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26 Av, 5774 August 22, 2014

This Week at CJHS

New Students

Poem of the Year

New Staff

CJHS Camping Trip

Tefillin Symposium

Adventures in Anatomy Class

From the P.O.

Yearbook Photos

Alumni Trivia

A Taste of Torah

Save the Date

CJHS Welcomes 48 New Students

On Monday morning, the 37 members of the Class

of 2018 walked through the doors for the first time

Monday, Sept. 1

Labor Day: No School

Wednesday, Sept 3

Back-to-School Night

Thursday, Sept. 4

Student Activities Fair

New Links!

CJHS on Instagram

CJHS Tigers on

Instagram

CJHS on Twitter

CJHS Tigers on Twitter

CJHS on Facebook

CJHS Alumni on

Facebook

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 ssandrof@cjhs.org or call her at 847.324.3723.

College Visits

as high school students, full

of energy and excitement.

The freshman class is

composed of 24 graduates of

Jewish day schools, one from

a secular private school, and

12 from public middle

schools. Our new students

come from Chicago and the

suburbs, and as far away as

New York and Brazil! Our

freshmen were joined on

Monday by 11 transfer

students from other public

and private high schools: five sophomores and six

new juniors!

Hats off to the 48

peer buddies who

opened the building to

reach out to our

newest Tigers!

Highlights of new

student orientation

included an improv

workshop led by

performers from

Improv Olympic, free

pizza, CJHS tefillah

training, and a tour of

the campus. Thanks also to new student activities

director Mr. Eskin, who treated the transfer

students and their peer buddies to lunch at Taboun.

Let's give a huge Tiger ROAR to our 157 students:

37 freshmen, 37 sophomores, 45 juniors, and 38

seniors. It's going to be a great new year!

CJHS is pleased to welcome the following schools this season:

College Date

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

Washington University in St. Louis

9/11/14 3:30 PM

Elon University 9/12/14 9:00 AM

Illinois Institute of Technology

9/12/14 12:44 PM

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

Dartmouth College 9/17/14 10:52 AM

Haverford College 9/22/14 9:00 AM

Emory University 9/22/14 9:56 AM

Hampshire College 9/22/14 2:34 PM

University of Chicago

9/22/14 3:30 PM

Yeshiva University 9/23/14 10:52 AM

Bradley University 9/23/14

12:30 PM

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

Clark University 10/6/14 9:00 AM

Swarthmore College 10/6/14 3:30 PM

Oberlin College 10/7/14

Flight 2015 A Poem for the Senior Class

Seventeen am I

And had I the hindsight of years hence

Today I would exit the fast lane,

Pull over to the curb,

And in the late afternoon light

Look back at the old house,

Its windows through which I first viewed my

lessons

And the swing set that lifted me

As close to heaven as I have ever been.

But being seventeen, I accelerate,

Coaxing my heart that the sun does rise

Day after day on the same earth

And I too will return this way.

And yet some insistent awareness,

Tutored by I know not exactly

Tells me that tomorrow and tomorrow

It is more the hurly burly of man and God,

All the servants of time.

So, as I say, I accelerate,

Watching for the signage to the airport curb

Where even now I imagine

Waving my farewells to long-held loves,

Entering the terminal,

Eyeing the departure board,

Racing through the concourses stretching into

eternity, To board and be lifted unto the

Unknown.

9:00 AM University of Michigan

10/7/14 3:30 PM

Amherst College 10/8/14 12:04 PM

Jewish Theological Seminary of America

10/13/14 1:28 PM

Northwestern University

10/13/14 3:30 PM

Drake University 10/20/14 2:34 PM

Hofstra University 10/20/14 3:30 PM

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

Community News and Events

Rosh Chodesh Elul Tuesday August 26 - Wednesday, August 27

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 idrazin@cjhs.org. Order forms are available online here.

Oh, the Janus I am,

Perplexed as I am,

Being seventeen.

Dale Griffith

English Department Chair

CJHS

More New Faces

Behind the desks and at the front of the room. CJHS

is delighted to welcome Talmud teacher Mr. Joel

Goldstein, Bible and math teacher Ms. Candace

Mittel, English teacher Mr. Paul Grossman, CP

Chemistry teacher Mr. Tom Koenigsberger,

Hebrew teacher Dr. Tamar Berman, Spanish

teacher Sra. Denise Eisenberg, social studies

teacher Ms. Stephanie Gladstein, chorus director

Ms. Ellen Singer, drama coach Ms. Rebecca

Fletcher, director of admissions Ms. Riv Lynch,

and tech guru Ms. Abigail Kime. We are also

delighted to welcome back our athletic directors

Coach Martinez and Coach Dello from last spring,

ready to start the year off with another season of fabulous fall sports. Go Tigers!

CJHS Camping Trip

Quick Links

Our Website

Online Calendar

Trumba Tips

Lunch Menu

2014-2015 Dates

:: 847.470.6700

Way to go Zev Mishell, Mollie Kramer, and Jack

Rubinstein for blazing the trail for our newest

students! Last

Thursday, ten

intrepid students

headed

downstate to go

camping with Mr.

Griffith, Mr.

Baumstark, Ms.

Michelle

Friedman, and

Rabbi Silver.

After setting up

tents at the Starved Rock campground, the group

headed down the road to the Mathiessen State Park

to hike down into canyons. Sophomore Itamar

Broekman quickly established himself as a

champion climber while Jack Rubinstein

impressed everyone with his talents at skipping

rocks of all sizes across each stream they

encountered.

Chefs Eli Ecanow and Joey Schrayer, and sous-

chef Rose Johnson cooked up a fabulous double-

chili dinner, followed by a roaring fire and the

essential camping trip s'mores--thanks to Mr.

Griffith and

Mr.

Baumstark

for the great

firewood

expedition!

Jack led the

group in

singing

around the

campfire

under a clear

night's stars,

visible all the

way to the horizon line.

Following morning tefillot, the camping team

headed back to Lake Cook Road, refreshed and

ready to begin another year of building the CJHS

community. CJHS Camping: We're Intense! We're

looking forward to another adventure next year.

The Uniforms of Tefillah

You wouldn't play a big game on any team out of

uniform, would you? During the first two weeks of

school, CJHS students and faculty are studying

about the uniforms Jews wear during daily prayer:

tallit and tefillin. School began on Wednesday

morning by studying the four Biblical texts that

make up the scrolls of tefillin, examining how these

texts are arranged in the head and arm tefillin, then

looking at the klafim (parchments) themselves. On

Thursday, students focused on the meaning of the

mitzvah, writing intentions for how they relate to

the idea of wearing ritual objects. They will return

to these ideas throughout the year. On Monday, we

will continue with this program when we welcome

rabbis in the community to teach us about the

intersection of gender and the mitzvah of tefillin.

Senior Science Kicks Off

School may just have begun,

but Mrs. Levinson's AP

Chemistry class has been

back in the saddle for over a

week, revving up the

spectrophotometers in the

lab. AP Physics C is loading

up the calculus for another

go at the motion sensors,

while AH Biology is mapping

out the course of evolution

on this planet. Ms. Murphy's

anatomy and physiology

students started the year

with a "Tour of Anatomy" lab practical. Moving

around the room to different lab stations, they were

asked to try to identify various specimens

representative of the units to come. "Was that a

buffalo mandible?" "Did I see a deer pelvis?" "I

think this is a real heart!" The seniors are definitely

ready for a year of new adventures!

From the P.O.

Welcome back! We hope that

everyone had a wonderful

summer. We're extremely

excited for the year ahead!

Our CJHS P.O. Board and

chair positions for this year

are taking shape. It's our

pleasure to introduce

Debbie Copley as P.O. Vice-

President and welcome back

Rachel Gruenberg as

Treasurer. The CJHS P.O. got

an early start this year with

a Back to School Parent Breakfast on Wednesday,

August 6 at the home of Karen Ecanow. Thanks to

everyone who attended this lovely program.

The freshman class and

their parents kicked-off

the school year with their

Grade Get-Together this

past Sunday evening, at

the Geifman

home. Many thanks to

Grade Get-Together Co-

chairs, Maryl Dayan and

Amy Mishell, for planning

this event and to all of

the families who

attended. It was a huge

success!

Please feel free to

contact us with questions

or if you're interested in

volunteering with the

PO. We'd love to hear

from you!

Karen Ecanow & Liz

Geifman

CJHS PO Presidents

po@cjhs.org

Find the CJHS Parent

Organization on

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/ChicagolandJewishHighS

choolParentOrganization

Upcoming Grade Get-Togethers

Sophomore Class:

Sunday, September 14

at the Ecanow home, Highland Park

Junior Class:

Sunday, September 7

at the Kharasch home, Bannockburn

Senior Class:

Sunday, September 21

at the Kaplinsky home, Highland Park

Check your inbox for your email invitation.

Sponsorship opportunities at any level are

welcome!

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 read

from his novel,

which is partially

set in Chicago's

North Shore, and

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.

Seeking Alumni Trivia!

Shabbat shalom to founding

CJHS social studies teacher

Ms. Sharna Marcus and

CJHS alumnus Geoff Levin

('07), who met up in Israel

this past week! Sharna, her

husband Lior Chacham, and

her daughter Maya, live in

Netanya. Stay strong,

everyone! We wish a

Shabbat of peace and

strength to all our alumni

living and visiting in our

homeland.

Are you studying abroad? Making headlines? Making

aliyah? Serving in the armed forces--or as a

barefoot bread baker for social justice? Next week,

our regular Alumni Trivia will be starting up again!

Send fun facts, life updates, and parental kvelling to

your returning editor Mrs. Shira Eliaser, seliaser@cjhs.org.

Sponsored Breakfast

Happy birthday to Gavi Schankerman

and Arthur Sredni. Many thanks to

their families for sponsoring tasty bagels for breakfast!

A Taste of Torah

"We must devote our attention both to halakha and

aggadah, to keva and kavanah, the Rabbinic

schools of Ishmael and Akiva, to science and

religion. In these terms, reading one item to the

exclusion of another perhaps is more than

ignorance, but a modern formula for heresy of the

highest order. Reading one pole as the sole element

in any part of life limits God's power and the human

being's capacity to encounter her own potentials."

--Rabbi Zach Silver Read Rabbi Silver's first day of school address here.

Shabbat Shalom

Candlelighting this week, parashat

Re'eh, will be at 7:25

p.m. Shabbat Shalom!

בצרה וב שביה אחינו בית י שראל, הנתונים כל ,

ביב שה, המקום ירחם עליהם העומדים בים ובין בין ,

בוד לה, ויוציאם מצרה לרוחה, ומאפלה לאורה, ומ שע לגא

בעגלא ובזמן קריב .ה שתא

While we enjoy the excitement of a new school year, we pray for the peace and

security of all our brothers and sisters everywhere.