January 25, 2013 / 14 Shevat 5773 Senior Israel Experience Concludes In This Issue Martin Luther King Day Senior Israel Experience Israeli Elections Tu B'Shevat Write On For Israel This Week in Sports Curriculum and Beyond Musical Auditions STAND UPdate Alumni Trivia A Taste of Torah Martin Luther King Jr. Day 150 years after Lincoln's first first wave of emancipation and 50 years after the historic March on Washington, CJHS
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January 25, 2013 / 14 Shevat 5773
Senior Israel Experience Concludes
In This Issue
Martin Luther King Day
Senior Israel
Experience
Israeli Elections
Tu B'Shevat
Write On For Israel
This Week in Sports
Curriculum and Beyond
Musical Auditions
STAND UPdate
Alumni Trivia
A Taste of Torah
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
150 years after Lincoln's first first wave of emancipation
and 50 years after the historic March on Washington, CJHS
Save the Date
Sunday, Jan. 27
JNF Tu B'Shevat Fair
Monday, Jan. 28
Senior Classes Resume
Sunday, Feb. 10
ACT
Wednesday, Feb. 13
Curriculum and Beyond
Monday, Feb. 18
No School
Monday, Feb. 25
Shushan Purim
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 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
joined the rest of America in remembering the civil rights
triumphs of our past and renewing our dedication to the
ideals that will make this country flourish. The annual
Martin Luther King Jr. Day program was planned by Mr.
Griffith and Rabbi Belgrad; many thanks to Dr. Auslander
for his reminiscences, to Josh Aaronson for his flourishing
quotes and to Maddy Mynatt for coordinating an inspiring
video montage of Rosa Parks' legacy and the civil rights
struggle. May the next 50 years work changes as
unrecognizable in our great society and witness a new birth
of freedom for all Americans. May we see the day when
red states and blue states, the 99% and the 1%, the
religious right and the secular left "sit down at the table of
brotherhood" as Dr. King would have us do, to forge a
common consensus that will bring us all a little closer to
the promised land.
Senior Israel Experience Concludes
The senior class headed north this week to the Galil, the
Kinneret, and the Golan, learning about Israel's precious
water resources and how to manage them for the next
generation. In addition to volunteering for social action
projects in Teverya (Tiberias) and meeting teens in an
Israeli Arab village, our students were able to experience
firsthand the natural beauty and sweetness of the promised land.
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.
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%!
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 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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Israeli Elections
This past week in Gvt. Moskovich's Hebrew VIII classes, the
juniors researched the different parties running in
Tuesday's elections in Israel. After finishing their own
research, students presented their political parties to the
class. Through Powerpoints, paper flyers, and video
advertisements from the specific parties, they described
what each party stands for, ranging from the more well-
known right-wing Likud, Kadima, or the orthodox Shas, to
the less-known parties such as Ahim Anahnu, the anti-
discrimination party, and Orr, a party focused on
separation of church and state and educational equality.
After everyone presents, the class will participate in a mock
election, where we will find out how the results in our class
In the Mekhilta for this week's parasha, Rabbi Eliezer ben Taddai described the Song of the Sea, the supreme moment
when the Jewish people experienced supreme faith together with poetic inspiration. Rabbi Taddai sought to expound on the phrase "va-yomru lemor," which might imply either that the Israelites sang together with Moshe, or like pupils with a teacher, they merely
repeated the verses which Moshe himself composed and sang (Sotah 30b).
Said Rabbi Taddai, "Moses began and the Israelites repeated what he had said and
then completed the verse. Moses began by saying, 'I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously,' and the Israelites repeated what he had said, and then completed the
verse with him, saying, 'I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously, the horse and its rider He hurled into the sea.' Moses began saying,
'The Lord is my strength and my song,' and the Israelites repeated and then completed the verse with him, saying,
'The Lord is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.'" This is why our greatest prophet and leader is not called Moshe ha-Navi, Moses the Prophet, or Moshe ha-Gadol, Moses the Great. He is known as Moshe Rabbenu, Moses our teacher, for he not only was inspired, but used his insight to inspire others. The
crowning success of the greatest teacher is to watch the students not only repeat what they have been taught, but surpass it, adding their own talents, ideas, and inspiration. Neither alone could have achieved the testament of faith and artistry that they composed together.
--Mrs. Shira Eliaser
Shabbat Shalom
Candlelighting this Friday night will be at 4:38 p.m. Shabbat Shalom!