On Wednesday evening, CJHS welcomed parents back to school.  The evening opened with a reception for parents hosted by Mr. Tony Frank, Head of School. This was followed by a 12 period mock school day during which parents visited classes and met with their student's teachers.  The evening allowed teachers to share information about CJHS's curriculum, strengthening the parent-school partnership that is central to the success of the learning process. 
 
Thanks to Ela Moskovich, Caroline Musin, Harvey Gross and Ellen Rostker for greeting parents and to Martha Keefe and Michele Agbodza for their administrative support.

 

More than 100 people gathered for a Freshman Family BBQ on Monday at the home of David, Laurie, Ariel, and Josh Ferri. Students schmoozed, played volleyball, and spent time getting to know each other as parents and administrators mingled in the backyard. The evening was an excellent opportunity to build community and strengthen the bonds of the families in our freshman class. Many thanks to the Ferri family for hosting the barbecue. 

 

      

 

                    

Congratulations to our Women's Tennis team for their opening match against Maine East, and to our Cross Country runners on their first meet at Lake Forest Academy!  Stay tuned as our Men's Golf team takes on Loyola Academy next week.

Click here for a preliminary schedule of fall sports.  All dates are subject to change.

 

 

 

Celebrate the New Year with our CJHS family and Susie Fishbein, author of the wildly successful Kosher by Design series of cookbooks.  Susie will give a three-course cooking demonstration at CJHS on Wednesday evening, September 17.
 
RSVP to Bobbie at rwolk@cjhs.org or call 847.324.3723. For more information, click here.
      
Interested in a Private Cooking Lesson?
 
In addition to our evening cooking event, we are auctioning off the opportunity to attend and participate in a private prep-and-cooking lesson with Susie Fishbein earlier that day.  Five people have the  opportunity to spend the afternoon with Susie on September 17 from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. She will instruct you in special cooking techniques, and you will help prepare a separate three-course meal, which you will then get to enjoy.     
 
Click here to place your bid in our online auction. The bidding starts on September 3 and will continue through September 14.

 

Yasher koach to Rachel Braun, Jeremy Hulkower, Jacquie Zaluda, Ari Eisenstadt, Arianna Rozen, and Avra Shapiro for leading davening at CJHS this week; also to Matthew Levin, Eliana Fisher, Benji Forester, and Rabbi Barkan for reading Torah. 

 

In this week's dvar Torah, a standing ovation goes to Ellie Honan, Ari Eisenstadt, Joel Pachefsky, Yali Derman, Jacob Rabinowitz, Benji Fleischacker, Eliana Fisher, Elli Cohn, Jeremy Hulkower, and Talia Stoehr for their parasha performance piece "Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue!" taken from Chaim Potok's novel Davita's Harp.  Ellie Honan played the role of Ilana Davita Chandal, a ba'al teshuvah who discovers that teachers of Torah do not always live by its precepts.  Yasher koach to Mrs. Eliaser for directing the piece, and for her accompanying dvar Torah, "Tzedek Tzedek Tirdof."  For the full text of the dvar Torah, click here.

 

 

Sukkot Family Getaway 
  
October 13-16  (Monday - Thursday)
at JCC's Perlstein Resort and Conference Center
in Lake Delton/Wisconsin Dells, WI
 
Come and expore the beauty of the fall harvest at Perlstein Resort and Conference Center in Wisconsin. Make your own apple cider with your kids; eat real slow-cooked food from an open fire; enjoy connecting with other families and reconnecting with your own; experience Jewish community in a new way and understand the ecological roots of the harvest holiday and the impact on our society-all in the beauty surrounding Lake Blass.

Highlights
    * Engaging family activities and team-building
    * Family oriented Sukkot observance with morning
       and evening tefillah
    * Age-appropriate activities for youths and adults
    * Eruv, Glatt Kosher meals and snacks
    * Cabin or tent camping on the grounds available
 
For more information, visit www.gojcc.org/prcc or call 847.763.3603 or email prcc@gojcc.org. 


"Merkaz Ivrit" - Hebrew Language Ulpan

The Community Foundation for Jewish Education offers adults an outstanding opportunity to learn and feel comfortable with Hebrew through its "Merkaz Ivrit. Running from October 2008 through May 2009, this 22-session program (1.5 hr/week) is structured to meet the needs of learners at all levels. Classes will take place in Skokie, the North Shore, Lakeview and new this year: the Northwest suburbs in Buffalo Grove. For the Ulpan brochure and registration information, click here or to go the CFJE website.
 
Questions? Call the Ulpan Center at 847.410.3900, ext. 20 or by e-mail at Ulpan@cfje.org.