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May 10, 2013 / 1 Sivan 5773
IHSA Soccer Regionals
In This Issue
IHSA Soccer Regionals
This Week in Sports
Yom Yerushalayim
The ARK
World Zionist Congress
The Great Gatsby
Alumni in the News
Bike the Drive
Studio Art Speaker
College Updates
STAND UPdate
Sponsored Breakfast
A Taste of Torah
Alumni Trivia
Women's Soccer Wins in IHSA Tournament!
After finishing behind Chicago
Counting the Omer
Save the Date
Monday, May 6 -
Friday, May 17
AP Exams
Tuesday, May 14
Erev Shavuot
1:15 p.m. dismissal
Wednesday, May 15 -
Thursday, May 16
Shavuot - No School
Wednesday, May 22
AP US History Exam
AP Economics Exams
Thursday, May 23
Grandparents and Special
Friends Day
Sunday, May 26
Prom
Monday, May 27
Memorial Day - No School
Wednesday, May 29
Siyum and Graduation
Thursday, May 30
Physics Expo
Monday, June 3 -
Friday, June 7
Exams
P. O. Corner
Gelt Program The P.O. is pleased to once again introduce the gift card "Gelt program" to our families and we have made it much easier (look for upcoming email with details on how to register). Faculty and staff can also buy Gelt that will
Hope in the Chicago Prep Conference, the CJHS women's
soccer team took Goodman field by storm in the IHSA
regional semifinals! On Tuesday, we won the first
round of the regional tournament 4-3 against North
Chicago! Elizabeth Barras scored 3 goals, and Alana
Spellman scored once. Annie Schrayer reports,
"Everyone played really well together-- it was a team
effort!" Congratulations, Lady Tigers, on our first ever
postseason victory!
In true 2013 fashion, Thursday's
regionals were almost rained off
the field, but our Lady Tigers
defied the gray clouds to take on
Woodlands Academy for the
championship. Despite many
heroic saves by senior goalie
Caroline Dreifuss and a great
game played by the whole team,
the regional title went to
Woodlands 3-0. Congratulations
to departing seniors Ceren
Maeir, Dani Sery, Rachel
Rubinstein, and Annie
Schrayer and the rest of the
team on the best women's soccer
season CJHS has ever seen!
help to support programs provided for the school by the P.O. This program is designed to help families earn money toward their children's junior year Panim program and/or the Senior Israel Experience. The program is a passive earning system, in which you buy the things you ordinarily purchase anyway, and earn money which will be credited to your family for designated school trips. If you have any questions, contact Sheri Sandrof at [email protected] or call her at 847.324.3723.
Community News
and Events
Fire In My Heart: The
Story of Hannah
Senesh
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center May 14 - September 8, 2013
The inspiring 23-year-old Hannah Senesh died by firing squad in 1944, but has endured as one of Israel's most iconic heroes. This first-ever major exhibition tells how this Budapest-born poet, diarist, and author of the hymn Eli, Eli discovered her love for the Land
Senior Night: Men's Volleyball
Men's volleyball is heading into
postseason play after a fabulous
win against
Holy Trinity
last
night. Senio
r team
members
Daniel
Sigler,
Steven
Sacks, Gabe
Gavrielov,
Zach
Erlichman,
and the unstoppable Jake
Newlander are thrilled to end on a
high note after a tough week against
Lake Forest, St. Edward, and North Chicago. We play in
conference on Sunday, May 19, and head into the IHSA
tournament in Vernon Hills the next day. Stay tuned for
tournament results after Shavuot!
Yom Yerushalayim
On Wednesday, CJHS celebrated Yom Yerushalayim
(Jerusalem Day) by taking the opportunity to learn about
the long-standing controversies for women to have a
prayer service at the Kotel on Rosh Chodesh each month.
of Israel, courageously volunteered for a mission to rescue downed Allied fliers and Jews from Nazi-occupied Hungary, and ultimately became a lasting symbol of courage and determination. Click here to receive a certificate for Two Admissions for Twenty Dollars to the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center through September 8, 2013: http://bit.ly/14PrHR1.
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. An announcement 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 here.
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Rabbi Debra Newman Kamin, a CJHS parent and the rabbi
of Am Yisrael Congregation, presented her personal views
on the 23-year struggles of Women of the Wall. While
Rabbi Newman Kamin personally prefers developing
egalitarian prayer settings, she explained why the efforts
for women's prayer services at the Kotel ought to
transcend personal and denominational feelings and why
the right of women to pray communally at the Kotel is
important for the entire nation of Israel. She outlined the
recent proposals by Natan Sharansky for the future of the
Kotel plaza, as well as the decision by the Israeli court
which declares that women wearing talitot does not
constitute disturbing public order. Following the moving
presentation, we communally sang Naomi Shemer's iconic
song, "Yerushalayim shel Zahav" and "HaTikvah."
The ARK Book Club
On Wednesday evening, fifteen CJHS students,
accompanied by Ms. Frankel and Mr. Marchenko, trekked
all the way to the ARK in
Chicago for the last meeting
of the year with our good
friends, the ARK's clientele.
Celebratory cake and lots of
laughs helped us conclude
another fabulous year
together. Wednesday night
was also the final hurrah for
our seniors Daniel
Fishbaum, Ceren Maeir, and
Nate Swetlitz. Thank you for
your years of service and
dedication. You will be missed!
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World Zionist Congress
On Thursday, in Rabbi Silver's Jewish history class, distinguished
delegates met for the World Zionist
Congress. From the perspectives of
Theodor Herzl, Rabbi Abraham Isaac
Kook, Ahad Ha'am and Vladimir
Jabotinsky, the tenth graders debated
some of the central questions from the
early twentieth century about the building
the Jewish state. Using visual aids and
inhabiting the characters in creative
costumes, the students took ownership of particular positions and
addressed central questions about Zionism that people are still asking in
21st century Israel.
Premiere Night: The Great Gatsby
Well, there wasn't any red carpet, but that didn't stop
seven of our students from turning out to attend last
night's premiere of The Great Gatsby! That's Shelly
Dekalo, Zahava Vales, Daniel Fishbaum, Josh and
Steven Sacks, Ranan Vales, and Daniel Warshawsky
('11) out for a night on the town, dressed to the nines
and looking for the green light on the dock. Look for more
of Dr. Miller's and Mr. Griffith's students in the theater
later this month!
Alumni in the News
Guess who's going to the 19th Maccabiah games in Israel?
Jeremy Hipps ('10) swam, ran cross country, and played
frisbee and badminton at CJHS. He fondly recalls, "My
coaches were great, always encouraging me and helping
me become a better athlete," and now, having risen to the
presidency of the St. Andrew's University badminton club,
he is off to play for Team USA!
The Maccabiah Games (the Jewish
Olympics) take place every four years
in Israel. Thousands of athletes from
around the world participate; it is the
third largest sporting event in the
world! To learn more, click here, or go
to Jeremy's personal athlete page here
to donate funds, shop at the thrift
store, participate in the raffle, and otherwise support Jeremy and Team USA.
Having brought home the Philip Merill Presidential Award,
Rebecca Silverman ('10) has been chosen as one of 10
finalists in Intel's Smart
Girls=Smart World
contest, designed to
promote access to
education and technology
for girls and women
worldwide. Intel will
announce three winners on
May 21, each of whom will
travel to one of three
countries India, Ecuador,
or Kenya to learn about local culture, examine the barriers
to girls' education, and engage with members of the
community. Why not head over to Intel for Change to view
Reby's video and cast your vote to help her win? (It's
legal to vote once per day, plus each time you vote, you
are entered in a drawing to win an Intel UltraBook. So
let's show the world how we do business in Chicago, and
vote for Reby!)
Alumni Trivia
Which IFYC chair, Model U.N.
maven, VTO leader, and Write
On For Israel fellow has recently
added a fellowship at the Israeli
embassy and an invitation to the
presidential inauguration to her
list of diplomatic honors?
Bike the Drive
In only two
weeks, Eli
Schrayer,
David
Steinberg,
Michael
Weldler,
Ranan Vales,
Seth Wein,
Alex Cope, and
Ruli Warner-
Rosen will join
Dr. Gary
Auslander and dozens of other Chai Cyclists in Chicago's
Bike the Drive, a thirty-mile biking trip from Buckingham
Fountain to the Museum of Science and Industry. Our
cyclists are raising money for Chai Lifeline to assist very
sick children and their families. Our objective is to raise at
least $180 for each rider, and we are hoping that the CJHS
community will help all riders reach this goal. Click here to
sponsor our team! Click on "sponsor a rider" and write in
the riders' name followed by the amount you wish to donate. Any amount would be helpful.
Studio Art and Graphic Design
Lisa Deluca from the American Academy of
Art came to visit Studio Art and Graphic
Design classes yesterday afternoon. She
displayed a fascinating portfolio of work and
discussed careers in the art world, graphic
design, commercial art applications,
illustration, and graphic novels. Thank you, Ms. Deluca, for
a very engaging session!
Correction: the student artist depicted with her mixed
media collage in last week's E-News was Dani
Lewittes. E-News apologizes for the misattribution.
College Updates
Last week, Lynn University was inadvertently omitted
from the list of colleges our seniors will be attending. E-
News apologizes for the omission.
In addition to those colleges our seniors will be attending,
members of the Class of 2013 were also admitted to:
Boston University, Bradley University, Bryn Mawr College,
Butler University, University of California at Berkeley,
University of California at San Diego, University of
Chicago, Colby College, DePaul University, Emory
University, George Washington University, Illinois State
University, Illinois Wesleyan University, University of Iowa,
Jewish Theological Seminary, University of Kansas, Lake
Forest College, Loyola University, McGill University, Miami
University of Ohio, Michigan State University, University of
Minnesota, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska,
Northern Illinois University, Purdue University, University
of Rochester, Tulane University, and University of Washington.
STAND UPdate
STAND secretary Yadid Licht reports, "Various human
rights organizations have been protesting the use of
conflict minerals in various technologies. With the Dodd-
Frank Bill in 2011, Congress mandated that electronic
companies release information about their supply chain of
various metals used in their products. Now, the Enough
Project is extending its outreach while raising awareness
about the use of conflict minerals in gold jewelry. Here's a
video explaining the implications of jewlery on the conflict in Congo."
Sponsored Breakfast
Happy birthday to Adam Taitz. Many thanks to
his family for sponsoring bagels.
A Taste of Torah: Shavuot and B'midbar
At CJHS, we ask our students to discuss the big-picture questions: What really happened at Sinai? What does it mean to
be a chosen people? How do we use the Bible as a historical text and in turn how does that affect our religious outlook?
Our dual approach of learning specific skills while asking thematic questions is highlighted by a midrash about the generation wandering in the desert: the main
topic of both this week's parasha and the entire book of B'midbar. So
often we refer to these people as the lost generation, doomed to wander the desert without any reward. But Midrash Tanchuma suggests that this itself is the reward, as the Rabbis play out a
monologue that God might have:
God said: If I were to take them the simple way now, each person would cling to their [own] fields and vineyards and would waste the Torah. Rather, I take them the way of the wilderness, and they will eat the manna [from heaven] and drink the waters of [Miriam's magic] well, so the Torah will
inhabit their bodies. This is a generation that saw the initial revelation at Sinai, that saw thunder and heard lightning. They should not have needed any additional inspiration. But Torah must be more than one moment of radical amazement. It must be a teaching that is durable enough and pliable enough to survive a journey through
the wilderness and be useful along the way. This is what we wish do at CJHS: to inspire wonder and excitement through moments of learning, and also give students the tools to travel through the wilderness of their lives. The midrash suggests that this journey through life is itself the
greatest teaching tool of all.
--Rav Beit Sefer Zach Silver
Alumni Trivia
Naseem Parsa ('10) is
majoring in International
Relations (with a focus on the
Middle East) and pre-medical
studies at American University.
Naseem reports, "I've been
pretty busy with typical end-of-
the-year finals prep. Other than
that, I've been running the
Women in Science club and a
sub-group of the Women's
Initiative called Women's Health
and Sex Education. I've enjoyed being in DC for the past
few years and have been so lucky to do a fellowship with
the Israeli Embassy last year. I was especially excited that
I finally got to see something extra-historical with a fancy
diplomatic ticket this year: I got to attend the presidential inauguration, Beyoncé performance and all!"
Don't Forget to Count the
Omer
Today is 45 days, which is six weeks and
three days of the Omer. The kabbalistic
feature of the day is Tiferet shebeMalchut,
leadership with compassion. In preparation
for Shavuot next Tuesday night, review an
area where you wield authority and see if you
can polish it up and increase its effectiveness
by curtailing excesses and consolidating forces.
Shabbat Shalom
Candlelighting this Friday, Shabbat B'midbar,
will be at 7:42 p.m. Shabbat shalom!