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This Week at CJHS New Students New Staff Tefillah Educa3on Sports Photo Contest From the PO From the JUF Students in the News Alumni in the News Alumni Trivia Mazal Tov Sponsored Breakfast Events A Taste of Torah
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August 21, 2015
Welcome Back, Tigers!
CJHS Welcomes 158 Students Fifty new students walked through our doors on Tuesday, to start another incredible year, among them 41 freshmen and 9 transfer students. Our newest members hail from public schools all over the region, from Highland Park, Buffalo Grove, Glenview, and Elmhurst High Schools, from
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Save The Date August 28-‐29 Leadership Shabbaton September 1 Back to School Night September 7 No School -‐ Labor Day September 11-‐12 Freshmen Shabbaton September 14-‐15 No School -‐ Rosh Hashanah September 22-‐23 No School -‐ Yom Kippur
Solomon Schechter and Chicago Jewish Day School, and from as far away as France and Israel! Bruchim Ha-Ba'im to Sam Anderson, joining Nina Levine all the way from Colorado, to Micah Shaffer from South Carolina, to Dafna Stofenmacher from Spain, to Romi Moller from France, to Sharona Kolesnikov and Dina Matkowsky from Israel. We are thrilled to have you as part of the CJ community! Hats off to the 49 peer buddies who opened the building to reach out to our newest Tigers! Freshmen and their peer buddies scarfed pizza together and found their way around the building, while transfers and their peer buddies traveled to Mizrahi Grill for a delicious lunch of shwarma and falafel. Thanks goes to Ms. Riv Lynch, Rabbi Zach Silver, and Mr. Joseph Eskin for helping ease everyone into their first day! With such a diverse student body, we are looking forward to an incredible year!
September 24 Late Start September 28-‐29 No School -‐ Sukkot
New Staff
October 1 Sukkah Hop
October 5 No School -‐ Shemini Atzeret October 6 No School -‐ Simchat Torah October 13 Grandparent Meet & Greet October 14 PSAT
Sixteen New Staff Join CJHS CJHS is also thrilled to introduce our new staff members,
October 16-‐17 All School Shabbaton October 20 Early Dismissal -‐ Conferences
including Rabbi Judy Greenberg (Jewish Studies), Rabbi Allan Kensky (Jewish Studies), Ms. Arielle Galante (Math), Ms. Mariana Gateva (AP Physics), Mr. Mike Reimer (Chemistry), Ms. Rebecca Nadis (Social Studies and Judaics), Ms. Vanessa Averbach (English), Ms. Elizabeth Petruzzi (Dance), Mr. Carey Goldenberg (Debate), Ms. Danielle Gabi (Modern Language), and the now-familiar
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face of Mr. Henry Bernstein (Jewish Studies and
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Rebecca Dauber, and our new Maintenance Engineer, Mr.
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Luis Martinez, proud father of Athletic Director David Martinez!
Aleinu L'Shabeach CJHS Teacher Selected for Elite Program in Tefillah Education Ms. Tamara Frankel was part of a select group of Jewish day school leaders chosen to take part in a unique tefillah symposium this summer. This six day intensive seminar, entitled Aleinu L'Shabeach, was run by the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators. Seventeen participants, chosen for their leadership and talent in this field, from Orthodox, Ravsak, and Schechter schools, constituted a think-tank to explore the possibilities and challenges of tefillah education. There were workshops on music, storytelling, film, art, meditation, and the outdoors, developing practical advice to make prayer more accessible to our students. Dr. Susan Wall and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, who codirected the program, commented, “The time has come to seriously address tefillah education in day schools. We train Bible, Rabbinics and Hebrew teachers, but we “assume” that these other specialists can successfully lead and teach tefillah with all the difficulties inherent in that. We need to create and develop a field of tefillah education, and we were fortunate to have brought together 17 participants who can, with support, make that happen."
Fall Sports Gearing Up Tigers On the Court If you've noticed the several dozen teenagers thundering past Lake Cook Road, you'll know that the CJHS fall sports teams are ready to rumble. Our tireless cross country runners are on the go, under the leadership of Coach Bob Cogan, and in the field you'll see coaches Greg Shannon (men's soccer), Marty Dello (men's golf), Chris Hambach (women's volleyball), and Barb Finfer (women's tennis) training hard with their energetic teams. The first game of the volleyball season is this Monday against Waldorf, so come on out and support your team!
New--Family Photo Contest! Break out those smartphones and earn some prize money for your team! We are collecting sports photos from games and meets. Parents, fans, students, and coaches from every fall sport can submit their favorite game day photos to Tara Seymour at tseymour@cjhs.org. The team whose supporters submit the most photos this season will win $25 towards the team's athletics budget. Moreover, the team whose supporters submit the best CJHS sports photo of the fall season will win $50 towards their team's sports budget! The contest starts on Monday, so get those cameras ready!
From the PO The CJHS PO got off to a fantastic start with our freshman grade get-together on Sunday, August 16 at the Sacks home. Many thanks to the Sacks family for hosting this event. Thanks, too, to Amy Mishell and Maryl Dayan, our Grade GetTogether co-chairs for all of their hard work in planning this event and to all of the families who attended. It was a huge success. Upcoming Grade Get-togethers Sophomore Class: Sunday, August 23 at 5 p.m. at the Mati home Junior Class: Sunday, October 11 at 5 p.m. at the Levin home Senior Class: Sunday, August 30 at 5 p.m. at the Gruenberg home Sponsorship of the grade-get togethers in any amount is welcome and appreciated! Please feel free to contact us with questions or if you're interested in volunteering with the PO. Contact us at PO@cjhs.org. We'd love to hear from you! Karen Ecanow & Debbie Copley CJHS PO Presidents Find the Chicagoland Jewish High School Parent Organization on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChicagolandJewishHighSchoolParentOrganization
From the JUF The Jewish Day School Guarantee Trust Fund We want to say a special thank you to JUF for its longstanding and continuous support of the Day Schools. Each year, our local Jewish Day Schools receive over $3 million from JUF’s core allocation, plus an additional distribution, based on enrollment, from the Jewish Day School Guaranty Trust Fund. Over the past decade, JUF has distributed nearly $14 million to the schools from this fund, thanks to the over 185 donors. And those distributions will continue every year, in perpetuity.
For the upcoming fiscal year, CJHS will receive $68,502 from the Jewish Day School Guaranty Trust Fund. In total, it has received $498,743. For more information or to contribute to this fund, which directly impacts our school and your child, please contact Deborah Silverman at 312.357.4853 or legacy@juf.org.
Community News and Events
Students in the News Daniel Silver was one of 8 Chicago-area students picked to receive a $1,000 Naftali Steinfeld Israel Experience Merit Scholarship from the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago. These awards, which go to high school, college and graduate students who demonstrate significant leadership skills, are designed to encourage the development of Jewish identity, nourish great commitment to Israel and the Chicago Jewish community, and recognize future leaders.
Alumni in the News Josh Swatez Takes Off for the IDF Josh Swatez (’14) is getting his uniform on! Josh is one of eight local chayalim boddedim (lone soldiers) who have left their families and homes behind to serve in the only Jewish standing army since the days of Bar Kochba. Read all about it in the cover story of this week’s Chicago Jewish News!
David Silverman Delivers ELI Talk The world is an unpredictable, dangerous place; a place where parents simply cannot guarantee their children's safety. How is a father to navigate such a world? Alumni parent David Silverman, proud father of Josh ('13), Reby ('10), Matt ('07), and Jessie Silverman
Gandea ('05), takes us on a journey from the Binding of Isaac, through medieval poetry and contemporary song, to modernday Israel, searching for an answer that will resonate with any parent. Watch more >>
Alumni Trivia: Mazal Tov! Which two of Israel's newest residents were born to CJHS alumni last week?
Mazal Tov! Mazal tov to new teacher and longtime sub Mr. Henry Bernstein on his engagement to Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann, founder and rabbi at Mishkan Chicago!
Sponsored Breakfast Happy birthday to Arthur Sredni. Many thanks to his family for sponsoring bagels.
Alumni Trivia Mazal tov to Avi Coven ('08) and his wife Melody on the birth of a baby girl last week! And another mazal tov to founding social studies teacher Ms. Sharna Marcus, her husband Lior Chacham, and big sister Maya on the birth of a little boy! The Covens live now in Jerusalem and the Chacham/Marcus family lives in Netanya.
Maccabi Tel Aviv Plays Chicago October 1, 2015 | 7:00 p.m. The Maccabi Tel-Aviv Basketball Team will be coming to Chicago to play at the United Center against Armani Milano in the first International Israel-Italy Friendship Games. Half the proceeds from this program will go towards Breakthrough’s Coaches United Against Violence Program. Coaches United Against Violence has 18 public league coaches that work with students in the community and in schools to learn how to resolve conflicts peacefully.​ READ MORE >>
A Taste of Torah: Rosh Chodesh Elul Rabbi Zach Silver, Rav Beit Sefer, writes, "There is great holiness in the beginning of school. New beginnings, new opportunities. This Shabbat and Sunday we celebrated Rosh Chodesh Elul, the month where we prepare for Rosh HaShanah. Each day, we listen to the call of the shofar, beckoning us to take heed of who we are as individuals. The root of teshuva is shuv, meaning return. To what are we returning?" READ MORE >>
The New CJHS E-News Is Underway After a spring and summer of development, we are very excited to roll out the new face of the CJHS E-News! We welcome feedback from our readership about our new format. Send your reviews to our project chair Tara Seymour, tseymour@cjhs.org, or your ever-faithful editor, Mrs. Shira Eliaser, seliaser@cjhs.org, and look for further changes this fall!
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