Debate Storms NYC!

February 15, 2013 / 5 Adar 5773

CJHS Debate Second Place in

Nation

In This Issue

YU Debate

Tournament

The Puppy Project

Curriculum and

Beyond

National Merit

Finalists

Tigers Press On

Bowling Banquet

Shmuel Aleph Siyum

Fond Farewell

Debate Takes New York City by Storm!

Todah Rabbah

The Prints Presents

Cell Phones for Shalva

Jazz Band Concert

Pet Supplies Drive

STAND UPdate

Save the Date

Alumni Trivia

A Taste of Torah

Save the Date

Monday, Feb. 18

No School

Monday, Feb. 25

Shushan Purim

Tuesday, March 5 -

Sunday, March 10

Model U.N. Trip

Thursday, March. 14

Pi Day

Friday, March 15

Friday 2:45 Dismissal

Begins

Monday, March 25

Pesach Break Begins

P. O. Corner

Gelt Program The P.O. is pleased to once again introduce the gift card "Gelt program" to our families and we have made it much easier (look for upcoming email with details on how to register). Faculty and staff can also buy Gelt that will help to support programs provided for the school by the P.O. This program is designed to help families earn money toward their children's junior year

The beginning of the 24th Annual Marsha Stein Talmudical

Academy Great Debate Tournament at New York's Yeshiva

University could

hardly have been

more ominous: as

blizzard conditions

raged across

Manhattan, many

wondered whether

the seventeen Jewish

high schools from

across the country

would actually make

it to the Upper West

Side at all! But after

a series of happy

chances, an eventful Shabbat spent with Elli Cohn ('09),

Josh Warshawsky ('08), and Lilli Flink ('08) at JTS, a

quick jaunt to Central Park and a dash around Times

Square, the CJHS debate team arrived at YU Sunday

morning ready to have it out with the best of them. (See a

working link to the ABC television news interview here.)

Panim program and/or the Senior Israel Experience. The program is a passive earning system, in which you buy the things you ordinarily purchase anyway, and earn money which will be credited to your family for designated school trips. If you have any questions, contact Sheri Sandrof at [email protected] or call her at 847.324.3723.

Community News and Events

Limmud Chicago! Saturday, February 16 6:45 p.m. Join us for laughter, beats, and dancing at the UIC Student Center East to celebrate the opening of Limmud Chicago 2013.

Joel Chasnoff will perform his new piece, G.I. Joel: A 24-year-old Stand-up Comic from Chicago Gets Drafted into the Israeli Army. Watch "A Life in Stills" sponsored by the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema. And afterwards, dance the night away with Biblegum pop stars Stereo Sinai. Sunday, February 17 9:00 a.m.

The indefatigable Mr. Marchenko, our

stalwart and hero- worshipped coach,

reports, "We were newcomers to this

tournament and almost from the get-go,

the rumors began to flow:

* 'Did you see the Chicago team?'

* 'I

heard

they're

incredible

.'

* 'That Midwestern style of

debate is tough to beat."

It was a testament to our

school and our students that

our reputation was so

instantaneously positive and prestigious. The debate team

hopes this will be the first of many such trips and thanks

the community for the positive response we have received."

As partner teams fanned out across the building arguing

over the fate of the illegal

immigrant population in the

United States, the

excitement and tension built

steadily throughout the day.

Each team argued either for

or against a pathway to

citizenship, and after three

intense rounds, we

reconvened in the main hall

to sum up, reflect, and await

the results. However, even without the scores, each debater

was supremely proud of his or her own individual effort as

You'll be able to choose from

over 80 sessions throughout the day. Limmud Chicago 2013 is centered around two themes: Jewish Love and Jews who made Chicago; there are plenty of sessions beyond these themes, too. See the lineup here! Lunch is included along with snacks; dietary laws observed. Check out limmudchicago.org to register, and remember to use your CJHS Family Member discount of 5%!

J2J Networking

Wednesday, February 20 7:45 p.m. We hope you can join us at our next J2J Networking Group meeting at Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai Emunah (3220 Big Tree Ln, Wilmette IL 60091) on February 20. We will have the following panel speaking on "Staying Afloat While Unemployed:"

David Fain, Fain

Financial Services Ira Piltz, Attorney,

Law Offices of Ira Piltz in Skokie

Fred H. Rothschild, CLU RHU, Rothschild Insurance Group

American Friends of

Israeli War Disabled

Presents...

"Everything Is Illuminated"

well as the remarkable performance of the team as a whole.

A glitch in the scoring meant we

headed back to Chicago without

knowing the outcome of the

competition: after two fearful days,

the good word came through: the

newly-deployed CJHS team took

second place! Junior/sophomore

superstars Maya Behn and Elan

Karoll (left) took 4th prize for Best

Pair Team in the tournament, while

seniors Michael Jacobson and

Benji Noy also maintained a 3-0

record. Senior Daniel Fishbaum

had the most speaking points for

the team. Many congratulations to winners Eli Krule,

Isaac Johnston, Alex Cope, Ceren Maeir, Nate

Swetlitz, Elan Sykes, Alana Spellman, and Jonathan

Schrag. We are so proud of you all!

Please note: all rumors that the

Debate Team and the Model U.N.

team (also 2nd place in the

nation) will be enacting West Side

Story and staging an impromptu

"rumble" to determine once and

for all which gang is cooler are

entirely unfounded. It is the

faculty that will be doing a

musical Purim shpiel, not the

students. Cutthroat rivalry

between the two nationally

famous teams is restricted to the

faculty sponsors only.

The Puppy Project

This past Friday we were

fortunate to have a very

special freshman advisory

activity. Julia Havey, a

representative from

Canine Companions for

Independence, a non-

profit organization that

trains assistance dogs for

people with disabilities,

came to CJHS with two service puppies in training. Our own

Sunday, March 17 2:00 p.m. Noyes Cultural Center 927 Noyes Street, Evanston

The Next Theater Company's upcoming production is Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything is Illuminated, adapted for the stage by Simon Block. It chronicles a young

Jewish man's journey as he struggles to unlock the secrets of his past. It follows the quirky journey of Jonathan scouring the rural Ukraine landscape in the search of a woman who may have saved his grandfather from the Nazis, accompanied by an old man haunted by memories of the war, an amorous and excitable dog named Sammy Davis Jr. Jr., and an irreverent translator with a unique grasp of the English language

Join us at 1:00 p.m. before the show for an hour of light refreshment and camaraderie at the Noyes Cultural Center in the studio right next door to the theater entrance. The play begins at 2:00 p.m. Advance copies of the script will be available and we are invited to a special post-show discussion with members of the cast and artistic team.

The cost for this wonderful afternoon is only $36.00 per

person. Make your checks out to AFIWDF.

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,

freshman Rebecca Abrams, an assistant volunteer puppy

raiser, brought this

wonderful program

to our school.

Rebecca showed

each group of

freshmen a

Powerpoint

presentation

outlining what this

wonderful program

does for those in

need, providing

free trained dogs

for support, assistance, and companionship to those who

could benefit from a canine companion and thus lead a

fuller and more productive life. Each freshman had an

opportunity to practice some commands with the dogs and

to play with them as well. Charles Schultz said, "Happiness

is a warm puppy." Guidance counselor Nancy Steinberg

insists, "No, happiness is watching our wonderful young freshmen playing with a warm puppy!"

Thanks so much to Julia for all of the work she does on

behalf of those in need. And a special thank you to Rebecca

for volunteering her time with this wonderful organization

and for making us all aware of this unique and special organization.

Curriculum and Beyond

and orange juice will be served to everyone. An announcement will be made in Tefillah and in the dining hall, and the occasion will also be listed in our weekly E-News. If you have any questions, please call 847.324.3713 or email [email protected]. Order forms are available online here.

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Many thanks to everyone who

came together to make

Wednesday's Curriculum and

Beyond Night a success! Over 30

families piled into CJHS on

Wednesday night to experience

the best of what we have to offer,

and they professed themselves

mightily impressed.

An extra special thank you

goes out to the teachers and students who helped with the

logistics, ran model classrooms, staffed activity booths, and

led tours of our institution. Yasher koach, everyone!

National Merit Finalists

Congratulations to seniors Nate Swetlitz and Elan

Sykes on being named a National Merit Finalists! We are

all proud of everything these young men have achieved in

science, politics, oratory, religious studies, mathematics,

writing, devotion to the community, and a commitment to

social justice. We look forward to following their future careers with pride.

Alumni Trivia

Which former CJHS figure of note can you find peacefully

praising her Creator in this picture before she was pulled

aside and detained by the police for "engaging in behavior likely to cause a breach of the peace"?

JV Tigers Say 'W'!

The sophomore basketball team ended their season with

a tough loss to CICS Ellison in the Chicago Prep Conference

Tournament, while the freshmen lost to Lake Forest

Academy on Monday and played North Shore Country Day

on Thursday. The freshmen will play in the Chicago Prep

Conference Tournament, Sunday at 9 a.m., right here at

the Caplan gym. The amazing JV Tigers did their best last

night to avenge the Lady Tigers' defeat at the hands of

North Shore Country Day; junior Hillel Schwartz had an

amazing game with 22 points, with further great plays

delivered by seniors Rami Eilian and Josh Flink and

juniosr Evan Gorstein and Josh "Gingi" Aaronson. Go

Tigers!

CJHS defeats Lake Forest Academy! Many thanks to the inexhaustible Coach Newlander for the video

production.

Across the gym with the varsity team,

the Tigers knocked off another top

team, defeating Lake Forest Academy

88-80. Jake Newlander had 28 points

and 5 assists to lead the way for the

Tigers, whose amazing season record of

21-3 has never been topped at CJHS.

Next week the men's varsity basketball

team begins the IHSA Regional

Tournament at

Christian Liberty

Academy in Arlington

Heights. The semifinal

game is Tuesday at

6:00 p.m. Tickets are $4; please see Mr.

Gleicher if you would like to sign up for

the bus.

Lady Tigers Alana Stoehr, Caroline

Dreifuss, and Alana Spellman slammed

some 3-pointers last night at the Sectional Championship

Three Point Showdown at Westminster Christian School. We

are incredibly proud of our CJ sectionalists... Go Lady

Tigers!

Don't miss SENIOR NIGHT, THIS

SATURDAY NIGHT VS. IDA CROWN.

Come out and watch the seniors play one

final time at Caplan Gym: the women's

varsity Lady Tigers play at 8:00 p.m.,

followed by the men's varsity at 9:30

p.m. And Tuesday after school is the

winter pep rally, so blue out for your team

and show your CJHS colors!

Bowling Banquet

The annual bowling

invitational and banquet

celebrated the 39

members of the CJHS

bowling team, who

completed their season

last week at Brunswick

Zone in Deerfield. The

banquet honored the

three assistant coaches

whose help made the

three months of bowling

a rousing success: Mr.

Jerry Drazin, Mr. Henry

Bernstein and Mr.

Arnold Bender, father of

sophomore Larry

Bender. Aitan Licht

was also honored as

being the bowling with

the highest overall

average; team

competition honors went

to the team of Rachel

Small, Fede Romano,

and Elijah Kliot. Also

saluted were our five

seniors: Elan Sykes,

Benjy Noy, Aitan Licht, Yoni Gabel, and Nate Swetlitz.

Altogether, 34 of the 39 bowlers raised their averages

during the season. In addition to being our biggest team

ever, Dr. Auslander, our redoubtable coach, has also

pointed out that this year's team included more girls than ever before. Go Ten-Pin Tigers!

Junior Siyum

Ms. Gleicher-Bloom's Tanakh class

has concluded their study of Shmuel

Aleph, the First Book of Samuel!

Junior Jackie Geraty reports, "After

[finishing] Sefer Shmuel Aleph, we

came together as a class to share

snacks and individual 'Divrei Nach,'

each using a pasuk of our choice from

the text we spent so much time

studying. We related these psukim to

our personal lives and our society

now-- the topics went all the way from politics to TV shows.

The siyum gave us a real feeling of closure, even though we started Sefer Bet the next class!"

Fond Farewell

CJHS bids a fond farewell to front desk

maven Sandi Topper and her husband

Jeff, who will be moving to Harrisburg,

PA. We will miss them very much and we

wish them every good fortune in their move and in their new home.

Todah Rabbah

Many thanks to all the students and staff who came

together to get everyone home safely in the wake of last

week's winter storm. Special thanks from all of us at CJHS

go to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald and Melissa Namberg of

Deerfield, who rescued and sheltered the four last

mathletes unable to make it home due to road conditions. God bless all our good neighbors!

Spoken Word Workshop: The Prints

Two years ago, our

literary magazine

students watched

Louder than a Bomb,

a documentary that

follows the journeys

of four high school

students as they write

and perform poetry in

the annual Louder Than a Bomb spoken word competition.

This year, The Prints is proud to announce that one of the

stars of the film, Adam Gottlieb, will be leading CJHS

students in a spoken word workshop on February 28, from 5:00-6:30 p.m. To hear Adam's incredible work, click here.

In preparation for this event, The Prints will be screening

Louder than a Bomb during FPLA on February 21. Everyone

is welcome to join us for the movie--so get excited, and be

inspired! Additionally, we have six spots reserved for the

workshop for students who are not yet members of the

Prints; if you would like to join, we would love to have you. Please contact Ada Moses or Betty Shklover.

Cell Phones for Shalva

Bring your old cell phones to the Cell Phone Drop Box in the

office. By doing so, you will be supporting Shalva and providing

critical support to Jewish survivors of abuse. Recycle that old phone and do a

mitzvah!

Jazz Band Concert

CJHS is proud to be part of TUNED-IN, the 6th Annual Larry

Dobkin Teen Music Showcase to benefit RESPONSE. This

incredible organization services over 13,000 young people

and their families each year, empowering teens to make

healthy life choices. This year's concert will take place at

the Sheely Center for the Performing Arts at Glenbrook

North High School on March 2 at 8:00 p.m. with a dessert

reception at 7:30 p.m. For information about tickets,

please contact Mr. Scher or RESPONSE at 224-625-2922.

Pet Supplies for Orphans of the Storm

DRIVES has teamed up with the Chesed

Club to run a great collection for Orphans of

the Storm, a no-kill shelter that cares for

stray, abandoned, abused, or neglected

dogs and cats. Next week is the last week we will be

collecting blankets, towels, newspapers, baking soda, toys, treats, brushes, and combs for dogs and cats. Thanks!

STAND UPdate

STAND secretary Yadid Licht reports, "This next edition of

I Am Congo tells the story of Amani Mataboro, a community

builder in the Democratic Republic of Congo." Watch this

week's video here.

Save the Date: Wagner Institute

Join us at

"Creating a Just Society" The Isidor and Rose Wagner Institute for Leadership

Development of The Jewish Theological Seminary

in partnership with Chicagoland Jewish High School

Featuring JTS Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen

Sunday, April 21 - Monday, April 22

Alumni Trivia

Rabbi Robyn Fryer-

Bodzin was detained

by the Israeli police

during Rosh Chodesh

services on Monday as

the Women of the Wall

peacefully made their

way down from the

Kotel to Robinson's Arch to read Torah. A full 190 other

participants in the service went unmolested, including the

three 1967 paratroopers and other brave men who were

standing on the men's side to support their fellow Jews'

right to pray with tzitzit, and--according to the major

coverage in the Israeli newspaper Ha-Artez--three others

who linked arms and refused to move. Rabbi Fryer-Bodzin

and about ten others were taken to a police station,

questioned, and released with a judicial order not to return

to the Kotel for 15 days.

Officer: Why were you wearing a talit?

Rabbi Fryer-Bodzin: I was wearing a talit because I am a

rabbi, I am Jewish, and I have chiuv (obligation).

Support for Rabbi

Fryer-Bodzin has

poured in from all over

North America; she has

been interviewed in her

hometown paper about

her history of social

activism and her

ongoing battle against

intolerance. Rabbi

Fryer-Bodzin's own

essay on her

experience, "On Being Attained at the Kotel," including a

beautiful Ani Ma'amin prayer composed in her honor by

Cantor Shiya Ribowsky, can be found here. Chizki v'imtzi,

Rabbi: CJHS is proud of you!

A Taste of Torah: Adar Is Here!

On Monday we celebrated Rosh Chodesh as a school, beginning Tefillot with

raucous singing of "Mi Shenichnas Adar Marbin b'Simcha," or, "He who enters Adar increases in joy." However, can we truly mandate feelings, particularly happiness?

After all, there are so many reasons why someone would like to be happy but certain parts of life are holding us back - factors that we don't have control over.

I think that the four mitzvot (commanmdents) of Purim give insight into how we can foster a community of happiness, if not mandate

happiness outright. The four mitzvot are: reading the Megillah, having a Purim seudah (festive meal), giving Mishloach Manot (gifts to friends), and Matanot LaEvyonim (gifts to the poor).

These mitzvot represent concentric circles of responsibility, each of which push us to interact with a certain set of relationships in our lives. While we might not be able to force

our own emotional state, we certainly can strive to make others

joyful on this day.

Megillah: It is customary to read

Megillat Esther with a minyan because of the wish to publicize the miracle. The reading connects us not only to those around us through raucous joy, but also vertically in time, to the narrative of our people.

The mitzvah of hearing the megillah forces us to interact with the miracles of the day, to those in our past who allowed us to celebrate on this day.

Purim Seudah: Those who sit around our tables are generally those closest with

us, and the table is limited to the number of chairs that can fit around

it. A Purim seudah guarantees that we will break bread with those who are closest to us in

our lives and make festive eating (but of course!) a part of this day.

Mishloach Manot: One more step beyond the table in our concentric circles

of relationships represents those who are

important in our lives and on this day in particular, we want to reach out to and say, "I care about you." These

people may not have been at the table for the Purim Seudah, but giving mishloach manot says in both words and deeds that you are important to me, and I want to make your Purim joyous.

Matanot LaEvyonim: The Rambam (Moses Maimonides,

1135-1204) says that giving gifts to the poor is more important than any of the other three mitzvot of Purim, and that "the one who brightens the hearts of the unfortunate is similar to the

Shechinah," the Divine Presence (Yad, Hilchot Megillah v'Chanukah, 2:17). In our final

circle of relationships, we recognize that there is no one who is on the outside of our community. On Purim, anyone

who reaches out and asks for a gift (kol mi shepores yad), we

have the obligation to give. On any other day we can think about tzedakah priorities, how much to give toward immediate need and how much toward systemic change. But on this day, we give to all who ask - because this is the essence of what it means to manifest joy on Purim.

During this Purim, take the opportunity to make all of your circles of friends and acquaintances happy. Be Happy, It's Adar!

--Rav Beit Sefer Zach Silver

משנכנס אדר מרבין בשמחה

Candlelighting will be at 5:05 p.m. Shabbat

shalom, and happy Adar!