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27 Tevet, 5776
January 22, 2016
This Week at
Rochelle Zell
Senior Israel ExperienceCharge for MLK DayMen's Basketball NewsTu BiShvat FairAward for The PrintsTechnion VideoChallengeParents in the NewsAlumni TriviaA Taste of Torah
Class ScheduleMonday, January 25A
Tuesday, January 26C
Senior Israel Trip Concludes
Adventures in the North
The seniors have landed ahead of the storm! The class wentnorth this week to hike in Tel Dan and the Carmel, to explorenew technology with Jewish and Arab scien?sts at Moojd-‐al-‐Krum, to explore the security concerns on the northernborders, to make chocolate at Karina, and to celebrate themany layers of the land of Israel-‐-‐and Jorie's birthday, too!
Wednesday, January 27BB
Thursday, January 28C
Friday, January 29A
Quick Links
RZJHS.orgCalendarsLunch MenuEdlineGive Now
Save The Date
January 24JNF Tu Bishvat Fair
January 25Classes Resume for SeniorsSenior Parent Mee?ngTu Bishvat
January 27Junior Parent Mee?ng
February 7ACT at Rochelle Zell
February 15No School -‐ President's Day
February 17-‐21Girls' Basketball Shabbatonand Tournament in Miami
February 28Musical Showcase
An explora?on of Haifa yielded new perspec?ves at themosque of the Achamadiya (Achamadinim in Hebrew), aminority Muslim sect that emphasizes coexistence and workingwith those around them. The Merkaz Taasuka? in Teveryabrought our student volunteers together with its adultmembers with special needs. AUer three whirlwind weeks oflistening and talking, dancing and walking, none of our studentswill ever be the same! We welcome back our seniors, togetherwith Rabbi Silver, Ms. Gladstein, Sra. Weisman, and Mr. Eskin,and we wish everyone a resXul Shabbat. Check out the classblog for their adventures! READ MORE >>
MLK Day: Actions with WordsPastor Chris Harris and Rabbi Michael Siegel Speak
As Jews, we take pride in the photo of Abraham Joshua Heschelmarching in Selma: how have we ourselves followed in hisfootsteps? On Tuesday morning, Rochelle Zell Jewish HighSchool was honored to welcome Pastor Chris Harris of theBright Star Church in Bronzeville, together with his communitypartner and good friend, Rabbi Michael Siegel of Anshe Emet,father of junior Emma Siegel. Pastor Harris and Rabbi Siegelspoke of the personal engagement and firm friendship whichhas enabled them to build such a powerful connec?onbetween their two congrega?ons, to appreciate theirsimilari?es and respect their differences, and take concretesteps to bridge the different worlds they live in.
March 2-‐6Model UN Conference
March 18-‐19All School Shabbaton
March 182:15 p.m. Friday DismissalBegins
"We cannot overcome un?l we first come over," Pastor Harris exhorted the congrega?on.Facebook friends do not build the kind of las?ng rela?onships and social change that real friendsdo as they step into each other lives. The trick is not to deUly disengage with canned pla?tudesand problema?c hashtags. The process will begin when we both step outside of ourneighborhoods and explore the rich experience lived, loved, and lost by others.
"Be caring," Pastor Harris urged our community. "Be connected. Be compassionate. Becourageous." Build friendships with others by caring about what they care about. Care aboutpeople adacked in terror in Israel and around the world; care about people adacked on the streetsand playgrounds of the South Side. Resist the urge to explain away the phenomenon or be anarmchair philosopher: respect the pain of the vic?ms and the survivors. Let compassion win outover control, and be courageous enough to take a stand in public, to say loud and proud that thisissue maders and you are not afraid to advocate for it.
Why not join Pastor Harris and Rabbi Siegel on the bridges they are building? Lend your support tothe Bronzeville Dream Center as a haven from the terror of gun violence; learn about PastorHarris' congrega?onal trip to Israel-‐-‐they are studying counseling techniques for PTSD and vic?msof gun violence. Dive into the fray on social media, and raise your voice against those who react toany social injus?ce by blaming the vic?ms. When you hear voices speaking lies and downplayingthe need for change, speak truth, speak love, and let your ac?ons empower your words.
Rochelle Zell Jewish High School wants in!#blacklivesma,er#keepourstreetssafe
To help plan our trip to the South Side to join Pastor Harris and his congrega?on, talk to Ms.Tamara Frankel.
Tu BiShvat Fair This Sunday!
Men's Basketball Soldiers OnJanuary Brings Wins Against Beacon and Cristo Rey
The freshman-‐sophomore basketball team is 5-‐6with a stunning victory last night against Beacon
Academy, where Ben Saxton had 13 points andBen Hirsch knocked down a three! MaxPivo reports from the court, “We’re having areally great season, and we can’t wait tocon?nue our success!” Sammy Hoffman checksin, "It has been a tough start to the season forthe varsity team. With a majority of the playerson the team new on varsity, the first half of theseason was really a transi?on period. Back frombreak, the Tigers were stronger than ever,coming out with a big win against Cristo Rey.Later that week, they faced a disappoin?ng lossto Fasman Yeshiva. AUer closing an 11 pointdeficit to only 3 with three minutes leU in thefourth, the Tigers looked like they would be ableto squeeze out a win. Then, three of their bigmen fouled out and Fasman was able to spreadout the lead once more. The Tigers will have onemore showing against Fasman, and they will belooking to change their fate in that game! Ourgoal this season is to win another regional ?tle,and we look to be able to achieve that goal!" Come cheer on the Tigers next week againstLuther North and Holy Trinity!
Alumni Trivia
Rochelle Zell Jewish High School is thrilled to welcome the first of our alumni onto its Board ofDirectors! Who?
Congratulations to The Prints!
Congratula?ons to Lauren Hines and the staff of our literarymagazine for winning a 2014-‐2015 Cer?ficate of Excellence from theNa?onal Council of Teachers of English! Since 2002, The Prints hasshowcased genera?ons of students' photography, sketches,pain?ngs, prose, poetry, and free associa?on; the award-‐winningedi?on was edited by Hannah Lynch ('15), Sari Mishell ('15), andHannah Given ('15). "This was the first year we've entered," saysMs. Hines, proud club advisor, "We are thrilled by the news.Congratula?ons and gra?tude to all staffers of The Prints, past andpresent. We owe a debt of gra?tude to the en?re school: yourenthusias?c support-‐-‐be it as writer, ar?st, reader, produc?on guide,Open Mic Night performer, or cheerleader from the sidelines-‐-‐makes
The Prints possible from year to year." Look for the 2015-‐16 edi?on in May, and in the mean?me,submit to The Prints!
Technion STEM Challenge
RAVSAK and the Technion invite us to par?cipate in the Technion Jewish Day School Challenge bybuilding Pesach-‐themed Rube Goldberg machines. Teams of students from Jewish day schools areinvited to enter the contest by submipng a video of a Rube Goldberg machine that completes thetask of revealing a Seder plate. Winners will be featured on Technion’s YouTube channel andRAVSAK’s website; first prize will be a state-‐of-‐the-‐art 3D printer,and second prize will be Arduinoelectronics kits for science class. Submissions are due Monday, March 21, 2016. Contact yourscience teacher if you are interested!
Sponsored Breakfast
Happy birthday, Eli Nasa`r and Joey Schrayer! Thank you tothe Nasa?r and Schrayer families for sponsoring breakfast thisweek. If you would like to sponsor bagels in honor of your favoriteTiger, contact Diane Zidman at [email protected].
Community News and Events
Parents in the NewsSilverstein Donates Exodus Flag to the U.S. Holocaust Museum
Rochelle Zell parent Bill Silverstein, father of CarlySilverstein ('14) and freshman Brian Silverstein, wasinstrumental in the group effort to bring the flag ofthe Exodus-‐-‐a forerunner of the flag of Israel-‐-‐to aplace of honor in the U.S. Holocaust Museum inWashington D.C. The good ship Exodus docked inHaifa in 1947, but the Bri?sh opened fire on the4,500 Holocaust survivors and forced them atgunpoint back to DP camps in Europe. Mr.
Silverstein says this is an important reminder for humanity of what can happen when the worldturns its back on those in need. “This is par?cularly relevant today,” he said in an interview,“because of what’s going on in the world with displaced persons and refugees.” Read the fullar?cle in Wednesday's New York Times! READ MORE >>
Alumni Trivia
Jason Wiznitzer ('06) is our newest member of theBoard of Directors! Board President Lynn Schrayerreflects, "It is so incredible to see our graduates asadults, taking on responsibility in the community. Tohear Jason describe his wonderful experience at ourschool and his desire to give back is truly inspiring.He wants to share his experience, and having histalents at the table will make our great Board evengreater!" Jason studied business at the University of
Maryland and returned to Chicago thereaUer, where he has worked for a couple of years incommercial credit analysis at MB Financial and is now in commercial real estate acquisi?ons at theLelyn Group. Jason is married to Liz Grossman. Jason joins new board members Liz Geifman, ScodLederman, Neera Kaufman, and Judi Kelly for their first term this year.
A Taste of Torah: Beshallach
ויאמר ה אל-משה, כתב זאת זכרון בספר, ושים, באזני יהושע: כי-מחה אמחה את-זכר .עמלק, מתחת השמים
"God told Moses: write a memorial in a book and tell it in Joshua's ears, because I (God) will mostcertainly erase the memory of Amalek from beneath the [living] sky."
Forget everything you have learned about God and Amalek. Of course God promises to wage war
with Amalek from genera?on to genera?on, yad al kes Yah, the divine will against the small-‐minded selfishness of parasite socie?es-‐-‐raiders, thieves, conquistadors and imperialists-‐-‐who preyon others to benefit from their work while producing nothing themselves. Of course they arewicked and deserve divine retribu?on for their war crimes, targe?ng the old and the sick, pregnantmothers and hobbled caregivers, the defenseless and the innocent. Let us leave God's badle planto God for the moment-‐-‐heaven knows, its results may be neither comprehensive norsa?sfactory. Listen to what God has promised. God has promised to erase the memory of Amalekfrom under the living sky.
I submit to you that this is not a good thing. This is not a promise, but a warning. In eachsuccessive genera?on, we will lose the living memory of how it felt to be persecuted, violated,excluded and expelled, adacked in our own homes and byways and denied safe havenelsewhere. If new Amaleks will arise and terrorize elsewhere, our forgeXulness will anesthe?ze usto the tragedy. Conveniently, we will not remember Amalek, much as the new Pharaoh did notknow Joseph. AUer all, what have they done to us lately?
Write, Moses! Write while the memory is s?ll fresh and the pain is s?ll raw! Write how it feels tofear for your safety against the unremipng selfishness of others. Tell Joshua to remember hisexperience, to keep his memories alive when the ink has dried and the events of this book arecomfortably in the past. Make sure the people Israel never stand idly by while others areslaughtered, preyed upon, and toded up as unfortunate but inac?onable sta?s?cs. Make sure that"Never Again" does not just mean our tribes, but endures lev al kes Yah, long aUer God has erasedthe memory of Amalek from under the living sky. See your people in their haggard faces! Helpthem heal as you have healed! Build systems where Amalek cannot endure. Do not forget! Ms. Shira Eliaser
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