May 3, 2013 / 23 Iyar 5773
Jamming With The Fountainheads In This Issue The Fountainheads College News U.S. History Studio Art Bike the Drive Alumni in the News Students in the News Counting the Omer Alumni Trivia Baruch Dayan Emet
Family-Style Concert at CJHS
Save the Date Monday, May 6 Friday, May 17 AP Exams Tuesday, May 14 Erev Shavuot 1:15 p.m. dismissal Wednesday, May 15 Thursday, May 16 Shavuot - No School Wednesday, May 22 AP US History Exam AP Economics Exams Thursday, May 23 Grandparents and Special Friends Day Sunday, May 25 Prom Monday, May 26 Memorial Day - No School North America. Wednesday, May 29 Siyum and Graduation Thursday, May 30 Physics Expo Monday, June 3 Friday, June 7 Exams
P. O. Corner Gelt Program The P.O. is pleased to once again introduce the gift card "Gelt program" to our families and we have made it much easier (look for upcoming email with details on how to register). Faculty and staff can also buy Gelt that will help to support programs provided for the school by the P.O. This program is designed to help families earn
Over 150 students, staff, parents, little siblings, and community members danced through the Caplan Gym on Tuesday night to the music of the Ein Prat Fountainheads, fresh from their 11-city tour of
money toward their children's junior year Panim program and/or the Senior Israel Experience. The program is a passive earning system, in which you buy the things you ordinarily purchase anyway, and earn money which will be credited to your family for designated school trips. If you have any questions, contact Sheri Sandrof at ssandrof@cjhs.org or call her at 847.324.3723.
The group opened with some of their classic YouTube hits, then continued for an evening of inspiring Israeli and American pop music. From Eric Clapton to Gaya, toes were tapping and hands were clapping, and once the littlest members of the class of 2024 started an impromptu conga line around the room, everyone was out of their seats and dancing! Thanks to the Jewish Agency and the Community Foundation for Jewish Education for
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sponsoring this incredible music event right here at our school! It was truly the feel-good event of the year!
"Restoration" A BJE Movie Night
This Sunday!
"Restoration" is an intimate drama about an elderly man who has a workshop restoring antiques. Seventy-year-old Yaakov Fidelman (Sasson Gabai, "The Band's Visit") hangs on with all his might to the antique restoration workshop which has been his life's work. After his longtime business partner passes away, Fidelman rejects his son Noah's idea to close the business and build an apartment complex on the site. He believes that with the help of his new apprentice Anton, he'll find a way to save his workshop, his world and his solitary way of life. "Restoration" is the winner
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of 4 Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Feature Film and Winner of the Dramatic Screenwriting Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Sunday May 5 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Wilmette Theater 1122 Central Avenue, Wilmette
Click here to watch the trailer, or click here to purchase tickets. The program will begin with Reid Schultz, writer and film scholar presenting a brief overview followed by the screening of the film and questions and answers after the film.
For more information or questions, call Linda Kupfer at 847.291.7788 x1307 or lindakupfer@bjechicago.org.
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. If you have any questions, please call 847.324.3713 or email idrazin@cjhs.org. Order
With the first of May upon us, international workers of the world are uniting and high school students are finalizing plans for next year. We are very proud of our soon-to-be graduates who are heading off to the Jewish homeland, joining the IDF, spending time in seminarie s in Israel, or staying here for college. Many have exciting and productive gap years planned already. Members of the amazing Class of 2013 will soon be seen at places like the University of Pennsylvania, Indiana University, Tufts, Princeton, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,Yale, the University of Pittsburgh, Clark University, Northwestern University, Flynn University, Bar Ilan University,the University of Wisconsin, American University, Washington University in St. Louis, Binghampton University, Case-Western Reserve, Knox College, Oakton Community College, the University of Maryland, Western Illinois University, Northeastern University, the University of Michigan, and Mechon Ma'ayan Seminary. Congratulations, seniors!
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The Roaring 20's -Junior Style! Watch out, CJHS--the juniors are studying the Roaring 20's in U.S. History! Mr. Danko's CPUSH class is currently comparing and contrasting this roaring decade with the one we live in: flappers and jazz compared with the school's dress code and rap music, the Red Scare compared with modern Islamophobia, and prohibition and womens' rights alongside gay marriage and the debate over personal liberties. Pictured here are Talia Canter and Zahava Vales in their best flapper duds.
IFYC: The Elephant in the Room On Thursday, 60 students from Loyola, Universal, and CJHS joined together in the Shapiro Dining Hall to discuss the Arab-Israeli conflict. The activity, planned by Miranda Smerling and Josh Swatez, focused on the IsraeliPalestinian Conflict. Using "I Believe Statements," students were able to write, delve into, and fully analyze their personal beliefs. Then, by coming together in small groups to share, students listened and spoke about the conflict in a productive and civilized manner. By being forced to express and explain their peers' beliefs, students were able to build towards understanding. With the main activity, the students came together in their small groups and created "We Believe Statements" as they expressed and envisioned a better future. Finally, by discussing and sharing the "We Believe" statements with the whole IFYC and hearing a truly inspirational and motivating speech by the Universal IFYC president, students realized the vitality of IFYC and the importance of acting together to alleviate this conflict and promote peace.
Studio Art Ms. Marla Snyder's art students are working hard after their big spring show with color palettes, mosaic styles, and collage. Their dimensional landscape studies continue this semester's theme of travel. Pictured are Emily Reisler (R) and Ania Johnson (L) with their landscapes.
Bike the Drive In just a few weeks, Eli Schrayer, David Steinberg, Michael Weldler, Ranan Vales, and Seth Wein will join Dr. Gary Auslander and dozens of other Chai Cyclists in Chicago's Bike the Drive, a thirty-mile biking trip from Buckingham Fountain to the Museum of Science and Industry. Our cyclists are raising money for Chai Lifeline to assist very sick children and their families. Our objective is to raise at least $180 for each rider, and we are hoping that the CJHS community you will help all riders reach this goal. Dr. Auslander, an avid bicyclist, has riden in Bike The Drive for over 20 years and was instrumental in getting Chai Lifeline involved. An added incentive for Dr. Auslander this year is to honor the memory of a dear friend and ardent CJHS supporter, Rabbi Reuven Frankel, who passed away last week. Thanks to all those who have and will support our efforts. In doing so, you are helping children and their families cope with the diagnosis, treatment and aftermath of serious pediatric illness. Click here to sponsor our team! Click on "sponsor a rider" and write in the riders' name followed by the amount you wish to donate. Small amounts are very helpful!
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Shlomi Mir ('05) is one of the 12 recipients of the international Lexus Design Award! His "Tumbleweed Desert" autonomous land rover monitors land conditions so that drylands in danger of desertifaction can be stabilized and erosion by wind and rain can be stopped. Instead of using inefficient solar panels or generators to create electricity to power motors, the round shape of the Tumbleweed and the arrangement of the sails allow it to catch the wind and roll in any direction at great speed. While in motion, a kinetic generator produces enough energy to power the onboard computer, sensors, and motor. By alternately collecting data, communicating with other Tumbleweed rovers, and traveling to disperse plant seeds in certain locations, a group of Tumbleweeds can slowly create a barrier to defend against the advancing desert. As a Lexus Award winner, Shlomi's project will be on display in Milan during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile di Milano design week. To learn more about Shlomi's incredible fusion of art and engineering projects, click here. Kol hakavod, Shlomi!
Alumni Trivia It's never too late to be a Tiger! Name three more CJHS graduates (now grown up) who arrived just in time for a fabulous senior year of high school. (The first three were Lucy Marshall '11, Hauna Trimble '09, and Victoria Bursak '09.)
Students in the News Congratulations to Jackie Geraty and Eli Krule on being elected to CHUSY's Regional Executive Board! Eli is the Israel Affairs Vice President,
and Jackie is the Communications Vice President. Yasher koach to our outgoing board members Elan Sykes, Nadav Sprague, Josh Aaronson, and Steve Sacks.
Sponsored Breakfast Thank you to CJHS super-librarian Eleanor Parker for sponsoring breakfast in memory of her husband. May his memory be for a blessing.
Don't Forget to Count the Omer Today is 38 days, which is three weeks and three days of the Omer. The kabbalistic feature of the day is Tiferet shebeYesod, compassionate bonding. In preparation for Shavuot, try not to withdraw when friends are going through troubles. Offer help and support to them in their ordeal.
Alumni Trivia Rachel Hilker Shapiro ('05) arrived as a senior; she is now training at Cornell to become a physician's assistant, having worked in the financial industry and earned a bachelors' in music and Talmud. Daniel Peaceman ('06) transferred to CJHS in 2005, and is now a graduate student at Boston University's School of Public Health. Alumna Lindsey Grad ('08) was also a senior special; Lindsey studied at Indiana University and is planning to go back to school to study philosophy.
A Taste of Torah: Behar-Bechukotai This week, we read a familiar verse for Americans: uk'ratem dror ba'aretz l'chol yoshveiha yovel hi lachem... You shall proclaim liberty unto all of its inhabitants, it shall be a Jubilee for you (Vayikra 25:10). The quote appears on the Liberty Bell, once housed in Philadelphia's Independence Hall.
In the context of the first aliyah of Parashat Behar, the word dror, clearly means release. Slaves are to be released from servitude every fifty years, during the Jubilee year. In this way, the peshat (the contextual understanding of the verse) fits with John Stuart Mill's first understanding of liberty, as he frames it in his famous essay "On Liberty" - liberty means an absence from coercion. But the medieval Spanish commentator Abraham ibn Ezra adds some texture to this definition, citing the book of Mishlei (Proverbs): "A small bird thrives only when it is under its own autonomy. If it is under the authority of another, it will not eat until it dies. The yovel (Jubliee year) is like the sending off of the bird." Here we see Mill's second definition of liberty, the freedom to act. The absence from coercion, being autonomous, allows the metaphorical bird to "fly and split the sky." It is so fitting that each year we read this parashah during sefirat ha-omer, as we count up toward Shavuot and celebrate receiving the Torah. With autonomy, there is the freedom to act on our values. The Siftei Hachamim, a super-commentary on Rashi, notes that what is Shavuot, the "50th gate" in the Kabbalistic understanding? "This is the world of freedom, as it is said, 'You shall proclaim dror (liberty) unto all of its inhabitants.'" As we climb toward the liberty of Shavuot, when we celebrate the gift of Torah learning, may we hear the toll of the bell, simultaneously reminding us of the tremendous gifts of freedom from coercion and the responsibilities to devote ourselves to learning and teaching Torah. This is a true gift of liberty in our day. --Rav Beit Sefer Zach Silver
Shabbat Shalom Candlelighting for this Friday, Shabbat BeharBechukotai, will be at 7:34 p.m. Shabbat shalom!