Tu Bishvat Higia

17 Shvat, 5775 February 7, 2015

This Week at CJHS

JNF Community Fun Fair

Tu Bishvat

Middot

Math Team

Mishloach Manot

Physics Hijinks

Junior Class Seminar

Bowling News

Showcase 2015

From the PO

Alumni Trivia

A Taste of Torah

Save the Date

JNF Community Fun Fair

Sunday, February 8

11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Right here at CJHS!

Jewish National Fund will host

the Tu Bishvat Community

Celebration on Sunday,

February 8. This free event,

co-sponsored by Shalom

Memorial Park and

Chicagoland Jewish High

School, features arts and

crafts, live entertainment from

local performance groups, tree planting,

games and prizes.

Sunday, Feb. 8 ACT Monday, Feb. 9 - Wednesday, Feb. 11 Jewish Advocacy Seminar for Juniors

Monday, Feb. 16 Presidents' Day: No School Tuesday, Feb. 24 Curriculum Night

Wednesday, Feb. 25

9:45 Start

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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 ssandrof@cjhs.org or 847.324.3723 with any questions.

Bring your

kids, bring

your

grandkids,

and yes, why

not? bring

your coins

and filled

Blue Boxes to count Tzedakah with JNF's coin

counter. Register online at

jnf.org/chicagotubishvat.

Chag La-Elanot

"Tu Bishvat hegiyah, chag laElanot," sang

senior Elan Karoll at lunch, opening another

year's plant-themed festivities. (Elan, the

Hebrew word for tree, is featured in the

popular song that states that "Tu Bishvat has

arrived, the holiday of trees.") On Wednesday

during lunch, students were treated to a Tu

Bishvat seder, complete with multiple types

of fruit and a mixture of grape juices.

Students dined on fruit with hard shells and

sweet centers (such as clementines and

coconut), soft outsides with pits (such as

dates and olives), and fruits that could be

eaten in their entirety (such as blackberries

and grapes). Each represents a different

aspect of the human condition according to

the medieval Kabbalists, who created the Tu

Bishvat seder. While snow is blustering

outside, we brought both meaning and

STEM Corner -- New!

Juniors and seniors: take your education to the next level! Which of these opportunities interests you most? Brookhaven has a high school research program, and FermiLab here in Batavia has paid summer internships!

Check out WYSE engineering summer camps at the University of Illinois' college of engineering. There are research camps at NIU. Life science aficionados can try biology research at University of Chicago's summer session. At UC Berkeley, Geogia Tech, and Olin in Boston, Envision has summer programs in technology and engineering as well!

You can also follow the many CJHS alumni who

gustatory delight to the day.

Middot

This year, Rabbi Feinsmith, Rabbi Silver,

Jonah Glick-Unterman and Aviva Hirsch

have been leading Monday morning's Middot

Minyan. Using skills gained through

participating in a conference last February in

Newark, this team has been working to

transform CJHS into a more compassionate

environment. Each month, the Middot minyan

members study a new middah (character

trait). So far, we have learned about

Hitlamdut (a stance of open-mindedness),

bechira points (moments of choice), Anavah

(balanced humility), and Savlanut (patience

and forbearance). As we learn about the

middot, we examine how they play into our

personal lives and school community, and we

try to incorporate them into our daily lives.

This month, we are studying Chesed (loving

kindness). Not only has the vocabulary of the

school changed but also, from experiences

discussing the program with friends, both

students and faculty are more mindful of their

actions and words. Jonah Glick-Unterman

reports, "Personally, I have benefited

tremendously from my experiences this year,

especially when I use the skills I gained to

remind myself to be patient when my mother

calls in the middle of homework to ask what I

had for lunch!"

Math Team

have made their mark on summer research at the Technion's SciTech program! Or closer to home, you can do a partnership workshop at CTD here at Northwestern. Girls, there are many programs just for you! The Society of Women Engineers has weeklong summer camps at the University of Michigan, the University of Illinois, and the University of Maryland!

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 ssandrof@cjhs.org with any questions.

Community News and Events

Beneath the Helmet

Wednesday, February 18, 7:30 p.m. Anshe Emet Synagogue 3751 N. Broadway, Chicago Monday, February 23 First screening 7:00 p.m. Second screening 7:45 p.m. AMC Northbrook Court 1525 Lake Cook Rd., Northbrook.

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.

Wednesday night, CJHS came in 3rd place

overall at the Lake Forest math

meet. Jonah Glick-Unterman tied for first

place in the orals competition and the junior

team of Melissa Levin, Ranan Vales, Akiva

Stein, and Sarah Comartook second

place! CJHS placed first in our division for

this meet and are now in 6th place overall in

the Cook division. Our next meet is the

conference meet Thursday March 5 at

Evanston Township High School. Way to go,

math team!

Mishloach Manot

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 dzidman@cjhs.org. Order forms are available online here.

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Tu Bishvat has come and gone, which means

that Purim is only a month away! Mishloach

Manot (literally "delivery of portions") is one

of four central mitzvot on Purim: sending gifts

of food to friends and relatives to bring

happiness to the local community. Here at

CJHS, our Youth Philanthropy Initiative (YPI)

sponsors an annual Mishloach Manot drive for

the school community. YPI works hard

throughout the year

to fundraise for a

philanthropic cause.

This year's proceeds

go to The ARK, a

local organization

that provides social

and medical services

to help Chicago area

Jews return to self-

reliance. By

participating in the

CJHS Mishloach Manot drive you not only

ensure that every CJHS family receives a

delicious bag of treats, but also contribute to

an organization that does powerful work to

increase awareness in the Jewish community

and to help those that are struggling. There

are a few ways to participate in this year's

Mishloach Manot drive. Click here to

download the order form and view the

options. Please return this form to the front office at CJHS by February 20.

Physics Hijinks

No, those freewheeling seniors aren't T.P.'ing

the school, they're in the midst of a high-

spirited rotational inquiry lab! Mrs. Eliaser's

AP Physics students have been spotted

around the building in all sorts of interesting

experiments, measuring the angular

acceleration of unrolling toilet paper from the

school balcony, or measuring the rotational

inertia of a cooperative classmate spinning

gaily on a turntable. Look for their posters

around the school explaining their results!

Junior Class Seminar

On Monday through Wednesday of next week,

our junior class will spend their school days

learning about activism and civil engagement

in the American democratic system. This

program is in conjunction with the Jewish

Council of Urban Affairs and is integral to the

junior Talmud curriculum that centers around

Rabbinic conceptions of crafting a just

society. The class will go to the South Side of

Chicago to hear from residents about many

issues that are affecting that community,

particularly gun violence. They will run

sessions about community organizing and

how to lobby government officials about an

issue, and meet with their state legislators on

a bill related to gun violence

prevention. Stay tuned for reports from the

offices of Senator Mark Kirk and Senator Dick

Durbin.

Ten-Pin Tigers Roll

The Ten-Pin Tigers closed out their season on

Thursday with the annual bowling invitational!

Sophomore Erin Miller won the intra-squad

tournament, and seniors Larry Bender and

Benji Fishbaum are now averaging over 150

pins, the first time this has been

accomplis

hed in

team

history.

Junior

Ranan

Vales,

unstoppab

le as

always,

shattered

the school record and his own with a 252

game and a 669 series. Sophomore David

Weisskopf who bowled with these two top

bowlers also outdid himself with a 326 series,

increasing his average. Sarah Comar

continued her steady pace increasing her

average each week with a 319 series, which

included a 132 game. Max Gruenberg

started out slow but finished with a 313

series, which included a 137 game. Many

members of the team have been happy to say

that they bowled the highest game they ever

bowled. Sophomores Itamar Broekman,

Molly Copley, and Tallulah Bark-Huss can

clearly say that. Oliver Friedman can be

added to that list as well as Viktor Cin,

Dena Romanoff, and Hannah Lynch. Dr.

Auslander reports, "All in all, it has been a

great season and everyone gained in their

average and had some good fun."

Alumni Trivia

Which CJHS volleyball and soccer

star is now taking a stand against

hazing on college campuses?

Upcoming Events From the P.O.

Tuesday, February 17, at 7:00 p.m.

Join us for our second CJHS PO Book

Discussion

Second Person Singular, by

Sayed Kashua. A Palestinian

who writes in Hebrew, Sayed

Kashua defies classification

and breaks through cultural

barriers. Second Person

Singular is a gripping tale of

love and betrayal, honesty

and artifice, which asks

whether it is possible to truly

reinvent ourselves, to shed

our old skin and start anew.

Wednesday, March 18, doors open at

7:00 p.m.

Join us for a baking

demonstration and

tasting by renowned

cookbook author,

Paula Shoyer. The

author of The

Kosher Baker, The

Holiday Kosher

Baker, and soon to

be released The New Passover Menu, Shoyer

will also be signing her cookbooks available

for purchase. Light refreshments will be

served.

STEM Opportunities

Juniors and seniors: take your

education to the next level! Which

of these opportunities interests

you most? Brookhaven has a high school

research program, and FermiLab here in

Batavia has paid summer internships!

Check out WYSE engineering summer camps

at the University of Illinois' college of

engineering. There are research camps at

NIU. Life science aficionados can try biology

research at University of Chicago's summer

session. At UC Berkeley, Geogia Tech, and

Olin in Boston, Envision has summer

programs in technology and engineering as

well!

You can also follow

the many CJHS alumni who have made their

mark on summer research at the Technion's

SciTech program! Or closer to home, you can

do a partnership workshop at CTD here at

Northwestern.

Girls, there are many programs just for you!

The Society of Women Engineers has

weeklong summer camps at the University of

Michigan, the University of Illinois, and the

University of Maryland!

Alumni Trivia

Annie Schrayer ('13) is

majoring in psychology

and minoring in

community action and

social change at the

University of Michigan. In

addition to being on her

sorority board, Annie is

serving on a task force to

prevent hazing and investigate allegations of

hazing on campus. Annie reports, "I am

really excited to be a leader in this new

initiative, a peer to peer support network

called Wolverson Support Network. It gives

students a safe environment to talk about

their stress and anxiety in a peer-run group

once a week. My plan as of now is to apply

for Teach for America after college, and then

apply to get my MSW or cotorate in

psychology." Annie is very excited to

welcome the next wave of CJHS graduates

to Michigan, including her younger brother Eli!

A Taste of Torah: Yitro Parashat Yitro famously features the most important event in Jewish history, the Revelation at Sinai. But before we get there, the title character of the parasha offers three pieces of

advice, models of leadership, about how to run the newly founded Israelite nation. Yitro, the priest of Midyan has led a people throughout his life, and knows that leading the Israelites will be a considerably different task than was escaping Egypt. Moshe and Aharon seem to realize this, as well. These lessons still offer compelling models of

leadership for our own lives at CJHS.

To read Rabbi Silver's full dvar Torah, click here .

...In turn, Moshe and Aharon model how leaders can learn from their elders, who have led the way

in previous generations. May we have the strength and conviction both to listen and offer advice to the chain of leaders in our own community.

--Rav Beit Sefer Zach Silver

Shabbat Shalom

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shalom!

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