September 18, 2015
5 Tishrei, 5776 This Week at CJHS
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ARK Food Drive Lulav and Etrog Studio Art This Week in Bible Anatomy Adventures
Students in the News Alumni in the News Community Events Sponsored Breakfast 窶帰lumni Trivia A Taste of Torah On Thursday, 26 juniors and seniors from CJHS attended the 115th Jewish Federation Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Hotel downtown. With over 1200 guests in attendance, this meeting
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brought together Jewish professional and lay leaders from all over the Chicagoland area to celebrate all that the Federation has accomplished this past year. A highlight of the event was the opportunity to hear from distinguished speaker, Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt.
Save The Date
ARK Food Drive Bring by Friday, October 2
September 22-23 No School - Yom Kippur September 24 Late Start
​For too many in the Chicagoland area, fasting is not a religious choice but a matter of necessity-and it occurs on many days other than Yom Kippur. Please join CJHS
September 28-29
in contributing to the ARK High
No School - Sukkot
Holiday Food Drive! We are collecting food and other household items to help support our
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neighbors in need. Each student received a donation bag in his or
Sukkah Hop
her box, and more are available in Mr. Eskin's office on the first floor. Let's see how much we can give together!
October 5 No School - Shemini Atzeret October 6 No School - Simchat Torah
Order Your Lulav and Etrog Orders Due Monday, September 21 Sukkot is around the corner, so order your arba minim now for the
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holiday! Sets will be distributed at the end of the school day on
Grandparent Meet & Greet
Friday, September 25. In addition to your family set, why not purchase a set for your student so they can march in the
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CJHS hoshanot and do the mitzvah here at school?
PSAT To order, please fill out this Google Form by Monday, September 21, October 15 Financial Aid Night October 16-17 All School Shabbaton October 20
and bring in a check to the office, made out to CJHS. Chinuch (Educational) Sets: $40 Standard Sets: $45 Mehudar (Quality) Sets: $55 If you have any questions, please contact Rabbi Silver.
Early Dismissal - Conferences
Save the Date: Studio Art Show College Season CJHS is pleased to welcome admission representatives from
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over fifty colleges and Israel programs this autumn! VIEW SCHEDULE >>
Ms. Snyder's Studio Art class is hard at work on their Mindful Design paintings and the community is taking notice! The Mindful Design show will open at the Heller Nature Center in Highland Park during the month of December. Save the date for the opening reception, Sunday, December 6 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
From the Classroom Bony Frank Up for Re-election It is that time of year again when Mrs. Murphy’s anatomy class names the classroom skeleton! Will Bony Frank stay Bony Frank for a fifth year running, or will someone be able to come up with an even snazzier moniker? Stay tuned for results next week!
Bible Class Takes the Stage Never be bored during the haftorah again! Students in Ms. Nadis’ freshman Tanach class are staging dramatic reenactments of the first two perakim of Shmuel Aleph. Last week they analyzed the story of Chana and Penina that we read about on Rosh Hashanah; stay tuned for the scandal sheets this week as renegade kohanim Chofni and Pinchas hit the stage!
Community News and Events
Students in the News CJHS Junior Published in AACT Journal Breaking news! Decorated CJHS chemistry teacher Mrs. Ann Levinson and her student Felix Rosen have been published in the American Association of Chemistry Teachers magazine Chemistry Solutions, presenting a new lab procedure developed by Felix to eliminate error in the common
silver/copper nitrate chemistry lab. READ MORE>>
Alumni in the News CJHS Grad on the Podium at Stanford 窶気ongratulations to Jordy Shapiro ('11), senior class president at Stanford University, who delivered the address at the New Student Convocation this past week. After designing his own program of study in engineering, Chinese, and art history, Jordan got his degree in bioengineering this June and is now working on a master's in management science & engineering this December. READ MORE>>
Mazal Tov CJHS wishes a hearty mazal tov to Zach Frankel ('05) on his engagement to Laurel Van Allen. Zach earned his masters' from the University of Chicago and now works as an economist for Compass Lexicon.
Alumni Trivia Which of our alumni has spent the past three years on three different continents?
Science Contest PBS Emperor Science Award Attention all sophomores and juniors who are curious about exploring careers in science, especially cancer research and care. Enter the Emperor Science Award program for a chance to work alongside a mentoring scientist! Winning students will be paired with university-level research scientists for the opportunity to explore the world of science and become part of the next generation of cancer researchers. A hundred students will be paired with a mentoring scientist to collaborate on a multi-
week cancer research project, plus receive a free Google Chromebook & $1,500 for project expenses. READ MORE>>
College Events Attention all potential badgers, terriers, and upperclassmen digging through college choices! Head over to the new CJHS College happenings website to see recruitment events in our area! Visit our new page at http://www.cjhs.org/college-happenings.
Sponsored Breakfast Many thanks to Beth El Youth Director Samantha Isenstein for sponsoring bagels. To sponsor breakfast in honor of your favorite Tiger, contact Diane Zidman in the front office.
Alumni Trivia Seth Berkman ('08) has been going around the world since graduating from Washington University in St. Louis! From 2012-13, Seth advocated for strong federal environmental protections across the Midwest as a field organizer with Environment America. The following year he spent in Israel staffing Nativ, supervising and educating some CJHS grads! Seth has just completed his masters' in Carbon Management (i.e. climate change) from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Seth is now in Boston investigating opportunities in environmental policy and sustainability. Way to tikkun the 'lam and make a difference in the world, Seth!
Maccabi Tel Aviv Plays Chicago October 1, 2015 | 7:00 p.m. CJHS staff or students can attain specially discounted student group tickets by calling Rabbi Barry Axler at 312.524.2193 or emailing BarryAxler@aol.com when the Maccabi Tel-Aviv Basketball Team comes for 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: U'Netaneh Tokef The U’netaneh Tokef prayer is the most haunting in the Jewish liturgy. During Musaf of both Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur we recite the following words: We will recount the power and might of the day, for it is awesome and threatening… On Rosh Hashanah it is written, and on Yom Kippur it is sealed. How many will pass and how many will be created? Who will live and who will die? Who in their time, and who not their time? Who by fire and who by water? The words speak to the lack of control that we as humans have in this world. And it’s terrifying. This year, specific words jumped off the page more than others. “Who by fire, Who by water?” On Monday afternoon, I opened up the newspaper and saw two striking images — the wildfires that are burning throughout California and a group of Syrians who were swimming toward a Greek Island because their makeshift boat had fallen apart. Two weeks ago, three-year-old Aylan Kurdi’s body washed onto the Turkish coastline and the picture became a symbol for the four-million people who are fleeing from wartorn Syria, a country where citizens are caught between Basshar al-Assad and ISIS. This marks the greatest refugee crisis in the world since the end of World War II. As I recently saw posted on Facebook, “You have to understand that nobody places their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land.” I urge us all to respond by the three-fold process of reflection and action that serve as the apex of the poem, Teshuva, Tefillah, Tzedakah: Recognize the humanity that is seeking refuge from uninhabitable
trauma; scream toward voices of power to find a location that can give these people opportunities to live; give of our own resources to the vulnerable across the ocean. READ MORE>>
Rav Beit Sefer Zach Silver
Gmar Chatimah Tovah From E-News We wish a meaningful and tranquil fast to all our readers and complete redemption for all our people everywhere. E-News comments can be sent to Tara Seymour, tseymour@cjhs.org or Shira Eliaser, seliaser@cjhs.org as we continue to roll out a new look for the new year!
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