Go Tigers!

3 Elul, 5774 August 29, 2014

This Week at CJHS

Fall Sports

Project Tefillin

AP Physics Adventures

Rabbi Melman Speaks

Alumni Column

P.O. Book Club

Yearbook Photos

Alumni Trivia

A Taste of Torah

Save the Date

Monday, Sept. 1

Labor Day - No School

Fall Sports Kick Off

The breeze is blowing, the heat has broken,

and glory be, the rain held off for long

enough for the CJHS Tigers to kick off

Wednesday, Sept 3 Back-to-School Night Thursday, Sept. 4 Student Activities Fair

Friday, Sept. 12- Saturday, Sept. 13 Freshman Shabbaton Wednesday, Sept. 24 Erev Rosh Hashannah - 1:15 Dismissal

Thursday, Sept. 25-

Friday, Sept. 26 Rosh Hashannah - No School

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P.O. Corner

The P.O. is pleased to continue the gift card "Gelt" program. This program is designed to help families earn money toward their children's junior year Panim program and/or the Senior Israel Experience. Faculty and staff can also buy Gelt to support programs provided for the school by the P.O. By buying things you ordinarily purchase anyway, you can earn money which will be credited to your family or class for designated school trips. Contact Sheri Sandrof at ssandrof@cjhs.org or call her at 847.324.3723.

another amazing autumn! The men's golf

team opened the fall season against

Universit

y of

Chicago

Lab

School

on

Tuesday,

August

26. It

was our

first

match,

and all

eight

boys

played

well.

Well

done to

our top

scorers

for 9

holes: Josh Lederman, Ethan Laney, and

Seth Wein all tied with 49, and Jake

Lankford, who shot a 52. Our next match

will be Thursday, September 4. Go Tigers!

Indoors, the women's volleyball team

opened their season against Woodlands

Academy on Wednesday and lost a tough

game to Depaul College Prep on Thursday.

The ladies are training hard to take on Lake

Forest Academy on September 2.

College Visits

CJHS is pleased to welcome the following schools this season:

College Date Technion Israel Institute of Technology

9/2/14 10:52 AM

Muhlenberg College

9/8/14 3:30 PM

University of Washington

9/10/14 10:52 AM

College of Charleston

9/10/14 1:26 PM

Case Western Reserve University

9/10/14 2:34 PM

Vanderbilt University

9/10/14 3:30 PM

Boston University

9/11/14 9:00 AM

Washington University in St. Louis

9/11/14 3:30 PM

Illinois Institute of Technology

9/12/14 12:44 PM

Elon University 9/15/14 9:00 AM

Tufts University 9/15/14 10:52 AM

Dickinson College

9/15/14 2:34 PM

Indiana University at Bloomington

9/15/14 3:30 PM

Goucher College

9/16/14 9:00 AM

Grinnell College 9/16/14 2:34 PM

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

9/16/14 3:30 PM

University of Rochester

9/17/14 9:00 AM

Dartmouth College

9/17/14 10:52 AM

Haverford College

9/22/14 9:00 AM

Emory University

9/22/14 9:56 AM

University of 9/22/14

The men's soccer team played hard

yesterday, with senior Jacob Erlichman and

freshman Josh Levitas leading the charge

against Depaul College Prep. Senior Eliel

Stofenmacher, reports Tigers forward

Daniel Silver, "played a great game, with

this incredible header for a goal!" The Tigers

will challenge Chicago Hope next Wednesday:

come on out and watch the game!

Project Tefillin Continues

This past

Monday, as part

of our two-week

focus on tefillin,

Rabbi Annie

Tucker of Beth

Hillel Congregation B'nai Emunah, Rabbi

Debra Newman-Kaimin of Am Yisrael

Congregation, and Rabbi Judy Greenberg of

the Jewish Theological Seminary came to

tefillot to speak to our students about their

own relationships with tefillin. The rabbis

spoke about when they began wearing tefillin

and why they have continued the practice to

this day. Touching on the intersections of

gender, commandedness, and egalitarianism,

our guests began a conversation that will

continue into classes this year.

Maryland, College Park

1:26 PM

Hampshire College

9/22/14 2:34 PM

University of Chicago

9/22/14 3:30 PM

Wesleyan University

9/23/14 9:56 AM

Yeshiva University

9/23/14 10:52 AM

Bradley University

9/23/14

12:30 PM

Binghamton University

9/23/14 2:34 PM

Barnard College 9/24/14 9:00 AM

DePauw University

9/29/14 12:30 PM

University of Wisconsin, Madison

9/29/14 3:30 PM

Yale University 9/30/14 12:30 PM

University of Pittsburgh

9/30/14 3:30 PM

Clark University 10/6/14 9:00 AM

Swarthmore College

10/6/14 3:30 PM

Oberlin College 10/7/14

9:00 AM

Purdue University

10/7/14 12:26 PM

Northeastern University

10/7/14 2:34 PM

University of Michigan

10/7/14 3:30 PM

Amherst College

10/8/14 12:41 PM

Jewish Theological Seminary of America

10/13/14 1:28 PM

Northwestern University

10/13/14 3:30 PM

University of Denver

10/14/14 10:10 AM

Knox College 10/14/14 2:35 PM

Drake

University 10/20/14

2:34 PM Hofstra University

10/20/14 3:30 PM

Dr. Rebecca Schorsch considers:

"Tallit, a beautiful ritual symbolizing being

embraced and enveloped by God, is a

naturalistic symbol, as though embraced by

the warmth of the sun or the coolness of a

spring breeze. Tefillin symboling the

supernatural God expecting covenantal

obligation upon us in

exchange for our

miraculous

redemption from

Egypt, stands in

contrast to the more

naturalist symbol of

the Tallit. ...Judaism

as constraint and

restraint is

challenging. Judaism

as love and embrace

is not. However, as I

began to think about

being bound and constrained through the

words and passion of this one student, I

began to think anew about the necessity of

commitment, of submission, of obligation... I

am indeed bound. We all are. I am bound to

my family, I am committed to my family's

Judaism, and have been for forever; I am

committed to my people's traditions and

history; I am committed to my community; I

am committed to our Jewish future, and

much more. We are all bound one way and

another whether we gesture it ritually or not."

Read Dr. Schorsch's full dvar Torah here.

University of Kansas

10/22/14 1:26 PM

Skidmore College

10/27/14 9:00 AM

Franklin and Marshall College

10/27/14 1:26 PM

Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya

11/6/14 10:30 AM

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. 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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Steel Sphere Circus

"Fire in the

hole!" The AP

Physics class has

transformed the

physics lab into

a circus stage as

part of their

study of

projectiles and

ballistics. Using

a tabletop

projectile cannon that fires steel ball

bearings, the class has set up a series of

Quidditch-style hoops through which the ball

should fly. Preliminary trials yielded success

as the students predicted the ball's

trajectory, programmed spreadsheets and

graphs to track its motion, adjusted the

height of their hoops to correct for drift, and

reminded each other not to peer down the

barrel of a loaded cannon to industriously

adjust the firing angle!

Contemporary Judaism Welcomes Rabbi Melman

On Wednesday, Rabbi Silver's and Rabbi

Belgrad's Contemporary Judaism class began

its unit on the matzav in Israel by welcoming

Rabbi Aaron Melman of Congregation Beth

Shalom. Rabbi Melman is the rabbi at

Congregation Beth Shalom in Northbrook and

served as co-chair of the Rabbinical

Assembly's emergency mission to Israel this

summer. Rabbi Melman spoke from a

personal place about the many people he

spent time with on the trip, including Racheli

Frankel, mother of the late Naftali Frankel,

and Natan Sharansky. Students asked him

about coverage of Israel in the media, how

Israelis feel about their government officials,

and about the recent truce signed by Israeli

and Palestinian officials.

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The Matzav on Campus: Alumni Guest Column

Rachel Rubinstein ('13) reports from Tufts

back to her friends at CJHS:

"I was told upon graduating that life outside

"the bubble" of the Jewish community would

be different than what I was used to, but

honestly I don't think anything could have

prepared me for the political climate

addressing Israel on Tufts University's

campus. CJHS, with its pro-Israel classes,

speakers, and atmosphere seemed like a

different planet than Tufts, where Tufts

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), a club

whose members openly protest Israel and its

right to exist, are some of the loudest voices

on campus. "You'll be fine," they said at

graduation, "there

are so many

Jewish students at

Tufts!"

One thing that I

learned early on

about the Israel

climate on

campus is that

"Jewish" is NOT synonymous with "pro-

Israel." There exist many Jewish students in

Tufts SJP, and these very students are often

the ones that show up to pro-Israel events to

protest.

Now, please don't get me wrong--I am not

saying that one cannot be both pro-Israel

and pro-Palestine at all! Of course one can

support Israel's right to defend herself while

also

empathizi

ng with

Palestinia

n civilians

being

oppressed

by Hamas.

However,

in the

often

confusing jungle of campus politics, the two

opposing groups face off until the choice (and

the conflict in general) reduced to

soundbites: one side or the other, no middle

ground,

often no

dialogue.

Thus, it

makes it

even more

difficult to

bring the

campus

together

to discuss

this issue, and it rather serves to polarize the

campus into two radical sides.

At times, this political climate leads to the

feeling of hopelessness. Realistically, you

can't talk to these people. They will only

shout louder, protest harder, and throw half-

truths in your face as you stand there trying

to defend something you believe in and know

to be true. However, learning this fact was

perhaps one of the most important lessons in

learning how to be actively and effectively

pro-Israel on campus.

By learning who will be receptive

and who will just shut down, one

learns how to advocate to people

who will listen and be more

willing to pass on the messages

they hear.

By learning how to communicate

ideas in a way that acknowledges

the actual truth of the situation,

people are able to hear from both

sides, but are also more likely to

take away something they have heard.

If there's one thing I've learned by being

shut down by SJP, it's that yelling louder and

louder doesn't actually get the point across.

It only serves to turn people who may not be

involved further away from dialogue and

productive learning about the conflict.

While the Israel climate

may be more favorable on

some campuses and worse

on others, the main idea

applies everywhere: people

will disagree with you in a

way you've never

experienced before, and

sometimes you won't be

able to change their minds. The best you can

do when encountering someone with an

extremely divergent view--especially on

Israel--is to keep a cool head and stand your

ground. Know when to walk away rather than

yell, and understand that whereas

these people may not change their minds,

people listening to the conversation might,

and even helping to educate one person and

change his mind is an important step in

advocating for Israel on campus.

It's also

extrem

ely

importa

nt to

get

involve

d in

pro-

Israel

groups, because if we don't advocate, who

else will?

Introducing the CJHS P.O. Book Club

Our first book is here

at last!

October 20,

2014, 7:00 p.m.

at CJHS

Once We Were

Brothers

by Ronald Balson

Join us for an

engaging evening with

Ronald Balson. Mr.

Balson will discuss his

inspiration for writing

this book. Once We

Were Brothers is the compelling tale of two

boys and a family that struggles to survive in

war-torn Poland. It is also the story of 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.

Yearbook Portraits

Attention parents: to order

pictures for your student, please

return the form your student

received to the front office, along with a

check payable to E Image Chicago. Forms

are due by August 30. For questions, please

contact Stanton Kramer at E Image Chicago

at stanton@ eimagechicago.com or at

847.831.0338.

Alumni Trivia

This week's guest correspondent Rachel

Rubinstei

n ('13) is

majoring

in biology

and

Spanish at

Tufts. Rac

hel

reports,

"This

summer I

was at the

Hebrew

University in Jerusalem doing research on

iron transport in the photosynthetic

apparatus of algae. Highlights of the research

involved creating graphs for PhD students,

learning a bit about genetic engineering in

algae, and taking a trip to an algae biotech

start up near Modi'in. I hope to help plan

some more Israel advocacy events on

campus this semester with FOI, and can't

wait to take some freshman hiking and

climbing in the beautiful White Mountains of

New Hampshire with TMC!"

Are you studying abroad? Making headlines?

Making aliyah? Serving in the armed forces--

or as a barefoot bread baker for social

justice? Send fun facts, life updates, and

parental kvelling to your returning editor Mrs.

Shira Eliaser, seliaser@cjhs.org.

Sponsored Breakfast

Happy birthday to Emma

Siegel. Many thanks to her family

for sponsoring tasty bagels for

breakfast!

A Taste of Torah

"We have just begun the month of Elul, a

time anticipating new beginnings, a new

year, and the beginning of our new school

year together. We are in the month that

leads us back to the beginning, to Rosh

Hashanah, to the beginning of another year,

which reminds us traditionally of the

beginning of all beginnings, the creation of

the world. We return to Gan Eden, where the

question our lives must be an answer to was

originally posed. God asked Adam Ayeka?

Where are you? In no need of a geographic

answer, God's question can be understood as

a question of orientation! Where are you?

How are you going to live this one precious

life you have... What kinds of choices will you

make? How will you channel your free will

and your gift of life?

Ayecha, this profound divine question must

continue to reverberate for us; we must see

our lives as trying to always and repeatedly

answer Ayecha? Where are you? We often

live comfortably and knowingly, having

answered that question for some time. But

then new phases and new experiences

emerge... once again, we need to decide how

to respond to life's new circumstances to be

able to say "hineni," here I am, this is where

I want to be, this is how I am going to

articulate my purpose and my understanding

of my new situation, this is how I am going

to regain my certainty that I know where I

am in my life's journey.

Sometimes answering the new challenge is

easy, the answer seems obvious. And

sometimes it takes a while, and we have to

strive to see, to strive to push ourselves to

encounter or respond to the new

opportunities, to answer hineni, I am here,

ready to take on this new moment of life's

unfolding journey."

--Dr. Rebecca Schorsch, Judaic Studies

Department Chair and 2014 Covenant Foundation scholar

Shabbat Shalom

Candlelighting this week, parashat

Shoftim, will be at 7:14 p.m. Shabbat

Shalom!

בצרה אחינו בית י שראל, הנתונים כל

ביב שה, העומדים ,וב שביה בים ובין בין

ויוציאם מצרה לרוחה, ומאפלה ,המקום ירחם עליהם

בוד לה, לאורה, ומ שע בעגלא ובזמן קריב לגא ה שתא .

We pray for the peace and security of all our brothers and sisters

everywhere.