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2 Cheshvan, 5776
October 16, 2015
This Week at CJHS
Cross Country Champions
Town Hall Meetings
Grandparents' Night
Blood Drive
Classical Chamber Concert
From the P.O.
Alumni in the NewsCommunity EventsAlumni Trivia
A Taste of Torah
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November 18-20
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November 21
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November 25
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to 1:15 p.m.
November 25-26
No School - Thanksgiving
Break
December 6
Studio Art Show
College Season
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admission representatives from
over fifty colleges and Israel
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STEM Corner
The CJHS cross country team has clinched the ConferenceChampionship for the sixth year running! The men's teamdominated the field, with our seven varsity runners all making AllConference. No team not named Chicagoland Jewish High Schoolhas ever had all seven of its runners make All Conference, and nomen's team not named Chicagoland Jewish High School has everclaimed the title of Conference Champion! Yoni Maltsman led theway for the Tigers, finishing third. Ben Lesch, Felix Rosen, AkivaStein, Zev Mishell, Ari Rosenthal, and Sol Treister rounded outthe record setting field, while Liam Lynch led the way to JV victorywith a first place finish. Kol hakavod, runners!
The JSC is an extracurricularscience study competitionsponsored by the WalderScience Center in partnershipwith the Lev AcademicCenter. The winner earns$1,000 plus a scholarship toLev. The top five scorers willgo on a trip to Israel. All otherparticipants earn cash prizescommensurate with theirscores. This year's topic willbe Light, Optics and theHuman Eye. For moreinformation and to register byOctober 16, click here.
The varsity girls had their best showing in years, finishing solidly inthird place. Gaby Ecanow, Romi Moller, and Ann Kushnir madeAll Conference, making this the first time that CJHS has placedthree girls on the All Conference squad! The Junior Varsity girlsalso made waves, led by Meira Levine, who finished fourth. Congratulations to the entire team on another incredible season!
Town Hall MeetingsOn Thursday, members of the Va'ad Hastudentim, the CJHSStudent Government, hosted four town hall meetings, one for eachgrade. Focusing on the categories of academics, social life, andstudent life, the Va'ad solicited comments from students, who hadthe chance to share their own experiences and hopes for CJHS.The Va'ad is committed to making the voices of students heard, andthese meetings are a big part of making that happen.
Grandparents Meet and GreetModel Lessons in Bible and Art
On Tuesday, October 13, over thirty CJHS grandparentscame together for our annual Fall Meet and Greet. Thegroup was treated to learning sessions by Rabbi ZachSilver, Rav Beit Sefer and Studio Art Instructor, Mrs.Marla Snyder. Grandparents were thrilled to get a smalltaste of what their grandchildren experience on a dailybasis at CJHS. Special thanks to everyone who workedhard to make this evening a success! Please save thedate for our spring Grandparents and Special FriendsDay on Thursday, May 26, 2016.
Blood DriveOctober 28, 2015 | 10:30 a.m. - 2:30p.m.
Students! Parents! Staff! Whatever role you play in theCJHS community, you have one thing in common: youhave blood! Wednesday, October 28, is the CJHSFall Blood Drive, and the more people are able todonate, the greater impact we can make in helping outthe local community. To see what times are available,click here. Come be a part of what could be a record-breaking mitzvah day for CJHS!
Tikkun Trio to Perform at CJHS
November 10, 2015 | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
The CJHS Performing Arts Departments proudly welcomes TIKKUN, a Quad City trio whose mission is toheal the world through music. They seek to present to their audiences programs that comfort the souland challenge the mind. This incredible program will include two Chassidic dances (arranged byZikmund Schul), Rondo (Arranged by Jean Sibelius), Song Without Words, Op. 109 (arranged by FelixMendelssohn), and Trio in A minor, Op 114, III Allegro (arranged by Johannes Brahms). The program isopen to CJHS staff and CJHS parents. For additional information about the program or to make areservation, please contact Bruce Scher, Department Chair at [email protected].
Alumni Trivia
Step into the gallery on the Hudson and what will you see? A midnightcowboy, lights glowing softly! Whose incredible installation paintings arethese and where is she now?
From the P.O.The grade get-togethers concluded on Sunday, October 11 with the juniors and their parents. Thank youto Sherry and Brad Levin for opening their home, and to all of the families who attended. Also, a finalthank you to Amy Mishell and Maryl Dayan for spearheading the grade get-together program this yearand making it such a success. It's not too late to contribute to the grade get-togethers. To do so, send acheck to our front office, made payable to CJHS P.O.
CJHS PO Book Club - Fall Book Club Meeting:The Book of Aron by Jim ShepardMonday, November 97:00 p.m. at CJHSJoin us as Edie Salzman leads us in what is sure to be an engaging discussion about The Book of Aron,"a novel that will join the short list of classics about children caught up in the Holocaust." For moreinformation about the book, click here. Please RSVP at [email protected]. Feel free to contact us with questions.
Karen Ecanow & Debbie CopleyCJHS PO Presidents
Sponsored BreakfastHappy birthday to Noah Cope. Many thanks to his familiy for sponsoringbagels. To sponsor breakfast in honor of your favorite Tiger, contactDiane Zidman, [email protected].
Community News and Events
Alumni in the NewsElli Cohn Featured on JTS Website
Check out the face of the JTS Rabbinical School, CJHS alumna, Elli Cohn ('09). Elli attributes herambition to be a rabbi to her teachers at CJHS:
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What inspired me to pursue rabbinical school? I chose to pursue this path largely because ofmy high school teachers. At Chicagoland Jewish High School, where many of my teachers werealso rabbis, I was impressed and inspired by their refined pedagogy, deep love of the material,and perhaps, most importantly, their genuine interest in my development as both a student andwhole person. I thought it would be a true privilege to have the opportunity to provide studentswith the gifts my own rabbis gave me.
Todah rabbah, Elli!
Limmud Chicago Coming Soon!November 7-8, 2015
Don't miss out on Limmud Chicago 2015! Now in its 6thyear, Limmud Chicago brings together Jewish learners from all overChicagoland for an immersive experience of Jewish learning andcommunity. Limmud is an entirely volunteer-run conference withparticipants on all kinds of Jewish journeys and presentations on thebroadest array of Jewish topics possible. This year's conference isNovember 7 and 8 at the Doubletree Hotel in Skokie, from 6:30 p.m. onSaturday to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. The exciting slate of presenters forLimmud Chicago 2015 can be found at http://www.limmudchicago.org. Fillin the code CJHSLC15 during registration for a discounted rate.
Empowering Our Students for Jewish Campus LifeNovember 11, 2015 | 6:00 p.m.An Evening for High Schoolers And Community with Hillels of IllinoisNorth Suburban Synagogue Beth El
Featuring Eric D. Fingerhut, President and CEO, Hillel International – former U.S. Congressman andChancellor of Ohio Board of Regents
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Hillel Fair Representing Midwest Campuses – Meet Current Students and Staff!
7:00 p.m.: Keynote Address by Eric Fingerhut
Eric Fingerhut will address Hillel’s dynamic role in developing Jewish identities and Jewish life on campusduring the undergraduate years. Discussion panels to follow will highlight what’s really happening oncampus, including important challenges faced by today's Jewish college students. During the panels, highschool students will have the opportunity to learn from Write On for Israel fellows and current collegestudents about engaging in Israel activism and Jewish life while on campus. Parents and communitymembers will learn how Hillel has evolved to face the current campus environment. A light kosher dinner
will be provided; event is free of charge. To RSVP please contact Suzanne Storrs at 312.673.2355 orregister online.
JNF National Teen ConferenceOctober 25, 2015 | 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.Fairmont Chicago Millenium Park Hotel$18 for lunch and transportationBuses from Northbrook, Skokie, Evanston, Lincolnshire, and Naperville
The JNF national conference for teens is just around the corner, and as ateen leader in CJHS, you will have the opportunity to engage with Israel andwith other teen leaders from various organizations. Come forfascinating speakers and workshops on social action, co-existence,leadership. environmentalism, Israel Advocacy and more, with special guest,Knesset member and former ambassador Michael Oren. For a detailedschedule, click here . Register today to ensure a spot. For more information,contact Tal Shaked at 312.605.0385.
Alumni Trivia
Ilana Dodelson ('11) earned her B.A. in art from BardCollege, in addition to studying art for a year in Rome. Ilananow works for the well-known northeast painter and artistJudy Pfaff, best known for her installation art, sculptures,and prints. Ilana also works mostly in painting, although,she explains, "I've also worked with sculpture, installation,and printmaking as well, so different materials and mediumsoften find their way into my paintings.
"Right now, though, I'm trying to stop thinking so hard aboutthe big questions and focus on finding a balance betweenpaying rent and making art. I think questions like that can
often be paralyzing, so while they are important, I'm trying to take a healthy break from them. I will say,though, that while I don't necessarily subscribe to the idea that art can change the world, I think that makingart is an incredibly empowering thing, so working to make art accessible to others can empower those who'svoices aren't often heard." View Ilana's breathtaking gallery here!
A Taste of Torah: Noach
The opening verses of this week's parasha label Noah as "Ish tzadik tamim haya b'dorotav," a righteousman, a humble man, the greatest of his generation. Classical commentators focus on these key words,"of his generation," which may be needlessly hard on poor Noah: it is most difficult to stand out from thepack precisely when the rest of society is behaving unjustly. Noah's behavior epitomizes the statement inPirkei Avot, "Bamakom she'ein anashim, hishtadel lihyot ish," in a place where there are no menschen,strive to be a mensch.
Society is not nice. People generally prefer to acknowledge what is convenient over what is morally right. Current events bear this out with painful sharpness. A good friend of mine made the difficult choice to dothe right thing at the right time, to speak up and not be silent, and has struggled ever since withexperiences of slactivism, criticism, ostracism, and other similar -ism's on the part of friends, family, theJewish community, and the wider world, who would really prefer not to have to acknowledge thedistinction between moral right and personal comfort. "How can the world live with this injustice?" myfriend asks. Very readily, we discover. No one likes a whistleblower.
"I kind of have to take a page from Noah's book," my friend remarked. "Now there's a man who wastotally alone in the world!" Aside from his immediate family, Noah had absolutely no one who believed inthe importance of what he was doing. He was the only voice for righteousness in his generation, and hissurvival in the face of horrific catastrophe must have done nothing to assuage his rage, his trauma, andhis survivor's guilt. "But if Noah had laid down and given up, where would we be now? There'd benothing left on this earth but a few giraffes!"
Noah was the only wholly righteous patriarch in his generation: his was the task to build when everyoneelse was destroying, and to keep building and planting in the face of unremitting destruction. Ourgeneration, we hope, is more fortunate. We have many Noahs and Na'amahs, each ready with hammersand tar buckets, each loud and embarrassing and inconvenient, each building a future for the humanrace. Not, we hope, alone in their efforts. Let us ensure they are not alone!
Mrs. Shira Eliaser
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