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9 Tishrei, 5774 September 13, 2013

This Week at CJHS

Student Activities Fair

Bridge Building Contest

September 11

IFYC Event

Middle Eastern Studies

This Week in Sports

Picture Day

Happy New Year

P.O. News

STAND UPdate

Baruch Dayan Emet

Alumni Trivia

A Taste of Torah

Student Activities Fair

Save the Date

Friday, Sept. 13

No School: Erev Yom Kippur Wednesday, Sept. 18 1:15 Dismissal: Erev Sukkot Thursday, Sept. 19 - Friday, Sept. 20 No School: Sukkot Wednesday, Sept. 25 1:15 Dismissal: Hoshannah Rabbah Thursday, Sept. 26 - Friday, Sept. 27 No School: Shmini Atzeret/ Simchat Torah

Poetry Corner

The Unetaneh Tokef

On Rosh HaShanah it is written, and on Yom Kippur it is sealed: Who stayed home sick with a young child, and who went in to work? Who missed a train, and who was on time? Who worked on the 20th floor and who on the 105th?

On Rosh HaShanah it is written, and on Yom Kippur it is sealed: Who boarded Flight 93 on time and who narrowly missed it? Whose life dream was it to be a fire fighter? Whose to be a police person? Who waited for a phone call and received one? Who never received one?

On Rosh HaShanah it is written, and on Yom Kippur it is sealed: Who maintains hope and who is demoralized? Who covers up and who reaches out? Who honors for the sake of the country and who for the sake of

"Sugarfest 2013," the annual Student Activities Fair, kicked off on Tuesday in a lunchtime festival of posters, slogans and candy! Groups new and old vied with each other as to whose sweet treats and LED-spangled displays were the best at luring new members to sign up. Several entrepreneurial students are pioneering new clubs including the Roar Store and Spirit Club, the

personal loss?

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 ssandrof@cjhs.org or call her at 847.324.3723.

Community News and Events

Helene Hoffman Cantorial

Concert Proceeds Benefit Israel Cancer

Research Fund

Sunday, Oct. 13

3:00 p.m.

Congregation Beth Shalom,

Northbrook

On Sunday October

13th, Congregation Beth Shalom will

host the Helene Hoffman Memorial

Cantorial Concert. Three

extraordinary cantors will be

featured along with a former season

3 contestant of The Voice. The

concert, Cantors' Cabaret, will be

an eclectic blend of original,

Broadway, operatic, and classic

tunes, many of which will be sung

with a unique interpretation.

Remote Control Club--whose flying quadrocopters attracted numerous interested students--and the athletic associations to restart the baseball team and the Tiger Sharks swim team. The new Va'ad Tikkun Olam (now known as DEAP) was back in action recruiting for its direct action, education, advocacy, and philanthropy

divisions. The CJHS Spirit Club made its first debut recruiting fearless members to take CJHS school spirit to a new level. New this year, the Theater Club featured a Playbill specifically catered to CJHS. The Literary Society (don't call them a book club--they read more than just books!) was a favorite as well. And of course, the anchors of the CJHS club experience

including IFYC, STAND, YPI, the Environmental Club, Cafe Ark, the Media Club, the QuarkNet physics research squad and so much more showed why they are such an important part of student life at CJHS.

Proceeds from this benefit will

support scientific research of

malignant brain tumors at the Israel

Cancer Research Fund. The ICRF

has funded outstanding cancer

researchers at leading Israeli

institutions such as the Weizmann

Institute, the Technion, Hadassah

Medical Center, and Sheeba Medical

Center. Individual tickets for unreserved

seating start at $25 each. For more

information about this event please

contact Arnie Hoffman at

847.559.0909 or email

barterboss1218@gmail.com.

College Visits CJHS is pleased to welcome representatives from the following schools this season:

College Date

University of

Kansas

9/12/13

9:56

AM

Bradley

University

9/12/13

2:34 PM

University of

Wisconsin,

Madison

9/12/13

3:30 PM

Goucher

College

9/17/13

9:00

AM

Barnard College

9/17/13

12:30

PM

Dickinson

College

9/17/13

1:26 PM

This year, why not drop by the U.S. Politics Club for current events or STAND for human rights worldwatching? Stop by for practice and pizza with the math team or balance your portfolio at a DECA event. Whenever you drop by or wherever you go, we guarantee you'll find something going on!

Bridge Building Contest

American

University

9/17/13

2:34 PM

Indiana

University at

Bloomington

9/17/13

3:30 PM

Bina

9/18/13

11:32

AM

Duke

University

9/23/13

9:30

AM

Illinois State

University

9/23/13

3:30 PM

Brandeis

University

9/24/13

12:42

PM

McGill

University

9/24/13

2:38 PM

Swarthmore

College

9/24/13

3:30 PM

Case Western

Reserve

University

9/30/13

12:30

PM

University of

Maryland,

College Park

9/30/13

1:34 PM

University of

Pennsylvania

10/1/13

9:00

AM

Sarah Lawrence

College

10/1/13

9:56

AM

Colorado

College

10/1/13

10:52

AM

Macalester

College

10/1/13

12:30

PM

DePaul

University

10/1/13

3:30 PM

University of 10/2/13

Another bout of architectural innovation kicked off the year

in Mrs. Eliaser's CP physics classes. Thirty-four juniors put

their knowledge of tension and

compression to work as they

sought to build the most efficient

pasta bridge in the school. This year featured a handsome collection of Pratt trusses, Warren trusses, as well as many original designs. Juniors Tali Geifman and Gal

Abergel took first place with their double-intersection Warren, which supported 59 times its own weight. In a respectable second place were Morgan Michelson-Kelly and Hannah Lynch, whose Kellogg truss (nicknamed "Irish Thunder") supported 56 times its own weight. General favorite Larry Bender's angled Pratt supported 51 times its own weight. Honorable mentions go to Gavi Schankerman and Shira Forester, whose original design

supported 40 times its own weight despite being built of tiny strands of vermicelli. Tali, Gal, Morgan, and Hannah, this year's junior champions, will follow the senior champions Alena Burda, Ada Moses, and Baye Miller to the Chicago Regional Bridge Building Competition sponsored at IIT next year. Well done, bridge builders!

Chicago 3:30 PM

Elmhurst

College

10/7/13

9:56

AM

Knox College 10/8/13

1:26 PM

Northeastern

University

10/8/13

2:34 PM

Washington

University in St.

Louis

10/8/13

3:30 PM

Eckerd College

10/9/13

9:00

AM

Lawrence

University

10/9/13

12:30

PM

University of

Michigan

10/9/13

3:30 PM

Tufts University 10/9/13

3:30 PM

Amherst

College

10/10/13

9:00

AM

The George

Washington

University

10/10/13

9:56

AM

Lake Forest

College

10/10/13

12:30

PM

Oberlin College 10/10/13

2:43 PM

Northwestern

University

10/14/13

3:30 PM

Jewish

Theological

Seminary of

America

10/15/13

3:30 PM

Yeshiva

University

10/17/13

9:00

AM

September 11 Memorial

Rabbi Silver led a beautiful and sobering memorial service for the victims and rescue workers of September 11. Senior Charlotte Kamin and freshman Lizzie Janssen then read a poem on how September 11 can be read in light of U'Netaneh Tokef, and Ms. Rachel Shtern came to share with CJHS her vivid memories of being a midtown college student in that bitter autumn.

Ms. Rachel Shtern described the day she saw the towers fall from the dorm windows of Stern College and the subsequent days she and her fellow R.A's spent manning shelters in Yeshiva University lobbies for frightened New Yorkers--including many Jews who fled lower Manhattan on foot and ran to YU, the first place they felt safe. Ms. Shtern also spoke of her many months at the NYU impromptu morgue, sitting Friday night shmira (guarding) for bodies pulled from the rubble before they could be buried, silently watching the honor guard of rescue workers stand to attention whenever the body of another firefighter or police officer was carried in.

Junior Jonah Glick-Unterman then reflected on the power of language, how so many of the sins we read about on Yom Kippur in the Al Chet litany deal with what we say. Sophomore Ranan Vales then read from Peggy Noonan's 2006 memorial, which recollects the final words that people said to each other that day. Time was of the essence in these calls, and all of them spoke of compassion, love and longing. Language certainly has the power to damage, but also to heal. With this in mind, we again recited the Psalmist's words of Psalm 130, a plea to God to hear our words from the depths of this day.

Thank you to Rabbi Silver and Ms. Shtern for all the work they put into planning our rememberance.

Children of Abraham Annual Vigil

On Wednesday, the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) attended the Children of Abraham Coalition Annual 9/11 Potluck for Peace. The Children of Abraham Coalition took place at St. Viator's High School in Arlington Heights. There, IFYC discussed matters of faith and religion with Christians and Muslim teens from other schools. People from each faith tradition religion brought food, with different sections for kosher, halal, and vegetarian dishes. Afterwards, people ate at tables mixed with people of other faiths to discuss currents events and what peace means to them. Lastly, speakers of different faiths came to the podium to offer words of prayer and visions of peace.

Drake

University

10/17/13

9:56

AM

University of

Denver

10/17/13

12:30

PM

Nativ

10/18/13

9:00

AM

Skidmore

College

10/23/13

9:00

AM

Hofstra

University

10/23/13

1:26 PM

Lynn University

10/24/13

9:00

AM

Kalamazoo

College

10/29/13

12:25

PM

Interdisciplinary

Center (IDC)

Herzliya

10/31/13

10:52

AM

University of

Vermont

10/31/13

12:30

PM

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.

An announcement will be made in

Breaking News: Middle Eastern Studies

Mr. Kassner's senior Middle Eastern Studies class has taken a break from its regular scheduled curriculum to discuss and analyze the crisis in Syria; they are paying special attention to the potential U.S. intervention and the impact this issue is having on the ever-changing landscape of the Middle East. Mr. Kassner reports, "We have turned our classroom into a roundtable of political thought, focusing on the history of Modern Syria and the immensely complex aspects of Syrian identity, politics, social constructions, and the place that this civil war has carved out in the international realm." The students have been tasked with advising President Obama on the course of action we should take as a country regarding military intervention. With their knowledge of the Middle East, each student will be writing a letter to the president explaining and analyzing the situation that we find ourselves in. The current state of affairs is changing rapidly, so please stay tuned!

Tigers Beat the Heat!

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The women's tennis team opened its season against Maine East on Monday. Yasher koach to the victorious doubles: Carly Silverstein and Avery Wein, Maya Resnick and Emily Reisler, Marci Steinberg and Elizabeth

Barras, Tali Lupovitch and Izzi Brekher! Let's have a huge shout-out to our newest tennis players: Izzy Brekher, Tali Lupovitch, Eliana Kaufman, Mollie Kramer, and Sarah Comar and their returning mentor Maddy Reisler. Double congratulations to Elizabeth Barras for winning the singles match at Elgin on Wednesday! Women's volleyball has been playing hard! On Monday, the JV and varsity beat the visiting teams from Our Lady of Tepeyac. CJHS also emerged triumphant against Christ the King; star

players in this week's game include Alana Spellman, Carly Silvers, and Lena Rabinowitz. We lost to Roycemore on Wednesday, bringing the team to 2-0 in conference and 0-2 in regionals. Go Lady Tigers!

Despite the

searing heat

that has

blighted our

cross country

runners and

cancelled their

season

opener, men's soccer has

been playing

like

champions! Th

e Tigers

defeated

Chicago Hope

last Tuesday 8-3

behind

Jeremy Goodman's 3 goals and 2

assists. Wednes

day at saw a

tough loss out

at St.

Benedict's, but

the boys

rebounded Thursday at Goodman Field with a fantastic win

3-1 against Holy Trinity. Come out and watch them take on

Northtown next Monday! Batter up! If you're interested in playing on the new Tigers baseball team this year, come to a meeting on Tuesday, September 17 during lunch in room 216. Training begins next spring!

Tee time! Playing through wind and dark clouds, the CJHS men's golf team emerged victorious on

Thursday against St. Benedict's with seniors Adam Taitz

and Aaron Drexler leading the charge. A huge Tiger

round of applause to all our new golfers and our biggest

golf team yet. With such a fantastic opening, we look

forward to more surprises on the green this fall!

From the Front Office Retakes of ID/Yearbook pictures will take place on Monday at during lunch for staff and students. Students and faculty who need new ID's should connect with the photographer to request a new ID card, even if

you have previously taken photos.

Alumni Trivia Which of our stalwarts graduates is the newest JDC Global Service Corps fellow in Bat Yam, Israel?

From the Parent Organization President "After 3 years as CJHS P.O. President, Melissa Spellman has handed over the position to me. It is with excitement and humility that I take on this role. I will do my best to follow in Melissa's very accomplished footsteps. Fortunately, she has agreed to continue her involvement as an adviser/consultant under her new title, Past President. On this note, and following the precept that a good leader knows that its all about who you have on your team, I've begun enlisting an impressive group of dynamic parents to serve on the PO Board and in other leadership roles.

I am very pleased to introduce our 2013-14 CJHS PO Board:

Executive Board: Past President: Melissa Spellman

President: Liz Geifman Vice-President: Diane Halivni

Treasurer: Rachel Gruenberg

Programing Chairs: New Family Liason: Amy Mishell

Teacher Appreciation: Anne McDonough Student Special Breakfasts: Lois Chasin Parent Education: Sara Drexler

There are programing positions that we'd still like to fill. If you're interested in getting involved, please call/email me or Diane Halivni. (Our contact info is in the CJHS Family Directory.)

Special Thank Yous to:

Anne McDonough for creating and distributing beautiful Rosh Hashana Teacher Appreciation Apple & Honey Gift Bags

The Dayan family for hosting the Freshman Back to School Family BBQ

Amy Mishell for overseeing the New Family Buddy Program

Upcoming Sophomore, Junior and Senior Grade Level Gatherings: Parents and Grade-Level Students Invited! Sunday, October 6 - Seniors @ the Hochberg home Sunday, October 20 - Juniors @ the Wolf home Sunday, October 27 - Sophomores @ the Taitz home

All events are from 6:00-8:00 p.m. an will include an informal dinner. Email invites are coming soon! The CJHS PO values your input. Diane and I look forward to hearing from you!

"Shana Tova from Liz Geifman, P.O. President. "

STAND UPdate

STAND is our school's human rights and anti-genocide club. STAND's mission is to educate the community about various human rights issues across the globe -- past and present -- and equip its members with the tools to advocate and fundraise for human rights and make a difference

in the world. Almost every week, STAND Updates are published in the e-news, informing the community about various current events relating to human rights issues. Our updates cover news in places from Syria to Mynmar, the Sudans to the Congo, and even human rights topics at home. Thus, this new year, let us all stand united, and fight together for the dignity of mankind.

As it is said in our tradition, "...for him who destroys one man, it is regarded as if he had destroyed all men, and for him who saves one man, it is regarded as though he had saved all men" (Mishnah Sanhedrin IV, 5) .

Baruch Dayan Emet We regret to announce the passing of Galina Granovskaya, grandmother of Betty Shklover (CJHS '13), this week in St. Louis. We are also sad to inform you of the passing of Bernard Kott, grandfather of freshman Henry Wolle, this week in Toronto. Hamakom Yinachem Etchem B'toch Sh'ar Avalei Tziyon V'Yerushalayim. May God's presence comfort the Shklover, Kott, and Wolle families among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

Alumni Trivia

Ron Schrag ('09) will be working with at-risk middle school students in Bat Yam as a JDC Global Service Corps fellow. Ron reports, "I am very excited to be returning to Israel, where I was born, and to give back to the community." Ron graduated from CJHS in 2009, and from Knox College in 2013. Good luck, Ron! Correction from this past month's CJHS fall bulletin: Avi Coven ('08) is going into real estate and his wife Melody is in the masters program at IDC Herzeliya. E-News conveys the apologies from the Powers That Be.

Sponsored Breakfast Happy birthday to Eli Krule. Many thanks to his family for sponsoring breakfast.

A Taste of Torah: Yom Kippur

This week we have heard much about powerful liturgical poem U'netaneh Tokef, the centerpiece of the Musaf service both for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. As Rabbi David Golinkin of the Schechter Institute in Jerusalem has noted, the poem is composed of six main parts:

1. God with the heavenly court judges all living creatures on Yom Hadin, the day of judgment.

2. One by one, kol ba'ey olam, all who enter the world pass before God kivinumeron (a Greek word), like a cohort of soldiers being counted--or like a shepherd counting his sheep-- and He decrees their destiny.

3. On Rosh Hashanah it is written and on Yom Kippur it is sealed: who shall live and who shall die, by which means suffering will be exacted or peace of mind be maintained.

4. Repentance, prayer and tzedakah "avert the severe decree." 5. God wants the sinner to repent. 6. Man's origin is but dust and his end is dust, but God is the ever-

living King.

The poet, likely living in the Land of Israel during the Byzantine era, weaves together Biblical and Rabbinic material in masterful ways. But perhaps most strikingly is how he alludes to a Talmudic text and then completely alters the theology, as my friend Rabbi David Russo recently taught. We read in the Talmud, (Massechet Rosh HaShanah 16b) that there are four things that rip up the decree (mekar'in): tzedakah, shouting (prayer), repentance and changing one's name. Yet quite deliberately, the poet of U'netaneh Tokef alters the important verb of the sentence -- from "tear up" to "make pass" (ma'avirin). Where the Rabbinic theology suggests that your actions will certainly cause something to happen (if you do X, or say X, Y will happen), the poet complicates the narrative, perhaps because his lived experience tells him that one cannot predict with certainty that certain events will occur. Rabbi Marc Sapperstein, cited in Rabbi Golinkin's article, reflects on this theology: If penitence, prayer and charity cannot change the external reality, if they cannot arrest the malignant cancer, they can indeed ensure that the evil potential in that reality will not become actual and enduring, but will pass. They can enable us to transcend the evil of the decree. This, I believe, is the simple meaning of the Hebrew words. And this is a meaning which I can, in conscience, share with an eleven year old girl [who has just lost her mother to that same cancer]. Repenting of the harm we ourselves have caused, using prayer to transcend the here and now, and giving to others who are also in need, we can build a strong and blessed community where any dark fate can be met with love and support. --Rav Beit Sefer Zach Silver

Shabbat Shalom and Gmar Chatimah Tovah Candlelighting this Friday will be at 6:48 p.m. May we all be inscribed and sealed in the book of life!

We wish all our readers a meaningful and easy fast. E-news will resume

on September 25 for Sukkot.