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DECA Competes
10 Shvat, 5775 January 30, 2015
This Week at CJHS
DECA Competes
Bridge Building Regionals
Senior Interns
This Week in Jewish Studies
This Week in Sports
STEM Opportunities
From the PO
Memorial Service
Baruch Dayan Emet
Sponsored Breakfast
Mazal Tov
Alumni Trivia
DECA Regionals
A Taste of Torah
Save the Date
Sunday, Feb. 8 ACT Monday, Feb. 9 - Wednesday, Feb. 11
Jewish Advocacy Seminar for Juniors Monday, Feb. 16 Presidents' Day: No School
Tuesday, Feb. 24 Curriculum Night
Wednesday, Feb. 25 9:45 Start
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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
Our CJHS DECA
team performed
exceptionally once
again this
year! Our students
showed
professionalism,
enthusiasm and
poise as they went
up against other
North Suburban
schools in the
annual regional
conference. Among
the 20 students on
our team, eight
finished with
medals (awarded for top 3 scores in each
event), and CJHS earned 17 medals overall--
one more than last year! Team coach Mr.
Baumstark reports, "We had nice
representation across all the classes, which
was great to see. There is no doubt in my
mind that our school by far had the most medals ' per capita' of any school there.
placed in your family's account to be used for these trips. Gift card 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.
Community News and Events
JNF Tu Bishvat Community Fun Fair
Update!
Sunday, February 8 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 1095 Lake Cook Rd.
Jewish National Fund will host the Tu BiShvat Community Celebration on Sunday, February 8. This free event, cosponsored by Shalom Memorial Park and Chicagoland Jewish High School, features arts and crafts, live entertainment from local performance groups, tree planting, games and prizes. Attendees are asked to bring their filled Blue Boxes to count Tzedakah with JNF's coin counter. JNF's Tu BiShvat Community Celebration will take place at Chicagoland Jewish High School, 1095 Lake Cook Road in Deerfield. Register online at jnf.org/chicagotubishvat.
These five students finished with medals in
their overall combined event:
Sara Behn (silver)
Zev Mishell (silver)
Jacob Erlichman (bronze)
Melissa Levin (bronze)
Elan Karoll (bronze)
These eight students earned medals in
individual competitions:
Sara Behn (gold, silver)
Jason Taitz (gold, silver)
Elan Karoll (gold)
Zev Mishell (silver, bronze)
Melissa Levin (2 bronzes)
Jacob Erlichman (bronze)
Ethan Laney (bronze)
Yoni Maltsman (bronze)
Kol hakavod, DECA! Way to go!
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 dzidman@cjhs.org. Order forms are available online here.
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2014-2015 Dates
Building Bridges
For the
first
time in
years,
CJHS
sent two
bridges
to the
Chicago
Regional
Bridge
Building
competit
ion at
IIT!
Junior
champio
n Seth
Wein
produce
d a very
tall and slender bridge with a middle deck
which eschewed horizontal crossbars to
reduce weight and improve efficiency; his
structure supported 133 times its own weight
before breaking a strut. Senior champions
Ruli Warner-Rosen and Jacob Erlichman
went for the lightest of lightweight designs;
their bridge made the short list and placed
33rd in the North Suburban finals! Many
congratulations to master builder Ruli and all
our finalists; congrats to our line buddies Jeff
Kroll of Illiana Christian High School, who
placed 34th in the South Suburban division
and to Elizabeth Khouri of Mother McAuley,
who placed 6th in the city division!
847.470.6700
Senior Interns
With our seniors
back in residence,
we also welcome
back our stateside
interns! While Ruli
Warner-Rosen was
hard at work on his
architecture project,
senior Sari Mishell
spent three weeks
working for the JNF,
while Gavi
Schankerman
interned at the
corporate Walgreens
office right here in
Northbrook. Back in
school, Gavi
explains, "I can
better understand how such a very large
company works, as well as get perspective on
what I want to focus on in the future career-
wise."
This Week in Jewish Studies
Rabbi Belgrad's sophomore Bible class is in
the midst of a lively discussion: is a mitzva
more powerful or meaningful if you know the
reason behind it? Overwhelming opinion in
the
class
respond
s that it
is,
citing
that a
mitzva
perform
ed by a
person
who
knows
the
reason they are doing it is done with more
sincerity and intention and thus is more
meaningful! Detractors of this view question
humanity's right to demand reasons from
God--or to understand them sufficiently when
given. Another voice in the exchange is the
classical midrash, noting that King Solomon
himself was too confident in his own
understanding of God's reasons, allowing
himself a bit too much leeway to behave
exactly as he pleased to the detriment of the
entire kingdom!
Mr. Goldstein's freshman Talmud class is
engaged in a similar conversation about the
av melachot for Shabbat: what can't one do
on Shabbat and why? When is refraining
from certain actions restful and when are the
restrictions more tiresome than the
work? When does one's personal desire to
rest cause more work to others? Stay tuned for the 39 Talmudic results!
This Week in Sports
The Tigers are
back in
business! Despit
e basketball
clinics in Israel
with international
superstar Tamir
Goodman, our
varsity team is
having a rough
start to the
semester, with
tough losses to
Hinckley-Big Rock and the Skokie
Yeshiva. The sophomores lost by 11 points
to Hinckley on Wednseday. Coach Fiol
reports, "We had the lead going into 4th
quarter, and Hinckley had a nice run. Felix
Rosen and Adam Gilman have been playing
very well, with Gilman leading the team in
rebounding and Rosen leading in steals!"
The Lady Tigers have
had a busy week,
with three games
virtually back to back
to back. They played
Sunday at Christ the
King and held their
own, despite having
only six players on
the court. Even the
opposing coach
noticed thier
improvement! Back
on the home court on
Tuesday, Emily
Reisler and Arielle
Saxton led the
Tigers to victory against Ellison, 32-21.
Wednesday night, the team hit the road to
take on St. Benedict. Coach Forde reports,
"As our season nears the end one thing you
can't help but to notice is the girls are getting
better! Our conference tournament starts
Monday, when we rematch against Christ the
King! This time will have more than six
players, and you'd better believe we will fight
till the end!" Go Tigers!
At the JV level, E-News heartily apologizes to
freshman correspondent Alan Sydel for
misspelling his name in last week's edition!
The Ten-Pin Tigers are closing out their
season! Join everyone next Thursday,
February 5 at Brunswick Zone in Deerfield
from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. to bowl a few rounds
in our annual Family/Staff bowling
invitational! RSVP to Dr. Auslander so he can
make sure to have enough donuts.
Alumni Trivia
Lights... camera... action! Which CJHS
graduate has just cast his first major film
with our students and alumni as his extras?
STEM Opportunities for Juniors and Seniors
Juniors and
seniors: take
your
education to
the next
level! Which of these opportunities interests
you most? There's a new Wildlife Ecology
research program for three weeks this
summer at the Huyck Preserve in upstate
New York. Check out WYSE engineering
summer camps at the University of Illinois'
college of engineering. Life science
aficionados can try biology research
at University of Chicago's summer session.
You can also follow the many CJHS alumni
who have made their mark on summer
research at the Technion's SciTech program!
Girls, there are many programs just for you!
The Society of Women Engineers has
weeklong summer camps at the University of
Michicagn, the University of Illinois, and the
University of Maryland!
Research Experience for High School and
Undergraduates "Genes and Addictive
Behavior" is accepting applications!
Information about the program is at
www.ratgenes.org. Winners will be matched
with faculty researchers and lab associates
from major universities and hospitals. To
apply or read more, click here.
Upcoming Events From the P.O.
Tuesday, February 17, at 7:00 p.m.
Join us for our second CJHS PO Book
Discussion
Second Person Singular, by
Sayed Kashua. A Palestinian
who writes in Hebrew, Sayed
Kashua defies classification
and breaks through cultural
barriers. Second Person
Singular is a gripping tale of
love and betrayal, honesty
and artifice, which asks
whether it is possible to truly
reinvent ourselves, to shed
our old skin and start anew.
Wednesday, March 18, doors open at
7:00 p.m.
Join us for a baking
demonstration and
tasting by renowned
cookbook author,
Paula Shoyer. The
author of The
Kosher Baker, The
Holiday Kosher
Baker, and soon to
be released The New Passover Menu, Shoyer
will also be signing her cookbooks available
for purchase. Light refreshments will be
served.
Community Memorial
The Solomon Schechter community is invited
to a special memorial service on the eve of
shloshim for beloved Hebrew teacher Avi
Naamat, z"l.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
7:30 - 8:15 pm
Solomon Schechter Day School
3210 Dundee Road
Downstairs Beit Knesset
Mar Naamat retired a year and a half ago and
moved back to Israel. Shortly thereafter, he
became ill and he passed away a few weeks
ago. With this memorial service, Avi's
Chicago "family" can remember him and
stand with his family in Israel in mourning his
passing. Mr. Allali, Ms. Forester, Ms. Mazor,
and Rabbi Ben Kramer will lead the service,
which will include testimonials, slides, prayer,
and song in Mar Naamat's memory. Those
who wish to contribute memories or
anecdotes should email them to Betsy
Forester or Pnina Mazor by Tuesday,
February 3.
Baruch Dayan Emet
It is with great sadness that we announce the
passing of Dr. Gilbert Lanoff, grandfather of
senior Justin Lanoff. Shiva will be at the
Lanoff residence, 6724 N. Sauganash Ave. in
Lincolnwood:
Saturday night: 6-9 p.m.
Sunday: Minyan at 8 a.m., minyan at
4:45 p.m, sitting until 9 p.m.
Monday: Minyan at 8 a.m., minyan at
4:45 p.m, sitting until 9 p.m.
Tuesday morning: Minyan at 8 a.m.
Hamakom Yinachem Etchem B'toch Sh'ar
Avalei Tziyon V'Yerushalayim. May God's
presence comfort the Lanoff family among
the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
We are also sad to announce the passing of
Herbert Zubow, grandfather of junior Eliana
Kharasch. Shiva will be Saturday night at
6:30 p.m. at the Kharasch residence, 1420
North Avenue in Banockburn, and on Sunday
from 2:00-7:00 p.m. at the Zubow house
on 8975 W. Golf Rd. in Niles. Hamakom
Yinachem Etchem B'toch Sh'ar Avalei Tziyon
V'Yerushalayim. May God's presence comfort
the Kharasch/Zubow family among the
mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Sponsored Breakfast
Happy birthday to Benji
Fishbaum. Many thanks to his
family for sponsoring breakfast.
Mazal Tov
Mazal tov to Ms. Ilana
Gleicher-Bloom and her entire
family on the simchat bat for
little Zohar June
Bloom. Welcome, baby!
Alumni Trivia
Josh Perry
('12) is
majoring in
film at
Northweste
rn
University, where his first film is now in post-
production. Josh wrote, directed, edited, and
produced Speed-waiting (a comedy about a
guy who sees his ex-girlfriend at a speed-
dating event), with help from his trusty
assistant producer Yadid Licht ('14). The
film was shot right here in Evanston; look
closely in the background when the film is
done in February, and you'll see J.P's
dedicated extras Alec Cohen ('12), Jeff
Budweg ('12), senior Josh Kaplinsky, and
senior Elan Karroll!
Seasoned alumni trivia buffs may also have
fond memories of Film Gone Wrong, written
and produced by Daniel Bier ('06) and
starring Renana Fox ('06). Dan is now a
contractor at Raytheon Missile Defense
Systems in Boston, while Renana is an
educational theater specialist at Kaiser
Permanente in Washington D.C. and the
critics' darling on stage and in the director's
chair at various D.C. theaters.
A Taste of Torah: BeShalach
The race is on! Once again, Pharaoh has released the Israelites from bondage. And once again,
Pharaoh has changed his mind. Yet at the beginning of this week's Parashat BeShalach, in
the midst of fleeing an oppressor that will certainly kill him and his
people, Moshe stops along the way to
fulfill a promise that his ancestors left unfulfilled several
generations prior. Despite the overwhelming circumstances, Moshe diverts his route to gather the bones of Yoseph to take them
to bury in the Land of Israel.... ...This week, we commemorated the 70th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. As educators, we continually think about what it means to take the bones of our ancestors with us into the future. We celebrate both individual lives
and the lives of communities. During this week's nexus of our parasha and Jewish history, may we carry the legacy of the lost European communities to our modern communities, and may the fire of Torah that existed there continue to crackle in new ways in our lives as Americans.
--Rav Beit Sefer Zach Silver
To read Rabbi Silver's full dvar Torah, click here.
Shabbat Shalom
Candlelighting this
week is at 4:45
p.m. Shabbat
shalom!
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