Class of 2014 college bound! by Rochelle Zell Jewish High School

Class of 2014 College Bound! 2 Iyyar, 5774

This Week at CJHS

May 2, 2014

Yom HaShoah Commemoration

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On Monday morning, students entered a Bet Knesset with the lights dimmed and the mood somber. The occasion was the commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Tefillot were said with no tune in recognition of the sadness and seriousness of the day. Throughout the prayer service, seniors Zahava Vales, Avidan Halivni, Alana Spellman, and Rachel Small shared reflections and memories from

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their experiences visiting death camps and other sites of tragedy in Poland. Their insight, their openness, and their emotion moved all in attendance. Other students lit Yizkor candles in commemoration of the men, women, and children who perished and the community which disappeared. The final part of our school-wide commemoration was an unforgettable presentation by Holocaust survivor Walter Reed, who touchingly delivered his inspiring story of his years in Europe and the series of narrow escapes which allowed him to survive. His message was clear: the tragedy of the Holocaust is the loss of countless individuals real people with real stories and real personalities. At the same time, many demonstrated great heroism during the Holocaust, none more so than those who helped Walter survive. On Monday at CJHS, we once again resolved never to forget.

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Friday, May 16Satursday, May 17 Senior Shabbaton Sunday, May 18 Lag B'Omer Tuesday, May 20 CJHS Open Mic Friday, May 23 Last Day for Seniors and Mandatory Graduation Rehearsal, followed by all-school BBQ Sunday, May 25 CJHS Prom Wednesday, May 28 8am-12pm: Siyyum 5:30pm-7:15pm: Graduation

P.O. Corner The P.O. is pleased to continue the gift card "Gelt" program. This program is designed to help families earn money toward their children's junior year Panim program and/or the Senior Israel Experience. Faculty and staff can also buy Gelt to support programs provided for the school by the P.O. By buying things you ordinarily purchase anyway, you can earn money which will be credited to your family or class for designated school trips. Contact Sheri Sandrof at ssandrof@cjhs.org or call her at 847.324.3723.

Our fearless Editor, Shira Eliaser, and her husband Norman welcomed a daughter, Shoshana Ayelet, into the world. She joins her older sister Davita, who proudly showed Shoshana off to her classmates at Solomon Schechter Day School as they said the traditional misheberach for a mother and newborn child together. Shoshana Ayelet will be formally welcomed into the covenant with a Simchat Bat later in May. A hearty mazal tov to Ms. Eliaser and family!

Yearbook Wins National Award!

Community News and Events Chicago Yom Ha'Atzmaut Celebration

Anshe Emet Synagogue Monday, May 5 6:15 p.m. Jewish National Fund invites you to the Chicago Yom Ha'Atzmaut Celebration! There will be Israeli Hors D'oeuvres, a Declaration of Independence Megillah Reading by Jewish Community Leaders, a presentation of 66 Words in Honor of 66 Years by the rabbis of Chicago, followed by Israeli music and a dessert reception. No cost to attend; dietary restictions observed. Register online here!

Job Opportunities at the Ramah Day Camp!

We're looking for friendly and enthusiastic Jewish students to work as: -Counselors (seniors) -Swim Staff (16 and older) -Art Staff (16 and older) Do you enjoy playing with kids? Spending summer outside in a beautiful wooded setting? Being part of a fun and friendly Jewish

CJHS has been named a Jostens 2014 National Program of Excellence, earning recognition for creating a "dynamic and engaging yearbook." Led by faculty advisor Ms. Katz and Editors in Chief Avery Wein and Jessica Hochberg, "The Roar" excelled in "creating an inclusive yearbook, generating school engagement, and successfully managing the yearbook creation process." Said Ms. Katz, "Winning the National Yearbook Program of Excellence is a wonderful, public acknowledgement of the hard work and dedication of every person on our yearbook staff. We have emphasized teamwork and excellence in approaching each goal we set for ourselves this year, and it is so meaningful to get this public recognition for our collaborative effort." Mazal Tov to "The Roar"!

Spring Sports Flying High Women's soccer continues to roll! On Tuesday, the Lady Tigers shut out Chicago Hope 5-0, equalling the score of their previous game this season. Sophomore goal-machine Jordan Krauss chipped in three scores, while senior Jacqueline Geraty and sophomore Maya Resnick each had a goal of her own. On Thursday, the Tigers managed to tie Tepeyac 1-1 with some late heroics from Jordan Krauss, who scored with less than five minutes left to play. The men's tennis team was back in action this week, squaring off against New Trier on Wednesday afternoon. Despite a valiant effort in the cold weather, the team came up short. An honorable mention goes out to sophomores Max Gruenberg and Matt Dulberg, who won their doubles match. The team will face off against Highland Park next Tuesday. April showers bring May baseball, or so hopes the men's baseball team. After a frustrating run of rainouts, the Tigers take on Cristo Rey this Sunday afternoon. Let's play ball (finally)!

community? Then Ramah Day Camp is for you! Come join us - you can make a difference in the lives of Jewish kids this summer. Our counselors ride the camp buses with the kids, so you don't need to worry about transportation.

Something's Cooking in Spanish Class

If you're interested in Working at Ramah Day Camp, please email Director Lori Stark at director@ramahday.com.

Keep Calm the Festival is On!

Spanish II students in Se単ora Weisman's classcooked up recipes from a variety of Spanish speaking countries and videotaped the directions for their creations. Everyone did a fabulous job! To get a taste of what the students created, watch this A+ video from Melissa Levin and Celia Pivo!

CJHS Pumped to Give Blood! Join our community at the Greater Chicago Jewish Festival on Sunday, June 8 from 11 am to 6 pm at the Cook County Forest Preserve. Bring your friends and family for a memorable day of fun, food, art, music and dancing! For more information about the event, visit www.jewishfestival.org.

Hebrew Ulpan at the JCC

On Wednesday, CJHS students and faculty showed a lot of heart in donating blood at an all-time school record level. Twenty-nine students and staff members gave blood, making this the most successful blood drive yet!

Conversational Hebrew classes in Skokie, Lakeview, and Northbrook start May 12. Connect to Israel and Jewish culture! Spring Mini-Session: 5 Classes for $150. For more details or to register, call 847-763-3627.

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.

CJHS Students Honored as CHUSY Leaders This past weekeend, CHUSY elected and installed its new officers for the upcoming year. CJHS is proud and fortunate to have two incoming Regional Board members as well as one outgoing member who has completed a very successful term on board. We are very proud of their leadership and can't wait to see what is in store!

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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Outgoing: Jacqueline Geraty, Communications Vice President

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Ms. Rostker Honored

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CJHS celebrates our very own Ellen Rostker, CJHS Co-Director of College Counseling, who was awarded the Molly K. Arnold Recognition Award for providing strong and consistent leadership to the Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling (IACAC) at the annual conference on Thursday, May 1, 2014. Ms. Rostker is a past -president of IACAC and has provided leadership to the organization for over 35 years. Mazel Tov to Ellen Rostker on receiving this award!

Bowling Coach Practices What He Preaches Dr. Auslander, or "Coach Auslander" while working with the bowling team at Brunswick Zone, also bowls in a B'nai Brith league on Tuesday evenings. The season ended this last Tuesday with Dr. Auslander's team bowling in - and winning - the championship round! One of the members of the team just turned eighty years old and had his seventh greatgrandchild. This gentleman is a great bowler and led the team in scoring Tuesday night. He pulled out a 214 game in the third game of the match to solidify the victory. Dr. Auslander has labeled this man "a hero of mine" not just because he is a great bowler, but because he is dedicated Jewishly and still works as an accountant. He also recently went on a trip to Washington, D.C. with other WWII veterans to visit and tour the monuments. So, besides having great team members who bowl well, Dr. Auslander's teammates are wonderful human beings and a pleasure to be with every Tuesday night. By the way, Dr. Auslander bowled two games out of three that were not too shabby!

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Paid Summer Internship at Response Response is offering a paid part-time internship ($1,000 over 8 weeks) for a high school student or a recent high school grad this summer. Response is a social service agency for teens and young adults that provides counseling services, sexual healthcare, and outreach/prevention programs in schools and community organizations. This internship is an awesome opportunity to work in a fun environment, make a difference, and learn about working at a non-profit! Applications are due Friday May 23rd. To apply, complete this application, then submit it to Response or email it to rachelmarro@jcfs.org by Friday, May 23. For any questions, call Rachel Marro at 224-625-2946.

Bike the Drive

Become a Chai Cyclist and raise money for an important cause while biking on the world famous Lake Shore Drive on Sunday, May 25. Students, siblings, friends, teachers and parents of students are encouraged to join a ride which you will never forget! Click here for more information or to register directly. Chai Lifeline's website will help you raise money for the event, and all donations can be sent directly to the Chai Lifeline website.

Alumni Trivia Which of our distinguished foodie alumni is going to be interning at a French winery this summer?

Grandparents and Special Friends Day

Thursday, May 22 is Grandparents and Special Friends Day at CJHS! Please join us at 11:00 for an optional tour of our beautiful building, followed by lunch with your student at 11:30. After lunch, stay for Arts Alive, featuring live entertainment from the CJHS a cappella choir, drama class, and the jazz band! Enjoy the afternoon by walking the halls of our student art galleries, or try attending classes to see our outstanding faculty and staff in action. To RSVP click here. We are so looking forward to wonderful day with our grandparents and special friends!

A Taste of Torah Two weeks after sitting around the Pesach table and reciting the line, "In every generation one must see oneself as though s/he personally left Egypt," Jews communally remember the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah. When setting a date for Yom HaShoah, Israeli leaders disagreed as to when to hold the day in the calendar - after all, every day of the year had the potential to hold the national memorial. Choosing a day, moreover, reflected the place of the Holocaust in Israel's national narrative. Many questions arose: Was this a unique event for the Jewish people? Should it be marked separately on the calendar? The first commemoration of the Holocaust in Israel, in 1948, occurred on the 10th of Tevet, seemingly to resuscitate an otherwise dormant fast day. At the same time, many voices argued that remembering the Holocaust should be tied to the greatest day

of remembering national Jewish tragedy, on Tisha B'av. On April 12, 1951, Israeli Knesset Member, Mordecai Nurock invoked allusions to the Book of Lamentations, and argued that this was a third destruction of the Jewish people, that it demanded its own day. Israeli leaders elected to commemorate the tragedy on the same day as the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, a clear ideological statement about the role of armed Jewish resistance for this still young state and for World Jewry as a whole. But because the event occurred on the second day of Passover, and the rabbis of the state of Israel did not want the commemoration to occur at all during the intermediate days either, ultimately Yom HaShoah found its way to the 27th of Nissan - one week before we commemorate Yom HaZikaron and celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut (which was tied to the Fifth of Iyar, because of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on that day). Thus, in the course of three weeks, the Jewish calendar has crafted a particularly modern vision of the Exodus - from Pesach to Yom HaShoah to Yom HaZikaron to Yom Haatzmaut. As historian James Young describes, "This journey can be seen as commencing with God's deliverance of the Jews and concluding with the Jews' deliverance of themselves in Israel" (Texture of Memory: Holocaust Memorials and Meaning, 264-5). Over the course of these weeks, we emphasize Jewish narratives as a means to remember and to celebrate. In his famous book on Jewish memory, Zakhor, Yosef Yerushalmi describes a crisis in the modern era where Judaism finds itself in a completely new position, one where history has become the authoritative voice in the way we see our past. While perhaps overstated, Yerushalmi speaks to the need of contemporary Jews to emphasize stories over numbers, people over data. The Jewish calendar lays a narrative for how to remember - during each year, we see ourselves differently. Every year, every generation, discusses its own personal Exodus, in addition to the original one. And the calendar itself carries those who pay attention to it on this journey. --Rav Beit Sefer Zach Silver

Alumni Trivia

Leah Cardona ('10) is graduating from Michigan State University with a Bachelors of Science in Food Science with a Food Technology Concentration and a Jewish Studies Specialization. Leah will be spending the summer in Toulouse, France having an internship at a French winery. Leah reports, " I'm planning on making Aliyah this December through Nefesh B'Nefesh and Garin Tzabar. I will be serving in the IDF for two years and then going to graduate school, hoping to focus in either Dairy Science or Fermented Beverages. I am actually running my first half marathon this Sunday in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Gazelle Girl Run is an all-women's race. I am very excited! I also just registered for

my first full marathon. I will be running the Chicago Marathon in October as a charity member for TeamJUF. I will be running with my dad, aunt, and cousin!" Good for you, Leah! Support her by clicking here!

Shabbat Shalom! Candlelighting tonight will be at 7:33 p.m.