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5 Shevat, 5776
January 15, 2016
This Week at
Rochelle ZellSenior Israel ExperienceJNF Tu BiShvat FairCurriculum NightSave the DateCommunity EventsAlumni TriviaA Taste of Torah
Class ScheduleMonday, January 18No School
Tuesday, January 19B
Wednesday, January 20A
Senior Israel Experience
The Many Faces of Jerusalem
The seniors spent a glorious Shabbat in the city that is thebea4ng heart of the Jewish people. Rabbi Silver led the teamon a quest to explore the complex tale of this ancient andmodern city, one that has been the soul of the Jewish peoplesince Biblical 4mes. Israel uniquely exists as a Jewish anddemocra4c state — this week showed how Israelis believe thatthis ideal should look on the ground.
Thursday, January 21C
Friday, January 22BB
Quick Links
RZJHS.orgCalendarsLunch MenuEdlineGive Now
Save The Date
January 18No School -‐ MLK Jr. Day
January 19Semester 2 BeginsAcademic Planning Mee4ngfor Sophomores and Parents
January 24JNF Tu BiShvat Fair
January 25Classes Resume for SeniorsSenior Parent Mee4ngTu BiShvat
January 27Junior Parent Mee4ng
February 7ACT at Rochelle Zell
February 15No School -‐ President's Day
February 17-‐21Girls' Basketball Shabbaton
Neil Lazarus introduced the poli4cal dimensions of the city. What began with a touristy bus tour ended with a map: thecomplexity of drawing a map that cuts through both Jewish andArab neighborhoods. On a map this is difficult enough; lookingout on Jerusalem and seeing the neighborhoods intersec4ngwith each other reinforces how difficult this truly is.
Wednesday morning began with inspiring tefillot at the Kotel, atrip to Ein Karem to learn about Chris4anity, and a full day'sexploring the three major religions of the city! The JerusalemRunning Club provided more leg work and less academicknowledge as runners from all religious and ethnic backgroundsjoined for their weekly poli4cs-‐free run around the city. Equallystrenuous was the a[ernoon spent packing enormous bags ofrice at Pantry Packers, a food pantry run by Collel Chabad.
In Yaffo, the class enjoyed a very meaningful performance at NaLaGaat, a theater company made up of deaf and blind actors. During the lighter moments, our team enjoyed a few more"only in Israel" moments shoo4ng some hoops with the "JewishJordan" basketball star Tamir Goodman and filling up theannual Rochelle Zell fan bench for HaPoel Yerushalayim soccerteam, as we cheered our favorite team on in Hebrew and noted
and Tournament in Miami
February 23Curriculum Night forprospec4ve families
March 2-‐6Model UN Conference
March 18-‐19All School Shabbaton
March 182:15 p.m. Friday DismissalBegins
with approval the special suite not for Tampa Bay fans but forterror vic4ms and injured soldiers.
Shabbat shalom to all our staff and seniors off to enjoy theirfree weekends! Read more about their adventures with fellowteens and touring high-‐tech startups in Herzeliya, and heartheir stories in the class blog! READ MORE >>
Alumni Trivia
In honor of MLK Day, Rochelle Zell High School wonders which of its dis4nguished alumni havegood causes to be in prison! No, really. Who?
Mazal Tov
Mazal tov to alumna Aliza Stein ('06) on her recent engagement toAaron Zivic. Aliza lives in Chicago and is currently earning her PhDin learning sciences at Northwestern. Kol hakavod also to JordyShapiro ('11) on receiving a Schwarzman Scholarship (the Chineseequivalent of the Rhodes Scholarship) to study at TsinghuaUniversity in China. Read all about it in the Stanford News! Ahearty mazal tov also goes to alumna Judaic Studies teacher Ms.Stefanie Susnow and her husband Mah on the birth of an adorablenew son! Aviv Shai Susnow joins his two-‐year-‐old twin brother andsister in Haifa, where Ms. Susnow works as a program coordinatorfor Onward Israel.
Community News and Events
Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Social
Justice Congress 2016
Monday, Jan. 18 | 1:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
KAM Isaiah Israel | 1100 E Hyde Park Blvd,
Chicago, Illinois 60615
Please join Mothers Against Senseless Killings(the South Side neighborhood watch team)and The Survivor Engagement Network thisMLK day as we celebrate his life and legacy bybringing children together from all overChicagoland to discuss current events andother burning issues of the day. We arehoping that we can help our children breakdown barriers and build bridges. There will be
BJBE MLK Community Day of ServiceMonday, Jan. 18 | 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Join BJBE right across the street from our
fun, educa4onal games and lunch provided.Click for more info or go here to RSVP.
Orot Day of Learning, Music, & ActionSunday, Jan. 17 | 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
school on Monday, January 19 as we honorthe memory of Dr. Mar4n Luther King, Jr. byhelping repair the world. Click here toregister to volunteer on a project at one of 10local sites, including BJBE. We will meet atBJBE at 12:30 p.m. for a short program andthen head out to volunteer. Age restric4onsare unique to each project. Please note thatprojects will "close" as the limit for each isreached, so register online sooner than later! Contact Susie Selbst or Kelly Goldberg withques4ons.
Alumni Trivia
Baye Miller ('14) spent last year volunteering withTivnu: Building Jus4ce, and is now a freshman at theUniversity of Vermont, studying natural resources inthe Rubenstein School of Environment and NaturalResources; Baye has also decided to minor incommunity development. "Next semester," Bayreports, "I will be volunteering with the PrisonProject where I, along with a few other volunteers,will head to the local women's prison once a weekto spend 4me and do ac4vi4es with the womenincarcerated there." Good for you, Baye!
A Taste of Torah: Bo
This is the weekend for us to leave our insular communi4es and engage with the wider swath of
humanity around us. If not now, when? In the most famous summons of the Exodus narra4ve,God does not tell Moshe to get up and go, as worthy as such an endeavor would be. God bidsMoshe, "Come to Pharaoh." The language is an invita4on to meet as equals, with an expecta4onof progress, dialogue, and even success. Moshe is not sent away, "Go to Pharaoh," but invited tocome to a place where he should already be. Pharaoh nego4ates in bad faith, but he doesnego4ate: the grassroots effort from his own people have seen to that. Now, it is our turn, and wemust nego4ate in good faith. We must see our brothers and sisters in adversity as allies andteachers, not means to an end or way to "do good." Even our adversaries must be met at theirown level. There is where we should be. Like Moshe, we should come to them.
