Chag Sameach, Tigers!

21 Tishrei, 5774 October 15, 2014

This Week at CJHS

Sukkah Hop

Club Gidwitz

GenFem Minyan

Candidates Forum

RSVP for Opera Trip

Blood Drive

Cross Country Wins

Volley for the Cure

From the P.O.

Model U.N. Movie Night

Parlor Meetings

P.O. Book Club

Save the Date

Alumni Trivia

A Taste of Torah

Sukkah Hopping in the Rain

Hoshanot are rocking, aravot are whacking, the

Torah-horas are circling through the hallway,

lunchtime treats are accompanied by a full tisch

of singing, and Sukkot has once again come to CJHS!

Save the Date

Wednesday, Oct. 15 Hoshannah Rabbah - 1:15 Dismissal

Thursday, Oct. 16- Friday, Oct. 17 Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah - No School

Sunday, Nov. 2

Open House Friday, Nov. 14 No School

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P.O. Corner

The P.O. is pleased to offer the gift card or "Scrip/Gelt" program, designed to help families earn money to apply towards their students' Shabbatonim, Junior Class trip, and Senior Israel Experience. By purchasing gift cards through the school for vendors where you ordinarily shop (groceries, gas, household items, etc), a percentage of what you spend each time will be placed in your family's account to be used for these trips. Gift card

To celebrate zman simchateinu, the festival of

our joy, the

Vocal

Ensemble

and Jazz

Band

performed on

Tuesday

during lunch.

Rain

dampened

only the

ground outside; the Shapiro dining hall was

hopping with the talents of CJHS students. In

addition to individual performances, the

instruments and voices joined together for a

Pink Panther medley. By the end of lunch,

seniors got up and danced to the music. Thank

you to Ms. Singer and Mr. Roothaan for their

excellent teamwork and direction of our performing arts!

orders are placed every Thursday. Please contact Sheri Sandrof at ssandrof@cjhs.org or 847.324.3723 with any questions.

Grandparents and Special Friends Association

Help us get in touch with some very special people in your students' lives! Please reply here with the names, addresses, and emails of their grandparents and/or special friends so we can forward them a membership form to join our "Grandparents and Special Friends Organization". If you provide an email address, they can also begin receiving CJHS e-news. Contact Sheri Sandrof at 847.324.3723 or ssandrof@cjhs.org with any questions.

College Visits

CJHS is pleased to welcome the following schools this season:

College Date

Elmhurst College 10/20/14

9:56 AM

Drake University 10/20/14

2:34 PM

Hofstra University 10/20/14

3:30 PM

Columbia University 10/21/14

9:00 AM

University of Illinois at

Chicago

10/21/14

9:56 AM

Lynn University 10/21/14

12:30 PM

Michigan State

University

10/22/14

9:00 AM

University of

Massachusetts, Amherst

10/22/14

10:52 AM

University of Kansas 10/22/14

1:26 PM

Illinois State University 10/22/14

As the Va'ad said so well, the key to the Sukkah

Hop is sometimes the HOP rather than the

sukkah! Due to rain, we began the annual

tradition this year with appetizers in the Shapiro

Dining Hall

and headed

over to Moriah

Congregation

in Deerfield

for pizza and

desserts. No

Sukkah this

year, but

plenty of hop!

Va'ad

HaStudentim

President Eli Schrayer and VP of Programming

Bobbi Hochberg introduced the program to the

school and students spent the entire afternoon

socializing with friends and faculty about topics

ranging from favorite all-time television series to

where to study in Israel post-high school. Thank

you to Moriah Congregation for opening their

doors to our community and to the Vales and

Foresters for volunteering their Sukkot!

2:34 PM

Macalester College 10/23/14

9:00 AM

Nativ 10/24/14

9:15 AM

Skidmore College 10/27/14

9:00 AM

Franklin and Marshall

College

10/27/14

1:26 PM

Pitzer College 10/29/14

2:34 PM

Interdisciplinary Center

(IDC) Herzliya

11/6/14

10:30 AM

Community News and Events

Carl Schrag at NSSBE

Join the Florence Melton/Rachel Wasserman

Scholar Series Class entitled

"BEYOND BORDERS: The History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict"

Taught by Carl Schrag

Thursdays, Begins Oct 23

9:15 - 10:45 a.m. NSS Beth El, Highland Park

This class provides a strong text-based historical overview from the late 19th century through today. The course material is designed to encourage discussion and debate, and to challenge students to appreciate the basis of the conflicting historical claims by all sides in the conflict. The complexity of the conflict forces us to grapple with issues of religion, culture, history, politics, economics, identity and survival- all reflected through primary sources. Tuition: $290 for each of the two 10-

class sessions. (NOTE: NSSBE members will be able to register for $240@, as they will receive a $50 subsidy.) To register go to the BJE website. For further information, including scholarships available through the Marcia Fisher Webb Adult Education Fund, contact

Club Gidwitz

Club

Gidwitz is

at it again!

In what is

rapidly

becoming a

CJHS

Sukkot

tradition, a

busload

of CJHS

students

visited

Gidwitz

assisted

living

facilities

down the

block to and went outside to help the residents

decorate their Sukkah with corn stalks,

pumpkins, and homemade artwork. Senior

Rayna Gorstein reports, "It was such a fun

experience--making paper chains, putting up

decorations, and meeting new people." Many

thanks to our neighbors at CJE for their

hospitality, and we'll be back soon!

GenFem Minyan

Last Tuesday, junior Sarah Comar led the way

Rolly Cohen at rolly@bjechicago.org or 847.291.7788 x1304.

Helene Hoffman Memorial Concert for Chai Lifeline

At 3:00 p.m. on Sunday October 26, Congregation Beth Shalom in Northbrook will host Friends in Harmony: A Neighborhood Concert, featuring Cantor Jen Frost of BJBE, Cantor Stewart Figa of West Suburban Temple Har Zion and Cantor Steve Stoehr of Congregation Beth Shalom. The concert will benefit Chai Lifeline of Chicago whose mission is to provide free services to children diagnosed with cancer, life-threatening, or lifelong illnesses and provide emotional, social, and financial support to their families. General admission is $25 and sponsorships are available. Tickets can be purchased at the door. For advanced tickets and information call: 847.498.4100.

David Broza Live at Oak Park Temple

Oak Park Temple kicks off 150th Anniversary with world-renowned recording artist:

David Broza November 1, 2014

Oak Park Temple announces David Broza in Concert to kick off its 150th Anniversary celebration. This one-night-only concert with the world-renowned Israeli recording artist will be held 7:30 p.m. on November 1, 2014, at Oak Park Temple, 1235 N Harlem Ave in Oak Park. Tickets for David Broza in Concert are $20 for general admission; preferred tickets are $50 and include premium seats to the concert. Tickets are available online at http://davidbroza-opt.eventbrite.com . The event is open to the public.

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.

with the first student presentation in our Gender

and Judaism minyan. Sarah led us in a

conversation about "Feminism and the Feminine

in Orthodoxy." With a PowerPoint which spanned

the Lubavitcher Rebbe to Beyonce, Sarah

engaged her fellow students in a stimulating

overview of and conversation about the limits,

challenges, and opportunities for women within

centrist and open Orthodoxy, the difference

between a commitment to the feminine and

being a feminist, and the role of a siddur in

enhancing women's tefillah experience or

rendering them marginal. Sarah's presentation

inspired her peers to lean in and volunteer for

the next rounds of student-led discussions and

presentations.

North Shore Candidates Forum

Monday night was the North Shore Candidates

Forum, sponsored by nearly thirty synagogues

and local Jewish institutions. The event featured

candidates for Illinois Attorney General,

Treasurer, and Comptroller, candidates for the

Illinois House and Senate, and U.S. House

candidates Brad Schneider, Bob Dold, Suzanne

Atanus, and Jan Schakowsky. Members of the

CJHS U.S. Politics Club took a leadership role in

the program, starting by attending a session

beforehand with David Prystowsky of the JCRC

on issues of civic engagement in American

society. During the Forum itself, students

worked one-on-one with candidates to guide

them through the event, and read descriptions

For a donation of $180 (10x chai), bagels, cream cheese, and orange juice will be served to everyone. Announcements will be made in Tefillah and in the dining hall, and the occasion will also be listed in our weekly E-News and on the school announcement board. 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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of the various positions represented at the

Forum. It was a great opportunity for our

students to engage with community leadership

and the political process.

USPC senior Sari Mishell reports, "It was so

informative to hear all of the different candidates

share their views. It was also so amazing that

the CJHS students were able to participate in

such an important event as the candidate

forum."

A Night at the Opera

On Wednesday, October 22, CJHS students and

associates will have a unique opportunity to see

a fabulous production of Mozart's The Marriage

of Figaro, Live in HD from the Metropolitan

Opera in New York City! In addition to the

close-up camera work that will give our

Chicagoland viewers the best seats in the house,

the production will also include

exclusive interviews with the performers and

designers! The free bus will leave CJHS at

5:15 p.m. and return after 10:20 when the

opera is over. Tickets will be $24 (or $22 if

you're over 60). RSVP to Ms. Friedman,

lfriedman@cjhs.org, by October 20, so we can

get a headcount for the bus!

Blood Drive

Students were "pumped up" this week by the

CJHS Blood Drive. Students and faculty came

together to donate twenty units of blood, and

did it all with smiles on their faces. Needles and

iodine were no match for the desire of Tigers

young and old to perform a mitzvah and help

save lives. Thank you to the Heartland Blood

Center for facilitating our donation, and to the

Va'ad Studentim for organizing and running the

Blood Drive. Stay tuned for another chance to donate this Spring!

Cross Country Sloshes To Victory

Despite the intense downpour of rain, our spirits

and hearts were not dampened. Stomping

through puddles of mud, the Cross Country

team won the Junior Varsity and Varsity

Men's race, leaving the meet with a trophy

in hand and an undesired extra layer of

mud. The CJHS Cross Country team did not

surrender to the threatening weather conditions,

and we gloriously sang and danced as we

cheered each other on with full support. In the

Junior Varsity race, winner Josh Pliskin finished

first, followed by Sol Treister, Liam Lynch,

and Adam Gilman, CJ taking places #1-4.

Junior Ranan Vales reports, "Our victory was

an uplifting end to the season, and a great

reward for all of our hard work throughout the

past two months!"

Volley For the Cure

The women's

volleyball team

took on Northtown

Academy last week

for its annual Volley

for the

Cure! Students and

faculty tricked out in

their loudest pinks

to raise money for

breast cancer

research and cheer

on our graduating

senior girls. Co-

captain Carly Silvers

reports, "Tuesday's

game was so much

fun! The stands were filled and everyone was

cheering really loudly. Unfortunately, we lost,

but it was a really close game and we fought the

entire way through." Northtown may have won

the battle, but we are over $300 closer to

winning the war against cancer!

Good luck and

godspeed to four-year

veterans and team

VIP's Sari Mishell,

Hannah Lynch, Lena

Rabinowitz, and Carly

Silvers, all of whom

were honored at a pre-

game ceremony. Many

thanks to all the

families who came out

to cheer on their girls--

including all five of

Carly's brothers, tricked

out for the

occasion! Come watch

the team take on Faith Lutheran next Monday,

and good luck to the Lady Tigers as they go into

tournament season!

From the P.O.

Many thanks to Anne McDonagh and Andrea

Becker for putting together gifts of apples and

honey to show appreciation to our fantastic

faculty and staff at Rosh Hashanah. Coming

soon... the Chanukah Gift Fund. Watch your

inboxes for information on how

to contribute. Please feel free to contact us with

questions or if you're interested in volunteering

with the PO. We'd love to hear from you! Email

po@cjhs.org or find us on Facebook.

Alumni Trivia

Which of our distinguished alumni has just been

interviewed in the Economist?

Model U.N. Fundraising Event

Sunday, October 26, 6:30 p.m.

Tickets :

$10

Who are the

Kurds?

Why has

Western

media paid

so little

attention to

them?

With over

35 million

Kurds, why

do they not

have their

own land?

What do the

Kurds have

in common

with the

Jewish community or Israel?

What role are the Kurds presently playing in the

Middle East and the events focusing on ISIS?

The Kurdish film "Turtles Can Fly" will be shown,

followed by a discussion led by members of the

Chicago Kurdish Community. You can purchase

tickets from MUN members, including seniors

and co-presidents Joe Cohen and Ruli Warner-

Rosen, juniors Josh Pliskin, Melissa Levin,

and Ranan Vales, sophomores Felix Rosen

and Zev Mishell, and freshmen Emma Mati

and Eli Ecanow. Mr. Eskin and Dr. Auslander

will also have tickets for sale, as will the front

office.

P.O. Book Club

October 20, 2014

7:00 p.m. at CJHS

Once We Were

Brothers

by Ronald Balson

RSVP to

susan.m.laney@gmail.co

m by October 17. Join us

for an engaging evening

with Ronald Balson. Once

We Were Brothers is the

compelling tale of two boys and a family that

struggles to survive in war-torn Poland, and a

young lawyer who must face not only a powerful

adversary, but her own self doubts. For more

information about the book or author, visit the

webpage here.

Save the Date - Honoring Dr. Schorsch

Thursday, November 13, 2014/20 Heshvan

5775

7:00 p.m.

Dr. Rebecca Schorsch, Moderator

Panelists

Jacob Cytryn,

Director,

Ramah Wisconsin

Tamar Cytryn,

Director of Jewish Studies and Campus Life,

Chicago Jewish Day School

Tzivia Garfinkel,

Head of Jewish Studies,

Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School

Rabbi Ben Kramer,

Director of Jewish Life and Learning,

Sager Solomon Schechter Day School

Lisa Alter Krule,

Director of Regional Engagement,

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

Rabbi Zachary Silver,

Rav Beit Sefer,

Chicagoland Jewish High School

Alumni Trivia

Sandy Johnston ('07) now the well-known

blogger Itinerant Urbanist, hopes that someone-

-grassroots lobbyists, Congress or both--can

bring Amtrak to heel about their

counterproductive boarding procedures and

refusal to acknowledge public pressure. Read all

about it at The

Economist. Sandy studied archaeology at

Columbia and Bible at JTS; he is now becoming

an Urban and Transportation planner at

the University at Albany, where he specializes in

urban public transit, freight rail, intercity rail,

land use, and affordability.

A Taste of Torah: Sukkot and Ushpizin

I was very confused when looking through

Ushpizin, to discover that we attribute to Yaakov

the characteristics of tiferet, or harmony and

honesty. Yaakov's life is pretty much in chaos at

this point -- he is certainly not in harmony with

his family and he has just lied to his father. Why

do we remember Yaakov as harmonious and

honest?

One way to look at it is that we are supposed to

learn from Yaakov's mistakes, do what he could

not. I think that Yaakov's encounter with G-d

changed him so much that he got his life in

order. As a result of his experience, he became

more balanced and honest. The text supports

this argument because after Yaakov wakes up

from his dream, he exclaims that G-d is with him

and will be his guide.

Yasher koach to sophomore Lizzie Jansen for

her eye-opening dvar Torah about Ushpizin this

past week at Kol Sasson in Skokie! Read the full

text here.

--Lizzie Jansen ('17)

Chag Sameach and Shabbat Shalom

Candlelighting erev Shmini Atzeret will be

at 5:50 p.m. Chag sameach to all our readers

everywhere! E-News will resume after Simchat

Torah.

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