The Covenant Award

14 Cheshvan, 5775 November 7, 2014

This Week at CJHS

Dr. Schorsch Covenant Scholar

Panel Honoring Dr. Schorsch

Cooper Invitational

Open House

All-School Shabbaton

Fall Art Show and Concert

Cross Country Reflections

Students in the News

PO Corner

Alumni Basketball Game

A Taste of Torah

Alumni Trivia

Save the Date

Friday, Nov. 14

No School

Dr. Schorsch Goes to Washington

Dr. Rebecca Schorsch,

head of Jewish Studies

at CJHS, is now in

Washington D.C. to

receive the prestigious

Covenant Award-- the

premier award for

excellence in Jewish

education. The awards

dinner will take place

this Sunday during the General Assembly of the

Jewish Federations of North America. Dr.

Schorsch is one of three recipients of this year's

award, established by the Covenant Foundation,

a program of the Crown Family Philanthropies to

recognize outstanding Jewish educators across

all denominations. The entire CJHS community

wishes a hearty yish'ar kochech to Dr. Schorsch

Wednesday, Nov. 26 1:15 Dismissal Thursday, Nov. 27 - Friday, Nov. 28

Thanksgiving Break After Shabbat, Nov. 30 Alumni Basketball Game

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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 ssandrof@cjhs.org or 847.324.3723 with any questions.

Grandparents and Special

for her phenomenal work as a mentor, educator,

teacher, and role model for generations of

Jewish students! Chizki u'vimtzi!

Join us here in Deerfield next week to honor Dr.

Schorsch on Thursday night:

Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:00 p.m.

Jacob Cytryn, Director, Ramah Wisconsin

Tamar Cytryn, Director of Jewish Studies

and Campus Life, Chicago Jewish Day

School

Rabbi Ben Kramer, Director of Jewish Life & Learning,

Sager Solomon Schechter Day School

Tzivia Garfinkel, Head of Jewish Studies, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet

Day School

Lisa Alter Krule, Director of Regional

Engagement, United Synagogue of

Rabbi Zachary Silver, Rav Beit Sefer,

Chicagoland Jewish High School

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 ssandrof@cjhs.org with any questions.

Community News and Events

Spertus Presents

CJHS alumni parent Amy Reichert will have her artwork on display at Spertus over the next six weeks! Join her at the reception in her honor on Sunday, November 9 from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

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

Conservative Judaism

Cooper Invitational

2014 Cooper Invitational Seeding Show

Seventeen doughty CJHS basketball players are

representing the Chicago area at the Cooper

Invitational this weekend! The Cooper Yeshiva

High School Invitational Tournament, hosted by

the Margolin Hebrew Academy in Memphis,

Tennessee, is now the second largest Jewish

high school athletic event in North America. The

tournament includes sixteen top-tier teams and

a Shabbaton immersed in "southern

hospitality." After bringing home the trophy two

years ago, our boys were seeded fourth this

year for another incredible run for the gold!

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Junior Josh Lederman reports from the

Deerfield feed that CJHS ran into a tough

opponent in the Weinberg Storm

yesterday. Senior Josh Newlander took the

lead against Boca Raton with 26

points. Freshmen Eli Nasatir and Jonah Karoll

made their mark on the game as well, along

with team mainstays Eli Schrayer and Jacob

Erlichman. Despite crushing odds, the team

made a supreme push to even the score and

came back in the fourth quarter with almost 21

points to cut the lead to 6 points. CJHS is now

in Tier II and faces the Atlanta Jaguars on

Friday.

Admissions Open House

Open House 2014 was a huge success with over

50 families represented

from both day schools

and public schools, from

communities all over the

Chicagoland area. The

event began with a

Student Activities Fair,

where prospective

families learned about

FPLA's, clubs and athletic

opportunities at CJHS. A

CJHS student panel

responded to questions

from prospective students

about what it is truly like

to be a student at CJHS.

Prospective parents participated in Q&A

rotations that included Transportation, CJ &

Beyond, Academics, Jewish Experience, etc. The

families also got a chance to sit in several

classes to learn more about our curriculum.

Thank you to our all our staff and student volunteers!

All-School Shabbaton

CJHS

students

headed

off to

Evanston

last

weekend

for the

yearly

DEAP

Shabbato

n. DEAP

(Direct

Service, Education, Advocacy, and Philanthropy)

seeks to guide CJHS students to think and act

about systemic injustice in our society. This

year's theme was food justice. Samantha

Warren from Campus Kitchens shared her

personal perspective and talked about the role of

this organization in the community, which does

food recovery from the Northwestern food

system and gives that food to those who need

it. As Samantha explained, 40% of food is

wasted in America, while one in six Americans

do not know where their next meal will come from.

Followi

ng

Kabbal

at

Shabb

at,

Maariv

, a

delicio

us

Tein Li

Chow

dinner,

and a

surprise

birthday

cake for

Elan

Karoll,

Northwes

tern's

Shireinu

a capella

group

treated the students to their first performance of

the year. After Shacharit at the hotel, we

headed over to Northwestern Hillel for lunch,

where we were delighted to meet up with CJHS

alumni Jeff Budweg, Daniel Fishbaum, Alex

Krule, Aitan Licht, Iszy Licht, and Yadid

Licht. Junior Aviva Hirsch fielded questions

from our students to the purple Wildcat

collegiates about social justice, advocacy at the

college level, and

Jewish life on campus.

Following a simulation on food access in Chicago

and identification of root causes of this problem,

we strolled around campus, dived into seudah

shlishit and sang our way through Maariv and

Havdalah. The combination of learning, time on

campus, and the opportunity to be with new and

old friends at the Shabbaton served as a

wonderful fusion.

Fall'in Community Concert and Art Show

The CJHS fall art show

last Sunday at Gidwitz

Place was a

tremendous success

among residents and

guests! Artwork was

set up in the lobby as

people entered into the social hall for the free

concert. Studio Art

students illustrated songs

with fruits or vegetables in

the lyrics, and the tunes

were taken up by the

CJHS jazz band and vocal

ensemble. For the first

time, our performers were

joined onstage by the

"Gidiwtz Players" as well.

The concert ended with

everyone joining in

Hatikvah. We are

terrifically proud of all the

CJHS artists, musicians, and singers involved in

this collaboration, and hope to do it again in the

near future!

Cross Country All-Conference

Team

As basketball begins its pre-season training, the

2014 cross country team wraps up another

successful year. With the largest team in school

history (25 boys and 13 girls), our boys won the

Lake Forest Invitational for the first time, and

brought home the trophy from the Conference

Championship for the fifth straight year.

Woohoo-- 5 PEAT!

The girls' team showed remarkable

improvement, placing fourth at the Conference

Championship, and fifth at the Lake Forest

Invitational, with both meets hosting 11

teams. Thirteen CJHS students won medals; all

seven varsity boys finished in the top 11 at the

Conference Championship, and all made the All-

Conference Team. Yasher koach to Yoni

Maltsman, Zev Mishell, Akiva Stein, Ari

Rosenthal, Ranan Vales, Parker Weber, and

Felix Rosen. JV boys also won the Conference

meet, placing ten boys in the top 12 runners,

and yielding medals for Josh Pliskin, Sol

Treister, and Liam Lynch. Yoni Maltsman

and Zev Mishell each set school course records;

and Yoni won the Lake Forest Invitational.

Gaby Ecanow and Ariel Saxton made the All-

Conference Team, tying the girls' school record

for All-Conference medal winners. Gaby set two

school course records, and Ariel Saxton set

one. The most rewarding achievement this year

happened one week after the season ended. The

team captains, Rayna Gorstein, and Jonah

Glickman-Unterman organized a "Cross

Country Shabbaton," with over 30 runners

spending the weekend at the Vales and

Romanoff households. Thanks to Moriah

Congregation for hosting!

Students in the News

Congratulations to junior

Sarah Comar, whose

poem "The Stylist" about

body image, self-

determination, and

having a positive

relationship with God

was published in

Mishpacha Junior

magazine--with a full-

page spread, no less! Sarah has been actively

raising awareness in the community about

alopecia for many years, and CJHS heartily

applauds her efforts and her literary

talent. Yasher koach, Sarah!

Alumni Trivia

This was a big week in local elections. As we

look back on the history of CJHS politics, who

was the first president of the Va'ad and where is

she now?

P.O. Corner

The CJHS Parent Organization invites you to

contribute to our annual Teacher/Staff Hanukkah

Gift Fund. The suggested contribution is $18 per

student, but any amount is greatly

appreciated. Please send cash or check payable

to CJHS PO to the main office by December 9.

Alumni Basketball Game

Featuring the annual tug-of-war competition and

fun interactive activities, Saturday evening,

November 29, from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. There

will be a suggested $10 donation at the door.

Each entrance donation will include a free

reusable tote bag from the Roar Store! To play

in the Alumni Basketball Game, sign up here.

For any other questions, contact Tara Seymour

at 847.423.5489.

A Taste of Torah: Vaera

This is the week where half-brothers Yitzchak and Yishmael separate, their personal sacrifices sowing the seeds of conflict. The Yedid Nefesh bencher

traces the source of the discord up and away from the

two brothers, each of whom was sorely tried in his lifetime, to the two women whose voices are so seldom heard: Sarah, Avraham's long-suffering wife, and Hagar, the Egyptian slave girl who was passed from one master to another without any rights to her own body or the destiny of her child. As descendants of Sarah, the first Jewish woman, we are quick to

blame Hagar for "putting on airs" and for being unable to cope with thedeath of a loved one, but the angel who speaks to her is not so judgmental: Hagar hears in her oppression and despair what righteous and wise

Jewish prophets could not. Hagar was given over to Avraham without need for consent, held as a

dangerous rival by the mistress who arranged the match, delivered of a son with the barest minimum of acknowledgement, and

freed just as suddenly with equal disregard for her

wishes or safety. Which of us could have coped better with these circumstances?

Perhaps the blame lies neither on Sarah for asserting

her rights nor to Hagar for defending hers. Sarah's fear for her own wellbeing was borne of bitter experience, experience learned in Egypt. Midrash Rabbah suggests that Hagar, being Egyptian, was

given as a gift to Avram and Sarai by the Pharaoh as part of reparations for the treatment afforded to Sarai in last week's parsha. Recall how Pharaoh abducted her--what's another pretty face?--and Avram, fearing for his life, forced her to lie to the amorous monarch and wait for God to rescue her. Even a righteous, God-fearing woman like Sarah was traumatized and

changed by a system wherein she was treated like a thing, where her beauty and her body were freely available to be snatched up and paid for by the first power to take an interest.

--Mrs. Shira Eliaser, From a drash given by Chava Evans of Yeshivat Maharat

Alumni Trivia

Pre-pioneer student and first

Va'ad president Mollie Flink

('04) earned her B.A. from

Columbia/JTS, and has just

finished her masters' in social

work at the University of

Chicago. After interning at

the Lincoln Park Community

Shelter and St. Joseph Hospital, Mollie now

works as a consultant at the PCC Community

Center in Oak Park.

Shabbat Shalom

Candlelighting this week

is at 4:19. Shabbat

shalom!

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