October 9, 2015
28 Tishrei, 5776 This Week at CJHS
Volley for the Cure
This Week in Sports
Women's Volleyball Senior Night
Va'ad Elections From the P.O. Community Events 窶帰lumni Trivia A Taste of Torah
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This week, women's volleyball participated in Volley for the Cure and raised over $280 as donations for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Hannah Taussig had 2 aces and Elli Brody had 2 kills. Senior Jorie Dayan reports, "Overall, the night was a great
Save The Date
success. Both the senior night ceremony and breast cancer awareness month ceremony went really well, and the team gave
October 13
their all against one of their biggest rivals, Cristo Rey." Yasher
Grandparent Meet & Greet
koach to Daphne Budin, Hannah Taussig, Sarah Gilman, and Melissa Levin for a spectacular performance last night against
October 14
North Shore Country Day!
PSAT October 15 Financial Aid Night October 16-17 All School Shabbaton October 20 Early Dismissal - Conferences October 27 Early Dismissal - Conferences November 11 No School November 18-20 Junior Social Justice Seminar
College Season
Big Wins in Women's Tennis CJHS had a fantastic week in tennis! We had two matches that resulted in two wins, with a winning record of 104-22 games--pretty impressive winning percentage for us this week. Many girls also competed for the first time, including Sophie Kaufman, Eden Kahn, Lily Copley, and Samantha Brody, plus an overall great effort by the whole team. Coach Finfer also sends "a special shout out to my three seniors, Maya Resnick, Emily Reisler and Bessie Cohen. You have all been a true gift for CJHS tennis and will be missed by everyone!"
CJHS is pleased to welcome admission representatives from over fifty colleges and Israel programs this autumn! VIEW SCHEDULE >>
STEM Corner World of Seven Billion Student Video Contest Grades 6-12
Men's Soccer on the Field Entries due: February 25, 2016 Students create a short
Men's soccer has been playing hard against St. Benedict, North Chicago, and Sullivan. Eli Simmons had his first career goal at CJHS, assisted by David Levin. Our defense had a fantastic
solution-oriented video connecting human population growth to one of the following global challenges: Deforestation
week, giving up the fewest goals on the season thanks to outstanding moves by Jonathan Taitz, Josh Levitas, Jason Taitz and Micah Brody. Wednesday, we played our best game of the season against a very tough North Chicago team; Coach Shannon reports, "I saw passion, hustle and best of all, some solid, smart soccer! Great game, guys!"​
Public health Water scarcity Over $8000 in cash prizes available!
If you are interested in attending the Washington Youth Summit on the Environment, at George Mason University in the Washington DC area, please notify Mrs. Levinson today. This program is for 9th, 10th and 11th grade students. It will be held from June 26 to July 1, 2016. The program is sponsored by the National Geographic Society and the Smithsonian's National Zoo.​
Last night was our last soccer game of the 2015 season: CJHS played Sullivan HS for our regional game. Coach Shannon continues, "We played a school five times our size and battled hard. No matter how young our team is, the future is very bright! It's an honor to coach at CJ and to coach such a great group of men. Good luck to our seniors, Danny Silver and Jason Taitz, and thanks for being such great role models and leaders."
Also take note of the Jerusalem Science Competition. The JSC is an extracurricular science study competition sponsored by the Walder Science Center in partnership with the Lev Academic Center, Jerusalem Israel. The winner earns $1,000 plus a four year tuition scholarship to Lev. Second prize is $700. The top five scorers including the prizewinners win an educational Israel experience. All other participants who achieve scores over the baseline earn cash prizes commensurate with their
Va'ad Elections Freshmen Elect New Representative
scores. This year's topic will
Congratulations to Brian Silverstein, the new freshmen
be Light, Optics and the
representative to the Va'ad HaStudentim! We look forward to a
Human Eye. For more
great year with our full student council!
information and to register by October 16, click here.
Alumni Trivia Which of our trailblazing girl athletes not only put in four years on the basketball team, the soccer team, and the inaugural cross country team, but also spent time as a head cheerleader at CJHS? (Yes, you heard rightly, not dance team or Pom-Pon squad, but a genuine sweatered cheerleader! Or perhaps it would be more correct to say she was a cheerleader for Rydell High School?)
From the P.O. The Junior grade get-together is Sunday, October 11 at the Levin home: we hope to see you there. Sponsorship of the grade get-togethers in any amount is welcome and appreciated.
CJHS PO Book Club - Fall Book Club Meeting: The Book of Aron by Jim Shepard Monday, November 9 7:00 p.m. at CJHS Join us as Edie Salzman leads us in what is sure to be an engaging discussion about The Book of Aron, "a novel that will join the short list of classics about children caught up in the Holocaust." For more information about the book, click here. Please RSVP to both events at PO@cjhs.org. Feel free to contact us with questions. Karen Ecanow & Debbie Copley CJHS PO Presidents
Sponsored Breakfast Happy birthday to Aitan Maeir and Jonathan Rosenblum. Many thanks to their families for sponsoring bagels. To sponsor breakfast in honor of your favorite Tiger, contact Diane Zidman, dzidman@cjhs.org.
Community News and Events
BRCA: The Center for Jewish Genetics October 14, 2015 On Wednesday, October 14, the Center for Jewish Genetics and the Basser Center will present “What’s Jewish About BRCA?”, a community education event at the Chicago Botanic Garden, featuring national speaker Dr. Susan Domchek of the Basser Center for BRCA, a panel of cancer experts, and moderator Bonnie Miller Rubin of the Chicago Tribune. This is an opportunity to learn about your risk for hereditary cancers and what you can do about it. The program fee is $18 and includes a pre-program reception, the program, and kosher dessert. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the program will start promptly at 7:00 p.m. For more information call 312.357.4988 or register here. READ MORE>>
Alumni Trivia In addition to playing every sports season at CJHS, Aviva Schwartz ('10) also played head cheerleader Patty Simcox in the 2010 CJHS production of Grease! Having earned her B.A. at Clark University last year, Aviva is now in the one year accelerated Graduate Program for Community Development and Planning at Clark. Aviva graduated last May with a degree in International Development and Social Change with a concentration in Race and Ethnic Relations. She is now interning at the Youth Opportunities Office with the City of Worcester and working at the Community Engagement and Volunteering Office at the university. And yes, CJHS juniors, she was also Rosh Nivonim at Camp Ramah last summer!
A Taste of Torah: Bereshit and Current Events
A new year is a new struggle. It’s time to think of life outside the bubble. Out in the real world, there’s war. I think if we knew what it was really like, it would shake the core of our lives. We’ve been living inside of our comfort zones and not caring about those we can’t see. It seems like our Jewish outlook on life has gone a bit off of it’s course. I don’t know about you, but I think it’s time we took a stand. Look, I’m not saying that I know God’s plan but I do know that only one human was created in the beginning. We can look to great minds of Judaism to provide an explanation for the sensation of this formation. Heschel says that all of God’s creations are holy and deserve respect; we were made in the image of Kadosh Baruch Hu. If you disagree let the Talmud correct you. What it says is that humanity’s peculiar creation means we need peace among nations. In Tractate Sanhedrin it states: ""לפיכך נברא אדם יחידי ללמדך שכל המאבד נפש אחת מישראל מעלה עליב הכתוב כאילו אבד עולם מלא (Mishna Sanhedrin 4:5) If you kill one person you take away their potential for greatness. All of their children, and their children's children are lost-- their potential just tossed out the window. Think about how many worlds are destroyed in just one war. Just let it sink in. No one should take another’s life. No one is above another because we all come from the same person. We’ve got to help each other out instead of worsen each other's problems. The Talmud talks about the flipside too: if you save a life, you save a world. Every hour we have the power to create and initiate a new era of love. It doesn’t have to come from above. We can feel it in our one heart, in our one mind. I don’t know much but I’m certain we were not meant to kill and destroy. This world is not a toy. Humans were made to protect, not harm. And maybe our problems today are just karma. We need to look back to the beginning. God said to us: “טוֹב מְ א ֹד- ו ְהִ נֵּה,אֲ שֶׁ ר עָ שָׂ ה-כָּל-”וַיּ ְַרא אֱ ֹלהִ ים אֶ ת (Bereishit 1:31) God glowed with pride at his creations. Man was good. When did we become so caught up in wealth and power that we forgot what we were taught before we could even speak: stand for justice and protect the meek. My main point is we need to be kinder. We need to start trying to return to God’s image. To go back to the start we need a change of heart. As Jews, we need to take special notice. The Sanhedrin never said “don’t quote us!”. These texts were written to teach us a lesson. We can’t bystand, we need to lend a hand. Donate money, educate-- any help at all is great. Think about the age-old question: War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Now let’s do something about it.
Sara Behn ('17)
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