-shirt."
Alumni Trivia
First lieutenant Matthew Silverman ('07),
second eldest of one of our pioneer
families, graduated from officer school this
past week, where his parents and his
youngest brother Josh Silverman ('14) were
proud to cheer him on. Matthew graduated
from the University of Maryland, made aliyah
in August of 2011, and went into the IDF in
January of 2012. He is now in the third year of
five as a soldier in the intelligence branch of
the IDF. He lives in Jerusalem.
Sponsored Breakfast
Happy birthday to Hannah
Kelly. Many thanks to her family
for sponsoring breakfast.
A Taste of Torah: Noach
"Noach ish tzaddik tamim haya b'dorotav; et-
haelohim hithelech Noach." Noah was a
righteous man in his genertion; Noah walked with God.
The students in Ms. Frankel and Dr.
Schorsch's parsha minyan participated
enthusiastically in the ongoing debate on
whether "tazaddik b'dorotav," righteous in his
generation, is a compliment to Noach or a
backhanded compliment. Many praised him
for daring to be good in the face of pervasive
evil. One junior felt rather inspired to think
that were Noach living in this generation, he
would have been no more than an ordinary
man--that is to say, any one of us could be
Noach and could be the seed of a whole new
world. Another felt bothered by the
implication that anyone who obediently
watched the destruction of his neighbors could
be held up as the ideal of righteousness, and
a third wondered whether our tradition acts
fairly to judge Noach or his moral character
while sweeping away his struggle with alcohol
(post-traumatic stress syndrome, perhaps?) during his later years.
One student put forward
the notion that there are
no such creatures as
truly righteous people,
for acts can be
considered righteous
acts, but people are
complex and changeable
creatures. Further
investigation revealed
that Noach was 600
years old when the
Flood came, and opinion
quickly suggested that Noach is called
righteous not necessarily because of his
actions to save his family from the Flood, but
because of the kind and great deeds he and
his family did for six whole centuries before it,
which rendered them all worthy to be
saved. His actions before and during the
Flood, while guided by God, may not be
representative of the best points of his
character.
Perhaps no one person can labor forever
under the burden of having to be a Tzaddik: a
perpetually righteous being in word, thought,
and deed. Being righteous in a generation of
disaster, destruction, and holocaust is a far
different matter from being righteous in a
generation of assimilation, illiteracy, and
peaceful protest. Within the confines of time
and space, each of us must strive to do great
things when the opportunity presents itself. If
we can each do one righteous act, perhaps
among us, we can do the word of one Tzaddik.
Shabbat Shalom
Candlelighting will be at 5:37 p.m. Shabbat
shalom.
בית י שראל, הנתונים בצרה וב שביה אחינו כל ,
ביב שה, המקום ירחם עליהם העומדים בים ובין בין ויוציאם ,
בוד בעגלא מצרה לרוחה, ומאפלה לאורה, ומ שע לה, ה שתא לגא
ובזמן קריב