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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
New Links!
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CJHS YouTube Channel
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 [email protected] 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 [email protected]. 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.
:: 847.470.6700
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, [email protected].
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.