Rochelle Zell Jewish High School E-news, The Moles are Back!

February 5, 2016

27 Shvat, 5776 This Week at Rochelle Zell Mole Contest Begins Senior Israel Seminar Mathletes Compete This Week in Sports Save the Date

Community Events Alumni Trivia A Taste of Torah

Class Schedule ​Monday, February 8 A Tuesday, February 9 B

The Moles Are Back!

CP Chemistry Annual CompeEEon

Wednesday, February 10 A Thursday, February 11 C Friday, February 12 BB

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Save The Date February 7 ACT at Rochelle Zell ​February 15 No School -­‐ President's Day February 17-­‐21 Girls' Basketball in Miami February 28 Musical Showcase March 2-­‐6 Model UN Conference March 11 No School March 18-­‐19 All School Shabbaton

1:15 Dismissal March 24 Purim

On display in the library are fuzzy stuffed moles that are moleHculously made by Mr. Reimer’s College Prep Chemistry students. Stop by to admire the display, then take a molement to vote for your two favorite moles! As you may recall from previous years, "Da Mole" is the chemist’s counHng unit allowing us to take extremely smole parHcles, such as atoms or mol-­‐e-­‐cules and bring them to a level that we may measure in the lab. The mole tally will conHnue unHl next Wednesday, when the winners will be announced. Thank you, and have a molementous day!

Senior Seminar Reflecting on the State of Israel Over the first three weeks of the semester, seniors are parHcipaHng in a post-­‐Israel trip seminar to explore the Israel climate on college campuses. At the center of this seminar, we are working with students to arHculate how they will tell their narraHve about Israel when they reach campus.

On Monday, we welcomed Rabbi Seth Winberg of Metro Chicago Hillel, who gave us a lay of the land about Israel conversaHons on campus. He showed a video at Loyola University where a Black Lives MaVers protest quickly became

March 25 2:15 Dismissal Begins

one where people were yelling "Free Free PalesHne" and also spoke about the BDS movements that he has seen both on the University of Michigan campus and also at the Chicago Hillels. CJHS graduate Alex Krule ('11) conHnued on Tuesday by giving his personal reflecHons as a student leader at Northwestern with the fraternity AEPi. He reflected on some of the themes that Rabbi Winberg introduced, notably empowering our seniors and lebng them know that they will certainly be the most knowledgable students on whatever campus they aVend. On Thursday, we welcomed Sarah Beren, Deputy Director of AIPAC, to speak about the poliHcal alliance between the United States and Israel, parHcularly in the context of an elecHon year, one where our students will be voHng in November.

Mathletes Compete AMC Meet at Carmel Catholic Yasher koach to the solid six who represented our enHre school yesterday at Carmel Catholic High School. Sara Behn, David and Josh Weisskopf, Noah Magill, and Jake Korol challenged themselves by taking tests intended for older students and Akiva Stein valiantly entered the orals compeHHon independently against doubles teams from other schools. Well done, Rochelle Zell mathletes against much larger teams from Lake Forest, Highland Park, Warren, and Carmel!

This Week in Basketball Tigers Carry On

The girls played North Shore Country Day last Thursday night. Coach Forde reports, "We started the game slow like always, and then got hot in the second half. In the end we fell short by 11 points." The first game in our conference tournament, we played Ida Crown for the third Hme; again the Lady Tigers came up short, but not from a lack of effort. As fate would have it, we will get one more chance to play and beat our rivals in the regional tournament. Monday February 8, we will play Ida Crown Jewish High school at 8:00 p.m. at North Shore Country Day. Go Tigers!

Finish strong!

The varsity boys basketball team led by one afer three quarters against Round Lake but could not hold on; they lost with a final score of 53-­‐59. Eli NasaEr scored 18 points and Felix Rosen had 17.

The Sophomore/Freshmen team played a great game and were down by 4 to Round Lake at halfime. Afer a tough second half, they fell with a final score of 21 to 32. Both teams look forward to this Saturday’s game against Ida Crown. Sophomore/freshmen Hp-­‐off is at 7:30 p.m. and varsity at 9:00 p.m. Come out for the senior night ceremony to recognize our seniors at 8:50pm. Go Tigers!

Alumni Trivia It's heritage week in the Alumni Trivia! Which CJHS bridge-­‐building team of yore went by the name of Irish Thunder?

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Community News and Events

Moriah Congregation Art Fair and Fashion Event Sunday, Feb 28 11:00 a.m. | Moriah Congregation, 200 Taub Dr., Deerfield

Please join us for an exclusive meet and greet with Sharon Tal, lead designer from Maskit, Israel's premier fashion house -­‐ and get an insider’s view of the fashion industry. Before joining Maskit, Sharon was head of embroidery for Alexander McQueen in Paris. $10 Admission -­‐ Free Raffle Ticket with RSVP! Please respond to arrair@moriahcong.org Parking and free shuVle bus service from Northbrook Court’s Lower Level, east of Neiman Marcus.

JCC Ulpan Hebrew Classes for Community

Birthright Israel Travel or Pay It Forward!

Travel with Israelis for all 10 days & see Israel through the eyes of the locals! This trip is for eligible 18-­‐26 year olds. Contact Shorashim at 312.267.0677 or info@shorashim.org. Already been? Know others interested in traveling? Spread the love and pay it forward! You can win a free trip back to Israel for you & your two best friends with five-­‐star hotel accommodaHons in Tel Aviv! Learn more at shorashimpayirorward.com.

Alumni Trivia Morgan Michelson-­‐Kelly (’15) and Hannah Lynch ('15) say, "Éire go Brách!" Morgan, now at Muhlenberg, says she's taking more classes than any sane freshman ought to be allowed to take, plus working at the community engagement center on campus and teaching the weekly parsha for the children at Sons of Israel CongregaHon. Morgan adds,"I am the liaison between Hillel and the Interfaith Leadership Council, and I am part of InternaHonal Students AssociaHon. I also take part in Shape It Up-­‐-­‐basically gym for liVle kids afer school." Hannah is a freshman at the University of Illinois Urbana-­‐Champaign, where she is studying to become a teacher. Hannah is acHve in Sigma Delta Tau, and a member of the honor society.

A Taste of Torah: Mishpatim Rabbi Judy Greenberg's junior Talmud class reports, "We are exploring how to unearth principles of giving from our tradiHon. We are finding the balance between our own impulses to give – how much, when, to whom – and what our texts have to say on the maVer. This verse, found in this week’s parashah appears to teach a significant a value in the realm of tzedakah: If you lend money to any of My people, even to the poor among you, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you lay upon him interest (Exodus 22:24). But, in the Talmud (Bava MezHa 71a), Rav Yosef unpacks layers of meaning to teach us “circles of obligaHons.” He breaks down the verse to illustrate how, from it, we can learn not just to give, but how to prioriHze to whom we ought to give. Performing very precise surgery on this verse, we learn that we ought to give to My people (Jews), the poor (rather than the rich), and those among you (poor of our own families, then of our own towns, and then elsewhere). Our first task was to understand Rav Yosef’s methodology

and opinion. Our second, more significant object is to discern and express our opinions of his teaching. Is this what the Torah is saying? Do we actually agree with the principles? In this day and age, do we have other, different prioriHes for giving?"

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