Chicago Prep Champions! 16 Cheshvan, 5774
This Week at CJHS This Week in Sports IFYC MJT in Nooks and Crannies Artist in Residence Alumni Sighting Fall Parlor Meetings JED Camp at SSDS STAND Update Alumni Trivia A Taste of Torah
Save the Date Sunday, Oct. 27 ACT (not at CJHS) Tuesday, Oct. 29
October 18, 2013
Cross Country Brings Home Trophy!
2:00 p.m. Dismissal - Conferences Wednesday, Oct. 30 10:30 a.m. Late Start Wednesday, Nov. 6 Conferences
We are thrilled to announce that for the fourth consecutive year, our boys varsity crosscountry team has captured the Chicago Prep Conference Championship! Freshman Zev Mishell finished 3rd overall in the varsity race, and senior Tali Shapiro finished 4th in the girls varsity race. Sophomore Josh Pliskin won the boys JV conference championship; he is pictured below with fellow medalists Yoni Maltsman, Hillel Schwartz, Avidan Halivni, Ari Spellman, and Jonah Glick-Unterman. A hearty yasher koach to fellow team members Felix Rosen, Jordan Rosenfield, Ari Spellman, Jacob Copley, Coby Drexler, Michael Weldler, Henry Wolle, Parker Weber, and Zach Becker, and on the other side of the track Maya Behn,
Thursday, Nov. 7 10:30 a.m. Late Start Friday, Nov. 8 1:15 Dismissal Begins Sunday, Nov. 17Wednesday, Nov. 20 Panim Trip (juniors) Monday, Nov. 18 PLAN Test Friday, Nov. 22 No Classes: Professional Day
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.
Community News and Events 5th Annual JLS Interdenominational Jewish Community Event October 22 CJHS 1095 Lake Cook Rd., Deerfield 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. Why is Jewish identity formation so
Sara Behn, Rayna Gorstein, Zahava Vales, Leora Calamaro, Shira Romanoff, and Julia Mati. And a special thank you to Zack Becker's family for the photos! Bring in the Gatorade and lay out some dry towels... men's soccer finished its season and its IHSA bid with a 4-2 loss to Northridge Prep. Yasher koach to Danny Silver on his first goal of the season and to Jacob Erlichman, who also outwitted our opponents to score a goal. Congratulations to Coach Shannon and Coach Weber and the entire team on an amazing season!
challenging among young adults today? How should Jewish institutions, the rabbinate, and parents respond to current social realities? Join JLS to examine how we can connect to the 'millennial' generation. Forging Jewish Identity and Community in the "Me" Generation: Rabbinic, Institutional, and Parental Responses Panelists: Adena K. Berkowitz, Visiting Lecturer, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School Stefanie Pervos Bregman, Communications Director, JUF/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Women's volleyball started their conference tournament this week, taking on Chicago Hope Wednesday night in a packed gym at Christ the King. Junior Sari Mishell reports that all of the Lady Tigers played a good game; well done, ladies and Coach Hambach, on a fantastic season!
Wendi Geffen, Rabbi, North Shore Congregation Israel Parve Kosher Dessert Reception $18 in advance $25 at the door (cash and checks only) To pay in advance by credit card, please call 312.362.6274 or email ggottlie@depaul.edu. Please make checks payable to DePaul University and note "JLJS" in the memo. Visit www.law.depaul.edu/jljs for more information.
College Visits CJHS is pleased to welcome representatives from the following schools this season: College
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Clark 10/21/13 University 3:00 PM University of Massachusetts, Amherst Skidmore College Dartmouth College
10/21/13 9:56 AM 10/23/13 9:00 AM 10/23/13 10:52 AM
Grandparents' Night On Thursday, October 17 over thirty-five CJHS grandparents came together for our annual Fall Meet and Greet. The group was welcomed by Rabbi Zach Silver, Rav Beit Sefer, and Angie Adler, chair of the CJHS Grandparents Association. Everyone was treated to learning sessions by Rabbi Ayal Robkin of the Jewish Studies Department and Ms. Robyn Murphy of the Science Department. Grandparents were thrilled to get a 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 22, 2014.
MJT in Nooks and Crannies
Hofstra 10/23/13 University 1:26 PM University of 10/23/13 Minnesota, 2:34 PM Twin Cities University of 10/24/13 California at San 10:52 AM Diego 10/24/13 Lynn University 9:00 AM Oakton 10/24/13 Community 9:56 AM College Kalamazoo 10/29/13 College 12:25 PM Interdisciplinary 10/31/13 Center (IDC) 10:52 AM Herzliya University of 10/31/13 Vermont 12:30 PM Michigan State 11/5/13 University 3:30 PM
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 idrazin@cjhs.org. Order forms are available online here.
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If you see a knot of seniors under the stairs or curled up in the tefillin closet, they're not having an existential crisis, they're just taking a quiet moment for Dr. Rebecca Schorsch's Modern Jewish Thought class. The class is reading Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik's masterpiece, Lonely Man of Faith, discussing his views on the nature of halakhah, prayer, and friendship--good stuff!
Artist in Residence Earlier this month, CJHS was proud to welcome Anthony Apodaca, Artist in Residence. He worked with the drama students for a week on developing a sense of time, space, and movement, so that students could better understand these areas in theater production. The class and their instructor Danielle Brothers are currently working on group vignettes. They will be introduced to a make-up artist in their upcoming curriculum. Drama is part of our Fine, Performing, and Literary Arts curriculum.
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Which of our distinguished alumni is now in Israel, artfully dodging stray cats and juggling for peace?
Alumni Sighting Last weekend, CJHS college counselor Ellen J. Rostker returned to her alma mater, Grinnell College, for meetings and networking with other volunteers. During her visit, she was pleased to meet up with CJHS alumnae Rachel Aaronson ('12) and Ellie Honan ('09), who are students at Grinnell. Human Histogram for Stats
Mr. Baumstark's statistics class made a "human histogram" to investigate the distribution of the heights of students in the class. Students plotted themselves along a line on the floor according to their height, where each floor tile along the line represented one additional inch of height. The learning objective was to experience the meaning of percentiles; each student found their height percentile in the class by looking to their right and computing what percent of the students they saw in that direction. Many thanks to everyone's favorite long-suffering juniors for completing the far ends of the histogram with surprising grace and good nature.
CJHS Policy Forum The CJHS Policy Forum is back and better than ever! This monthly publication, published by our United States Politics Club, serves as a forum for discussion of political issues by CJHS students. For the first time ever, all editions of the Policy Forum will be available online! In the first edition of the year, published this past Monday, USPC co-presidents Adam Taitz and Nathaniel Moses go head-to-head on the government shutdown and the role of compromise in solving the recent political impasse. Click here to read what they have to say!
DEAP Addresses Immigration This morning in tefillah, our student leaderhip introduced the new format for Tikkun Olam, DEAP: Direct Service, Education, Advocacy, and Philanthropy. This year's theme is immigration! Under the auspices of the new structure, students will be collecting items for new immigrant families, studying the importance of the issue, letting their voices be heard, and raising money for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. We hope to see everyone at the kick-off Shabbaton in November. Talk to Baye Miller and Avidan Halivni for more details.
DEAP rallies the student body to action at tefillah!
Fall Parlor Meetings Attend a Parlor Meeting and learn all about CJHS. Ask questions, address concerns, and share experiences with other interested families, current CJHS students and faculty members. Parlor meetings will be held at 7:30 p.m on the following dates:
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Tuesday, October 22 in Chicago at the home of Cortney Stark Cope and Jonathan Cope Wednesday, October 23 in Skokie at the home of Abby Polin Reisler
Open House Our Open House takes place on Sunday, November 3 at 1:00 p.m. The format has been completely revamped, offering families the opportunity to learn about all aspects of student life at CJHS using an interactive and personal approach. The afternoon begins with a full blown activities fair and pizza lunch where all of our extra-curricular activities will be showcased by our students. Prospective parents and children will then be treated to unique opportunities to ask questions that are meaningful to them. A tour highlighting our students' experiences will follow. The afternoon ends with a Meet and Greet Reception with CJHS faculty, administration, and students. To learn more about these events, please contact Lily Zoberman at 847324-3706 or at lzoberman@cjhs.org.
JED Camp at Solomon Schechter
STAND UPdate Senior Shira Harris reports, "According to the Enough Project, the
M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo currently has a profitable part of the conflict gold trade from east DRC. The M23 is taking the profit from the trade to support its leaders and fund its military campaign by building military alliances and networks with other armed groups that are smuggling gold into Uganda and Burundi. Sultani Makenga, allegedly one of the main recruiters of child soldiers in DRC, is providing aid to the conflict gold efforts. "Gold is currently the most important conflict mineral, with the other sources of revenue coming from the sale of tin, tungsten, and tantalum. Makenga is taking over the gold-smuggling network that Bosco Ntaganda has have control over for the past several years. Ntaganda led the M23 as it broke away from the Congolese army, and has reportedly brokered several multimillion-dollar gold deals. In March 2013, Ntaganda surrendered to the US Embassy in Rwanda, and requested to transfer to the International Criminal Court to face charges for war crimes. Since taking over Ntaganda's control of the conflict gold, Makenga has mobilized other military and business players to expand the network. Many of the people who are benefiting the most from the sales of these minerals are responsible for the atrocities and human rights violations that are occurring, particularly in the DRC. "
Alumni Trivia Sammy Simon ('10), now a junior at the University of Minnesota, is studying in Israel this term, learning Arabic and entertaining the littlest patients at Terem hospital with his delightful juggling acts. Read all about his heartwarming adventures with Palestinian and Israeli children--and chutzpadik stray cats who think they can juggle!-- here at his new blog.
Sponsored Breakfast Happy birthday to Josh Silverman. Many thanks to his family for sponsoring breakfast.
A Taste of Torah: Vayera
During our first unit in tenth grade Talmud, we studied the origins of our daily prayer services. In our sugya (section of Talmud), Rabbi Yosei in the name of Rabbi Hanina declares that the forefathers instituted prayer, where Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi says that the services date back to the daily Tamid sacrifice, which occurred during the afternoon and evening. In the attempt to prove that each of the three forefathers instituted a different prayer service, a breitta (text from the time of the Mishnah) brings a Biblical verse to illustrate how each forefather prayed. Using a midrashic interpretation, Rabbi Yosei suggests that Abraham prayed the Shacharit service, citing a verse from this week's parasha: Vayashkem Avraham baboker el hamakom asher amad sham, et pnai Hashem, And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Hashem (Genesis 19:27). The Talmud then states that every instance of the root amad (stand) must mean to pray (ein amidah elah tefillah), and thus this verse proves that Abraham instituted Shacharit. But why does the Talmud see this verse as a particularly good proof text to suggest that Abraham prayed? Why does standing mean that Abraham was praying, according to the Rabbis? Looking at the context, our class noted that this verse refers to Abraham waking up in the morning to go to the place where he had argued with God about the fate of Sodom and Gemorrah, which had recently met destruction. So how does this "standing" represent prayer? Why is this a good proof-text? One student suggested that looking over the destroyed cities inevitably led Abraham to extreme emotion, a key feature of prayer. Another suggested that this place represented the purest and most honest conversation with God that Abraham had ever had, and thus he returned to this very spot to pray. Another student opened my eyes to an interpretation I never before had pondered. She suggested that looking over the destroyed cities resembled the very act that the Rabbis of the Talmud were experiencing at that moment in history. Looking back in time, at the destroyed Temple in Jerusalem, the Rabbis sought to remodel Judaism. Looking physically down at the destruction as Abraham did, or back in time, as
the Rabbis did, the Rabbis sought to reconstruct the relationship that they had with God, but in a new form - through prayer. With this reasoning, choosing the verse not only makes sense from an interpretive view, but also from a psychological one. The Rabbis see themselves as inheritors of Abraham's tradition - and they are in fact reenacting the same act that Abraham did as he looked over the destroyed cities. Once again, our students are our best teachers. --Rav Beit Sefer Zach Silver
Shabbat Shalom Candlelighting tonight will be at 5:48 p.m. Shabbat Shalom!