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Alumni Day
13 Kislev, 5775 December 5, 2014
This Week at CJHS
Alumni Day
Illinois State Scholars
Tigers Win
Studio Art Mosaics
Engineering Club
Children's Book Drive
Toy Drive
CJHS Community Night
Sponsored Breakfast
Alumni Trivia
A Taste of Torah
Save the Date
Alumni Day
Sunday, Dec. 14
ACT Monday, Dec. 22 -
Friday, Jan. 2 Winter Break Sunday, Jan. 4 - Friday, Jan. 23 Senior Israel Experience
Monday, Jan. 12 - Friday, Jan. 16 Winter Exams
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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 placed in your family's account to be used for these trips. Gift card orders are placed every Thursday. Please contact Sheri Sandrof at [email protected] or 847.324.3723 with any questions.
Over a hundred former students flocked the
halls to hug old teachers and friends on our
annual Erev Thanksgiving alumni reunion
weekend. The building was filled with news of
colleges, yeshivas, and jobs, the sounds of
alumni energetically reconnecting with
everyone. Wednesday's tefillah discussion
allowed alumni to reminisce about the
independen
ce, hard
work, and
advocacy
skills they
learned at
school and
the close
ties with
friends
and
teacher
s that
make
CJHS
such a
special
place.
Alumni
shared
advice about living Jewishly on campus, as
well as how to make the most of the close
friends and varied Jewish study opportunities
at CJHS that have most changed their lives.
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 [email protected] with any questions.
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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Ten years for the pioneer class! Can you
imagine?Saturday night's alumni reunion and
basketball
game
greeted
nearly 70
alumni
from a
throng
of last
year's
graduates
all the way
back to Avram Pachter ('06). Va'ad
president Eli Schrayer welcomed everyone
back to the "new building" which is now the
old school, and then the basketball battle was
on! Returning alumni made an incredible
showing on the court, tying the score at the
end of the first and again at the second
quarter. New seniors faced off against new
freshmen for the 3-point shootout at
halftime. Congratulations to Dr. Jeannie
Aschkenasy, mom to Rachel Aaronson
('12) and Gingi Aaronson ('14), who won
the Bulls tickets at the raffle!
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After being down by as many as twenty
points, the current students made an amazing
comeback to end the game in a tie. Thanks
to everyone who came out for this fantastic
event. We look forward to seeing you next
year!
Illinois State Scholars
During this season of Thanksgiving and
celebration, we are pleased to announce the
24 seniors who have been named Illinois
State Scholars. Congratulations to Leora
Calamaro, Joe Cohen, Benji Fishbaum,
Hannah Given, Jonah Glick-Unterman,
Rayna Gorstein, Eytan Herman, Jordan
Jacobson, Isaac Johnston, Josh
Kaplinsky, Elan Karoll, Eli Krule,
Jonathan Schrag, Eli Schrayer, Yoni
Shapiro, David Steinberg, and Ruli
Warner-Rosen.
Tigers Win on Home Court!
Basketball
season is up
and
running! The
men's varsity
basketball
team defeated
Northtown on
Monday, 54-
42. Led by
Josh
Newlander's
31 points, the
entire team
got into the game and
contributed.
Zach Becker,
Coby
Drexler, Yoni
Maltsman, and Jonah Karoll all had their
first varsity baskets. The Tigers defeated
CICS Ellison Wednesday 54-41. Josh
Newlander once again led the way with 34
points, 9 rebounds, and 6 steals. Coby
Drexler had a great game with 7 points, 1
steal, and 1 rebound, to go along with
countless defensive stops. Josh Pliskin
added in 5, splashing in a clutch 3 pointer in
the final two minutes. The team lost 50-42 to
Christ the King lastnight. Josh Newlander
led the way with 25 points, while Eli Schrayer collected 9 rebounds.
The Lady Tigers
rebounded from
Monday's loss
to Northtown
with a
smashing
victory on
Tuesday night
against Our
Lady of
Tepeyac! MVP
of the game
was definitely junior Emily Reisler, who was
put in on the court in the second half, and led
the team to an amazing triumph. Come out
and cheer on the Lady Tigers Sunday at 3:00
p.m. (JV) and 4:30 p.m. (varsity) against Cristo Rey!
Many thanks to this week's sportscasters
Isaac Johnston and Sara Behn for covering
this week's games! Send scores and stats to
the editor at [email protected].
Studio Art's "Bits and Pieces"
Students in Mrs.
Snyder's
studio art class
are busy working
on their new
mosaics, the first
of several they will
do this winter. To
donate old dishes
to be reborn as
new masterpieces,
contact Mrs. Snyder at [email protected].
Alumni Trivia
Which CJHS student used to
keep her lunch in the
teacher's lounge fridge, and
where is she now?
Engineering Club
CJ students have been building and
programming robots in Engineering
Club!
Stude
nts
in Tea
m
Maxim
us,
Team
Kumq
uat,
Team
eHond
a, and
Team
Washington Roboteers will soon compete
against each other in an epic Sumo-like
battles. The rules: whichever robot
autonomously pushes the other out of a
playing field first wins. Senior Elan Karoll
reports, "In addition to learning valuable skills
about robotic design and teamwork, everyone
is having tons of fun!"
SSDS Children's Book Drive
Did you know that
61% of low-income
families don't have any
books at home for
their children? Our
friends over at
Solomon Schechter are
hosting a children's
book drive for Bernie's
Book Bank. Bernie's delivers books-for-keeps
to low-income and at-risk families so their
kids, babies through sixth graders, can have
a chance to start out right and learn to love
reading. So, clean off your bookshelves,
graduating seniors and empty nesters! Are
you really reading all those Spider-Man and
Judy Moody books? Bring your used or new
books in to school by Thursday, December
10, and hand them off to Mrs. Eliaser or to
junior Jorie Dayan or her brother Jake.
This message is placed by third grade book
drive organizers Asher Dayan and Davita
Eliaser, CJHS Class of 2024.
DEAP Toy Drive for Chai Lifeline
DEAP is sponsoring a
toy drive for cancer
patients and other
children with serious
illnesses. Please help
out with new, unwrapped, toys for infants
through teens, especially ages 13+! Gifts
and donations in any price range are
welcome. Our drive goes through this
Monday, so bring what you can in today!
SUSHI AND SAKE TOO:
2nd Annual
Chicagoland Jewish High School
Community Event
Reconnect with old friends, meet new
ones and see what's happening in the
halls of CJHS
Saturday, January 17, 2015
27 Tevet 5775
7:30 p.m.
Suggested Couvert: $50 per person
RSVP to Michelle Friedman by January 9.
Sponsored Breakfast
Happy birthday to Jonah
Karoll! Many thanks to his family
for sponsoring breakfast on
Monday.
Alumni Trivia
The culprit was Miranda Smerling ('13),
but she did have
permission from
her mother, our
former
development
director,Ms.
Stephanie
Smerling! Now
home from Nativ,
Miranda is in her
first year at Clark
University in
Worcester,
Massachusetts. Mi
randa reports,
"When I'm not
writing research papers, studying, writing
theory papers and so on and so on, I spend a
lot of my time involved with my Hillel on
campus. I am on the board and the Tikkun
Olam Committee. One of my biggest
accomplishments so far has been starting a
Rosh Chodesh/female empowerment group
geared towards people of any religion or
background. Our kickoff event "Bras for a
Cause" was a huge success--it was part of
Hadassah's Uplift Project in honor of breast
cancer awareness month. We decorated bras,
gave some info about breast cancer
awareness, and introduced the themes of
Rosh Chodesh, too. It was an amazing event!" Way to go, Miranda!
A Taste of Torah: Vayishlach
Thanksgiving brings many greetings from family
and friends. And you know how so often after considerable time apart, you don't know quite whether to go in for the hug or a handshake. Perhaps even a kiss? Ya'akov feels this immensely in this week's parasha.
After some time apart,and considerable tension,
Esav finally returns to meet Ya'akov. Ya'akov acts cautiously, perhaps deferentially, bowing as Esav approaches. But Esav goes straight in for the kiss. Ya'akov certainly didn't see that one coming. In the Torah, above the word, "he kissed him, "Vayishakehu" are six dots, one of ten times in the Torah that there exist such a scribal note.
The educated reader knows of two Esavs: the man of the Bible and the man of the commentaries. One Esav is a mere man, a hunter whose twin conspired with their mother to trick him (or buy
him?) out of his birthright. The other is a living
symbol, father of the Roman Empire and all of its excesses; in rabbinic lore, Esav gives birth to the Edomite nation, and in turn, the Edomites to Rome. With this in mind, the text of the midrashic text, Breishit cites two divergent opinions of the
meaning of this "kiss": 1. Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar suggests that in
that very moment, a moment of pathos, Esav becomes merciful and kisses him with his full heart
2. Rabbi Yanai says that the dots on the word indicate that he went in for a kiss but
instead bit him on his neck.
Such differences highlight important different lenses in how one can read the Torah. They also highlight how differently a person can interpret a text, or even the merits of another person, when
he does not have all of the information about a situation. The difference between a kiss and a bite are the difference between an expression of love and attempted murder. Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar's
interpretation suggests a startling appeal to the nature of humanity. After years of pain and suffering, familial love overtakes even Esav and leads to the embrace.
May such passion fuel our own relationships and also ensure that these embraces are never a surprise. May we also be willing to explore the entirety of a person and a situation when only cursory evidence is provided on first glance.
--Rav Beit Sefer Zach Silver
Shabbat Shalom
Candlelighting this
week is at
4:01. Shabbat
shalom!
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