April 12, 2013 / 2 Iyar 5773
Sunrise, Sunset In This Issue Art Showcase Yom HaShoah Save the Date: Wagner Institute Community Film Screening Leadership in Hebrew The Fountainheads Are Coming To CJHS Students in the News Human Rights Week Darfur Speaker Yearbook Ads
Arts Showcase
This Week in Sports Get Well Soon Alumni Trivia Counting the Omer
Save the Date Sunday, April 21 Monday, April 22 Wagner Institute Friday, April 26 No School
Mrs. Snyder's studio art class hosted their spring showcase on Thursday, April 11, during lunchtime. Beautif ul oil pastels typified the artists' favorite seascapes, sunrises, and sunsets. Their annual mixed media project made of recycled materials, proudly displayed backpacks and carry-alls artistically rendered out of old jeans. Happy Earth week, from Studio Art!
Monday, May 6 Friday, May 17 AP Exams Tuesday, May 14 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
P. O. Corner
Yom HaShoah
Sophomore Natalie Nedvetsky began the morning with a moving musical tribute on piano, the French Suite Number The P.O. is pleased to once again 5 in G Major, by Johann Sebastian Bach. Freshman Hana introduce the gift card "Gelt Lieber and senior Aitan Licht continued by leading program" to our families and we morning tefillot done without any nusach (tunes), creating have made it much easier (look for upcoming email with details a fitting somber tone for the day. In turn, senior Elan on how to register). Faculty and Sykes read this week's Parashat Tazria in Eichah trope, staff can also buy Gelt that will the trope designated for the reading of the Book of help to support programs Lamentations on the fast day of Tisha B'Av. provided for the school by the Gelt Program
P.O. This program is designed to help families earn money toward their children's junior year Panim program and/or the Senior Israel Experience. The program is a
After tefillah, Beth Shalom member Adele Zaveduk addressed the community. After her parents were taken to
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.
Community News and Events
Israel Solidarity Day Sunday, April 28 Ravinia Festival Highland Park
Auschwitz, Adele and her sister were hidden with a Catholic widow in a small French town; both of their parents survived the camps and were reunited with their daughters after the war. Adele spoke of her experiences in Europe, how she learned about Judaism after being raised Catholic and how her life in hiding continues to shape her every-day interactions. Throughout the course of the day, our STAND group (which educates and advocates against genocide) arranged a day-long reading of names of child victims of the Holocaust. Every student in the school read names for two minutes between the end of tefillah and 3:30. Thank you to STAND for arranging the commemoration of Yom HaShoah. May the memory of the righteous be for a blessing.
Save the Date: Wagner Institute
"Creating a Just Society" The Isidor and Rose Wagner Institute for Leadership Development of The Jewish Theological Seminary in partnership with Chicagoland Jewish High School Israel Solidarity Day is our community's annual celebration of Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel Independence Day). This year we celebrate Israel's 65th birthday by coming together for one big event filled with music, family fun and Israeli spirit.
10:00 a.m. Teen J-Serve Project 11:00 a.m. Registration opens 11:10 a.m. King David Drummers 12:15 p.m. The Maccabeats 1:00 p.m. Kickoff Rally 1:15 p.m. Walk with Israel 2:30 p.m. King David Drummers
Featuring JTS Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen Sunday, April 21 - Monday, April 22
Film Screening: Race to Nowhere
SSDS and CJHS invite you to join us for a community screening and discussion of the award-winning documentary Race to Nowhere: Leveraging the Power of Community to Transform Education, right here at CJHS.
3:00 p.m. Matisyahu Parking will be available at the Ravinia Festival. Shuttle buses accessible from central locations and from the Metra Union Pacific North Line stop in the village of Ravinia. Attendees are welcome to bring picnic lunches. Kosher food will also be available for purchase.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:00 p.m. There will be a discussion with Solomon Schechter and CJHS educators following the film. Tickets are $10/person at the door. For more information or to RSVP, contact Jodi Morady at moradyfamily@sbcglobal.net or Melissa Spellman melissawspellman@gmail.com.
Leadership in Hebrew Sharia and Halakha in America April 15-16 * Presented by Chicago-Kent College and the Jewish-Muslim Initiative of the University of Illinois-Chicago * Coordinators include CJ parent Mark Rosen of Chicago-Kent Law School and board member Prof. Sam Fleischacker at UIC
Islamic religious law - shari'a has come under fierce attack in recent years, as a system that threatens American freedoms. More quietly, there has been an attempt in San Francisco to ban circumcision, a ritual central to both Jewish and Muslim law; bans on both Jewish and Muslim modes of slaughtering animals have been enacted in a number of European countries. Indisputably, prejudice and hatred have played a large role in motivating these developments, but they have also raised some deep questions about how liberal democracies can and should accommodate legal systems. This conference will explore these questions, as they pertain to both shari'a and Jewish law (halacha), from a variety of angles. It will address the challenges faced by both Jewish and Muslim legal systems, and invite people from
In Gvt. Moskovich's Hebrew classes, students learned about leadership and leaders. They then discussed what qualities leaders shared and determined requirements for a good leader. At the end of this unit, each student chose their favorite leaders and presented their lives through essays and oral presentations. Students spoke about everything from Gandhi's desire for peace to women in politics, leading athletes, and entrepreneurs. Throughout the presentations, students learned about leaders' biographies, life achievements, and challenges along their paths.
The Fountainheads Play CJ!
the two traditions to learn from one another's experience.
Sessions on Monday, April 15 will be held in Room 580, ChicagoKent Law School; sessions on Tuesday, April 16th will be held in the Institute for the Humanities, Stevenson Hall, University of Illinois-Chicago. All sessions will be open to the public, and the conference will run from 9 to 6 on the 15th and from 9 to 4 on April 16. To register, and for more information, click here.
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 forms are available online here.
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The Ein Prat Fountainheads!
If you love the Maccabeats, you'll adore the Fountainheads! Coming to CJHS is Israel's hippest a cappella YouTube sensation, whose hits include "Coming Home (Dayenu)," "Dip Your Apple," and their latest single, "Hope!" In celebration of Israel's 65th birthday, and in partnership with the Midwest Office of the Jewish Agency and CJHS, CFJE is pleased to build on the excitement of April 28's Israel Solidarity Day and bring the internationally famous Fountainheads all the way from Ein Prat Academy for Leadership for a fabulous Chicagoland concert! Tuesday, April 30 7:00 p.m Chicagoland Jewish High School Tickets are $5 at the door. RSVPs requested! With questions or for group sales information, please contact Diane Kushnir Halivni, dhalivni@cfje.org or Sophie Fellman Rafalovitz, sophief@jafi.org. * Because of road construction, please allow extra time to arrive promptly. See http://lakecookroad.com/traffic for updated Lake Cook Rd. construction information.
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Students in the News CJHS basketball and CJHS Model UN made the JUF News' short list for the top ten coolest things to happen to Jewish Chicago in the past month. Of course, we can't help but agree. Check out the PostPesach Edition blog here!
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Junior Carly Rubin is one of seven teen entrepreneurs profiled by the Chicago Sun-Times! Carly and her business partner Jeff have received $3,000 from the Lake Zurich Chamber of Commerce to start up Infinity, a teencentered, alcohol- and drug-free dance club. Club Infinity opened in March in Lake Zurich. Way to go, Carly!
Alumni Trivia
What up, J-Street? Which four of our alumni met in Washington this week to grapple with some of the many issues facing Israel today and bring their ideas back to their college campuses?
Human Rights Week This past week STAND led Human Rights Week, during which gender rights, hunger, poverty, and children's rights were brought to the community's attention. Videos concerning the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals were shown during tefillah, and human rights topics were incorporated into various classes as well. Ari Frede, who is in the midst of creating a charter school in Chicago,
spoke during lunch to a group of students about children rights and education, and this Friday, Guy Josif shared his experiences as a Darfur refugee in Israel. We hope that our community is now more informed on human rights issues and how people have responded to them across the world.
Human Rights Speaker
We are very grateful to the hardworking and inspiring Guy Josif who came this morning to share his experiences as a genocide survivor from a small village in Darfur. One of the few survivors from his village, Josif was driven out of Khartoum, survived a very dangerous journey through Egypt, and made his way to Israel. After terrible experiences with the Egyptian and Sudanese governments, Josif had hopes of living safely in Israel, where he knew the IDF would not force him to return to Sudan, and where a people who had lived through a Holocaust might understand his plight. Josif lived in Israel for five years, with mixed experiences. Personally, Josif pities the violent anti-refugee demonstrators who burned African refugee camps and attacked survivors; he feels that they are being used as tools by a small minority of racist people who twist human rights issues for their own political purposes. We thank Mr. Josif for opening our eyes to the complexity of human right support around the world, and especially in the Jewish state. Mr. Josif is now furthering his education in the U.S.
ROAR! (Buy a Yearbook Ad...!) While your heart is still pounding, why not buy an ad in the CJHS yearbook? Congratulate your favorite graduating senior, promote your business, or sponsor your own personal edition of "America's Most Inspiring Rabbis and Lay Leaders"! Parents, grandparents, students, and staff, community members and businesses: we want to share your blurbs! Email cjhsyearbook2013@gmail.com to place an ad. The submission deadline is April 15.
This Week in Sports This sunny Sunday, women's soccer took to the field after a long, cold, snowed-out March! Our season opener tied Ida Crown 2-2 with a spectacular game. "The whole team played amazingly well. For our first game of the season, to come back from break and play as a team was really nice to see," assistant coach Michael Jacobson reports. On Wednesday we played Cristo Rey, and last night we tied Chicago Hope 1-1, coming back from a scoreless halftime. Jorie Dayan had a couple of very nice saves, and Carly Silvers was the scorer for the evening. Meanwhile, snug in the Caplan gym, men's varsity volleyball beat St. Gregory last night while JV lost to Cristo Rey on Tuesday. Come out to see them show their paces against Northtown next Monday, and Holy Trinity on Wednesday! Noses pressed to windowpanes, the CJHS intramural Ultimate Frisbee squad is patiently waiting for the rain to end so they can retake Goodman field for the spring season. Look for spring updates from them, from our fledgling baseball team, and from the badminton team indoors. Go Tigers!
Get Well Soon The common bacterium continues to be the number one pubilc enemy of the CJHS faculty. We wish a hearty refuah shleimah to Mr. Bob Taylor, who is laid up in Condell Hospital with a nasty infection. The fact that he can explain the exact nature of the pathology is no comfort to our ailing biology teacher. Feel better, Mr. Taylor!
Sponsored Breakfast Happy birthday to Jonny Chasin. Thanks to his family for sponsoring bagels!
Alumni Trivia
Noa Fleischacker ('10) is a sophomore at Oberlin, where she is studying Anthropology and Creative Writing. She was the cochair of Oberlin's J Street U chapter last year, and is currently the Midwest Regional Co-chair for J Street U. Zachary Kamin ('10) is a junior at Dartmouth, studying government and anthropology. In the winter, Zach worked for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Washington, D.C. He is currently the Programmer for his J Street U chapter, Israel Programmer for Hillel, and the Vice President of the contract bridge team. Aviva Schwartz ('10) is a sophomore at Clark. She is interested in studying International Development and Social Change as well as Psychology. She was a founding member of J-Street U Clark and is currently a part of the leadership team. In the fall, Aaron Weinberg ('09) studied communal change at American University while working as a Jewish Outreach Fellow for Obama For America-DC; he is
currently spending the spring semester studying Jewish Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is a Co-Chair of Ta Shema, J Street U's on-the-ground education initiative. We are very proud of all our Israel advocates!
Don't Forget to Count the Omer Today is 17 days, which is two weeks and three days of the Omer. The kabbalistic feature of the day is Tiferet shebeTiferet, compassion for its own sake. Compassion for another is achieved by having a selfless attitude, rising above yourself and placing yourself in the other person's situation and experience. In preparation for Shavuot, show compassion even when you don't feel guilty. Express your compassion in a new way that goes beyond your previous limitations, especially towards someone to whom you have been callous. Many online resources are available to send daily Omer reminders via email, including chabad.org, ou,org, and torah.org.
Shabbat Shalom Candlelighting for this Friday, parashat Tazria-Metzora, will be at 7:11 p.m. Shabbat shalom!