DECA Competes 10 Shvat, 5775
January 30, 2015
This Week at CJHS DECA Competes Bridge Building Regionals Senior Interns This Week in Jewish Studies This Week in Sports STEM Opportunities From the PO Memorial Service Baruch Dayan Emet Sponsored Breakfast Mazal Tov Alumni Trivia
DECA Regionals
A Taste of Torah
Save the Date 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
Our CJHS DECA team performed exceptionally once again this year! Our students showed professionalism, enthusiasm and poise as they went up against other North Suburban schools in the annual regional conference. Among the 20 students on our team, eight finished with medals (awarded for top 3 scores in each event), and CJHS earned 17 medals overall-one more than last year! Team coach Mr. Baumstark reports, "We had nice representation across all the classes, which was great to see. There is no doubt in my mind that our school by far had the most medals ' per capita' of any school there.
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.
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 JNF Tu Bishvat Community Fun Fair Update! Sunday, February 8 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 1095 Lake Cook Rd.
Jewish National Fund will host the Tu BiShvat Community Celebration on Sunday, February 8. This free event, cosponsored by Shalom Memorial Park and Chicagoland Jewish High School, features arts and crafts, live entertainment from local performance groups, tree planting, games and prizes. Attendees are asked to bring their filled Blue Boxes to count Tzedakah with JNF's coin counter. JNF's Tu BiShvat Community Celebration will take place at Chicagoland Jewish High School, 1095 Lake Cook Road in Deerfield. Register online at jnf.org/chicagotubishvat.
These five students finished with medals in their overall combined event: Sara Behn (silver) Zev Mishell (silver) Jacob Erlichman (bronze) Melissa Levin (bronze) Elan Karoll (bronze) These eight students earned medals in individual competitions: Sara Behn (gold, silver) Jason Taitz (gold, silver) Elan Karoll (gold) Zev Mishell (silver, bronze) Melissa Levin (2 bronzes) Jacob Erlichman (bronze) Ethan Laney (bronze) Yoni Maltsman (bronze) Kol hakavod, DECA! Way to go!
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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 dzidman@cjhs.org. Order forms are available online here.
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For the first time in years, CJHS sent two bridges to the Chicago Regional Bridge Building competit ion at IIT! Junior champio n Seth Wein produce d a very tall and slender bridge with a middle deck which eschewed horizontal crossbars to reduce weight and improve efficiency; his structure supported 133 times its own weight before breaking a strut. Senior champions Ruli Warner-Rosen and Jacob Erlichman went for the lightest of lightweight designs; their bridge made the short list and placed 33rd in the North Suburban finals! Many congratulations to master builder Ruli and all our finalists; congrats to our line buddies Jeff Kroll of Illiana Christian High School, who placed 34th in the South Suburban division and to Elizabeth Khouri of Mother McAuley, who placed 6th in the city division!
Senior Interns 847.470.6700 With our seniors back in residence, we also welcome back our stateside interns! While Ruli Warner-Rosen was hard at work on his architecture project, senior Sari Mishell spent three weeks working for the JNF, while Gavi Schankerman interned at the corporate Walgreens office right here in Northbrook. Back in school, Gavi explains, "I can better understand how such a very large company works, as well as get perspective on what I want to focus on in the future careerwise."
This Week in Jewish Studies Rabbi Belgrad's sophomore Bible class is in the midst of a lively discussion: is a mitzva more powerful or meaningful if you know the reason behind it? Overwhelming opinion in the class respond s that it is, citing that a mitzva perform ed by a person who knows the reason they are doing it is done with more sincerity and intention and thus is more meaningful! Detractors of this view question
humanity's right to demand reasons from God--or to understand them sufficiently when given. Another voice in the exchange is the classical midrash, noting that King Solomon himself was too confident in his own understanding of God's reasons, allowing himself a bit too much leeway to behave exactly as he pleased to the detriment of the entire kingdom! Mr. Goldstein's freshman Talmud class is engaged in a similar conversation about the av melachot for Shabbat: what can't one do on Shabbat and why? When is refraining from certain actions restful and when are the restrictions more tiresome than the work? When does one's personal desire to rest cause more work to others? Stay tuned for the 39 Talmudic results!
This Week in Sports The Tigers are back in business! Despit e basketball clinics in Israel with international superstar Tamir Goodman, our varsity team is having a rough start to the semester, with tough losses to Hinckley-Big Rock and the Skokie Yeshiva. The sophomores lost by 11 points to Hinckley on Wednseday. Coach Fiol reports, "We had the lead going into 4th quarter, and Hinckley had a nice run. Felix Rosen and Adam Gilman have been playing very well, with Gilman leading the team in rebounding and Rosen leading in steals!"
The Lady Tigers have had a busy week, with three games virtually back to back to back. They played Sunday at Christ the King and held their own, despite having only six players on the court. Even the opposing coach noticed thier improvement! Back on the home court on Tuesday, Emily Reisler and Arielle Saxton led the Tigers to victory against Ellison, 32-21. Wednesday night, the team hit the road to take on St. Benedict. Coach Forde reports, "As our season nears the end one thing you can't help but to notice is the girls are getting better! Our conference tournament starts Monday, when we rematch against Christ the King! This time will have more than six players, and you'd better believe we will fight till the end!" Go Tigers! At the JV level, E-News heartily apologizes to freshman correspondent Alan Sydel for misspelling his name in last week's edition! The Ten-Pin Tigers are closing out their season! Join everyone next Thursday, February 5 at Brunswick Zone in Deerfield from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. to bowl a few rounds in our annual Family/Staff bowling invitational! RSVP to Dr. Auslander so he can make sure to have enough donuts.
Alumni Trivia Lights... camera... action! Which CJHS graduate has just cast his first major film with our students and alumni as his extras?
STEM Opportunities for Juniors and Seniors Juniors and seniors: take your education to the next level! Which of these opportunities interests you most? There's a new Wildlife Ecology research program for three weeks this summer at the Huyck Preserve in upstate New York. Check out WYSE engineering summer camps at the University of Illinois' college of engineering. Life science aficionados can try biology research at University of Chicago's summer session. You can also follow the many CJHS alumni who have made their mark on summer research at the Technion's SciTech program! Girls, there are many programs just for you! The Society of Women Engineers has weeklong summer camps at the University of Michicagn, the University of Illinois, and the University of Maryland!
Research Experience for High School and Undergraduates "Genes and Addictive Behavior" is accepting applications! Information about the program is at www.ratgenes.org. Winners will be matched with faculty researchers and lab associates from major universities and hospitals. To apply or read more, click here.
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.
Community Memorial The Solomon Schechter community is invited to a special memorial service on the eve of shloshim for beloved Hebrew teacher Avi
Naamat, z"l.
Thursday, February 5, 2015 7:30 - 8:15 pm Solomon Schechter Day School 3210 Dundee Road Downstairs Beit Knesset Mar Naamat retired a year and a half ago and moved back to Israel. Shortly thereafter, he became ill and he passed away a few weeks ago. With this memorial service, Avi's Chicago "family" can remember him and stand with his family in Israel in mourning his passing. Mr. Allali, Ms. Forester, Ms. Mazor, and Rabbi Ben Kramer will lead the service, which will include testimonials, slides, prayer, and song in Mar Naamat's memory. Those who wish to contribute memories or anecdotes should email them to Betsy Forester or Pnina Mazor by Tuesday, February 3.
Baruch Dayan Emet It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Gilbert Lanoff, grandfather of senior Justin Lanoff. Shiva will be at the Lanoff residence, 6724 N. Sauganash Ave. in Lincolnwood: Saturday night: 6-9 p.m. Sunday: Minyan at 8 a.m., minyan at 4:45 p.m, sitting until 9 p.m. Monday: Minyan at 8 a.m., minyan at 4:45 p.m, sitting until 9 p.m. Tuesday morning: Minyan at 8 a.m. Hamakom Yinachem Etchem B'toch Sh'ar Avalei Tziyon V'Yerushalayim. May God's presence comfort the Lanoff family among
the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. We are also sad to announce the passing of Herbert Zubow, grandfather of junior Eliana Kharasch. Shiva will be Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. at the Kharasch residence, 1420 North Avenue in Banockburn, and on Sunday from 2:00-7:00 p.m. at the Zubow house on 8975 W. Golf Rd. in Niles. Hamakom Yinachem Etchem B'toch Sh'ar Avalei Tziyon V'Yerushalayim. May God's presence comfort the Kharasch/Zubow family among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Sponsored Breakfast Happy birthday to Benji Fishbaum. Many thanks to his family for sponsoring breakfast.
Mazal Tov Mazal tov to Ms. Ilana Gleicher-Bloom and her entire family on the simchat bat for little Zohar June Bloom. Welcome, baby!
Alumni Trivia Josh Perry ('12) is majoring in film at Northweste rn University, where his first film is now in postproduction. Josh wrote, directed, edited, and produced Speed-waiting (a comedy about a guy who sees his ex-girlfriend at a speeddating event), with help from his trusty assistant producer Yadid Licht ('14). The film was shot right here in Evanston; look closely in the background when the film is done in February, and you'll see J.P's dedicated extras Alec Cohen ('12), Jeff Budweg ('12), senior Josh Kaplinsky, and senior Elan Karroll!
Seasoned alumni trivia buffs may also have fond memories of Film Gone Wrong, written and produced by Daniel Bier ('06) and starring Renana Fox ('06). Dan is now a contractor at Raytheon Missile Defense Systems in Boston, while Renana is an educational theater specialist at Kaiser Permanente in Washington D.C. and the critics' darling on stage and in the director's chair at various D.C. theaters.
A Taste of Torah: BeShalach The race is on! Once again, Pharaoh has released the Israelites from bondage. And once again, Pharaoh has changed his mind. Yet at the beginning of this week's Parashat BeShalach, in the midst of fleeing an oppressor that will certainly kill him and his
people, Moshe stops along the way to fulfill a promise that his ancestors left unfulfilled several To read Rabbi Silver's full dvar Torah, generation click here. s prior. Despite the overwhelming circumstances, Moshe diverts his route to gather the bones of Yoseph to take them to bury in the Land of Israel.... ...This week, we commemorated the 70th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. As educators, we continually think about what it means to take the bones of our ancestors with us into the future. We celebrate both individual lives and the lives of communities. During this week's nexus of our parasha and Jewish history, may we carry the legacy of the lost European communities to our modern communities, and may the fire of Torah that existed there continue to crackle in new ways in our lives as Americans. --Rav Beit Sefer Zach Silver
Shabbat Shalom Candlelighting this week is at 4:45 p.m. Shabbat shalom! ַהנְׂתּונִים,ַאחֵינּו כָּל בֵית יִש ְָּׂראֵל ַהמָּקֹום י ְַׂרחֵם ֲעלֵיהֶם, הָּעֹומְׂדִ ים בֵין ַבי ָּם ּובֵין ַבי ַ ָּבשָּה,ש ְׂבי ָּה ִ ְׂבצ ָָּּרה ּו ַב, שתָּ א ְׂ ַה,שעְׂבּוד ִלגְׂ ֻאלָּה ִ ּו ִמ,ְׂאֹורה ָּ ּו ֵמ ֲא ֵפלָּה ל,וְׂיֹוצִיאֵ ם ִמצ ָָּּרה ל ְִׂר ָּוחָּה ַב ֲעגָּלָּא ּו ִבזְׂמַן ק ִָּריב