Save the Date
Tuesday, April 28
Yom Hazikaron
Wednesday, April 29
Yom Ha'Atzmaut
Monday, May 4 - Friday, May 15
AP Exams
Friday, May 15 - Saturday, May 16
Senior Shabbaton
Sunday, May 17
Bev Fox Memorial Garden Dedication
Sunday, May 17
Student Directed One-Acts
Sunday, May 24
Prom
Tuesday, May 26
Physics Expo
Wednesday, May 27
Graduation
Thursday, May 28
Erev Shavuot (2:45 Dismissal)
Friday, May 29
Shavuot (No School)
Sunday, May 31
Dance Marathon
Friday, June 12
Year-End BBQ
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Community News and Events
Continuing Education at Melton
The Florence Melton Adult Mini-School is an outstanding two-year program which offers a comprehensive range of Jewish studies. Knowledge of Hebrew is not required. Melton students are a committed group of adult learners who represent a great diversity in background, prior level of learning, and affiliation, but are united by their desire to learn more about their Judaism.
Registration fills up fast! For further information, click here, or call or email Keith Kanter at kkanter@cfje.org or 847-410-3900 ext. 25.
Melton has received rave reviews from the CJHS members who have taken it - let now be your turn! CFJE Ulpan: Summer and FallThe Community Foundation for Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago offers a first-class, exciting way for adult members of our community to learn Modern Hebrew. We are so pleased to now offer the Ulpan at four different sites. Click here for information about our summer and fall course offerings. JUF Teen ConnectionsJUF is planning a great deal of exciting events for teens in the near future, including a concert with Israeli rapper Subliminal. Click on http://www.juf.org/
teens/newsletter_web.aspx to read about all of the events. You can subscribe to the JUF Teen Connections newsletter via a link at the bottom of the website. Perlstein Family VacationsShare quality time with your family and get the benefits that only an all-inclusive Perlstein family vacation can provide. Vacation at JCC's Perlstein Resort & Conference Center in Lake Delton, WI, adjacent to Camp Chi and minutes from the Wisconsin Dells. August 17-23 & 24-30, 2009. · Day camp/day care for all age groups-infants to teens · Family activities and events · Nightly activities for adults and evening babysitting · Relax and leave all of the Shabbat preparation to us! · 3 Kosher meals a day with snacks Included Activities, no additional fee: waterskiing, sailing, swimming, boating, arts & crafts, outdoor & indoor play spaces, rock climbing, mountain biking, horseback riding, archery, sports, yoga, field trips and more! There's so much to do. For details visit www.gojcc.org/prcc, call 847.763.3603 or email prcc@gojcc.org. |
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 $162 (9x 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 ialtman@cjhs.org. Order forms are available online here.
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Never Again: Youth United for Darfur
This past Sunday, 500 high school students from all over the Chicago area gathered in the rain at the Federal Plaza in Chicago to show their support for the people in Darfur and urge the Obama administration to act on the Sudanese genocide. This rally was a culmination of a Chicago-wide fundraising effort, lasting 10 weeks and raising almost $16,000. Through raising awareness in their local communities, student activists supported the ENOUGH Project's Sister Schools program, which provides educational opportunities in eastern Chad to children displaced by the Darfur crisis, and the local Sudanese Community Center that meets the human service needs of Illinois residents of Sudanese descent.
The event included speakers such as Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky; Deng, a Lost Boy of Sudan; Ashal Yai, a native Sudanese poet, and others. There were also performances by many local bands, a short presentation by USY and BBYO representatives and a tent with representatives from Amnesty International and Youth United for Darfur. The rally was a huge success and was covered by many local TV stations and newspapers, such as ABC, the Tribune, WGN and WBBM. You can read the article from the Pioneer Press here.
Thanks to the 20 students from CJHS who went to the rally, and especially to Eliana Fisher, Noah Weinberg, and Benji Fleischacker who went early and stayed late to make everything happen. Also thanks to the many students in the CJHS STAND club who helped plan the rally and participated in the fundraising efforts of the Youth United for Darfur group. If you are interested in hearing updates from Youth United for Darfur or learning more about the rally and what it accomplished, please go to the website or email Noa at noadaphne@yahoo.com.
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Yom HaShoah Ve'Hagevurah
This past Tuesday, the CJHS community commemorated Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, with a special program that featured a survivor's testimony, a musical presentation by the choir, and an all-school art project. Students began the program in the Beit Knesset, where they listened to Mr. Frank Stern talk about his experiences as a young child in Frankfurt, Germany and how his family managed to find safety in Switzerland, England, and finally, the United States. Mr. Stern discussed the political climate of Germany prior to war and how, even as a child, he could see the gradual marginalization of Jews from society. Mr. Stern's story was followed by a question and answer session and the choir's renditions of "Eli, Eli," "Zog Nit Kein Mol," and finally "Hatikvah."
Six large black panels were painted with simple brushstokes of color by students and faculty throughout the morning. Each brushstoke was to be symbolic of and individual, man, woman or child who perished in the flames of the Holocaust. "The artwork is simple but powerful, the bright colors look like flames against the dark background. The six panels will be hung together in the school as a special CJHS Holocaust Memorial," said Mrs. Marla Snyder, who conceived and coordinated the project. A special thank you to Dr. Roberta Miller and our parent volunteers, Joanne Licht and Melissa Spellman.
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Trip to Sudanese Community Center
The Jewish World Watch/STAND organization of CJHS is arranging a visit to Chicago's Sudanese Community Center for Sunday, May 31. At the center, our group will discuss current African events with Sudanese community leaders and participate in cultural activities of the region. This trip culminates a year of education at CJHS about the current crisis in Darfur. Alll students and faculty are invited to come on this momentous excursion.
A bus will leave CJHS on Sunday morning and return in time for Dance Marathon in the afternoon. Stay tuned for further details about the day's schedule. If you are interested in coming on the trip, please contact Jordy Shapiro Jdshapkid@aol.com or Noa Fleischacker noadaphne@yahoo.com. |
National Merit Semifinalists
Congratulations to Daniel Eisenberg, Ari Eisenstadt, Nina Kiken, Louis Shekhtman, and Leo Spornstarr, who met the requirements to enter the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program. With a Selection Index of 201 or above, each of these students is among the 50,000 highest-scoring participants of some 1.5 million program entrants. Each of these students has shown outstanding academic potential. |
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Seniors Meet Seniors
On Wednesday, we were privileged to have ten of our neighbors, residents from the Gidwitz assisted living facitility, join us for lunch. Twenty-five students came to chat with the our guests during lunch, and there was a lot of good conversation and laughter throughout the room as our seniors interacted with their seniors. The Gidwitz seniors then joined with Rabbi Barkan's freshman Bible class to study about David's affair with Bat Sheva. One particularly enthusiastic gentleman described Wednesday as "one of the best days of his life," citing the vibrancy of the Jewish teens whom he met at our school and the depth of education they have already achieved. We are delighted to have hosted such a successful sharing experience, and we look forward to regular get-togethers with our neighbors at Gidwitz! |
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Garden Club
 Chicagoland Jewish community! Are you looking for a fun, free, enjoyable, outdoor opportunity this summer? The Garden Club needs you! This summer the Garden Club will need community help to keep our garden healthy and beautiful. If you are interested in coming once a week, once a month, or whenever you have time this summer to garden at CJHS, and fulfill the mitzvah of beautifying the earth, please email Ellie Honan at blondellie220@yahoo.com. |
Leore Avidar ('07) was recently honored at the 2009 Engineering Undergraduate Awards ceremony at the University of Michigan. Leore was the recipient of the Commercialization/Entrepreneurship Award. This award is presented to students who exemplify a partnership and business through involvement or startup of a private business, patents, or partnerships with corporations to further their knowledge or interests. The entire CJHS community wishes Leore mazal tov. |
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Don't Forget to Count the Omer
 Not only are CJHS students counting down to graduation day in five weeks, they are also performing a mitzvah! Today is fifteen days, which is two weeks and one day of the Omer. The kabbalistic feature of the day is Chesed b'Netzach, lovingkindness tempered with endurance and foresight. In preparation for Shavuot, give yourself the opportunity to do a deed of love whose effect will be long-lasting and meangingful.
Many online resources are available to send daily Omer reminders via email, including chabad.org, ou.org, and torah.org.
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Religious Life
 Yasher koach to Eliana Fisher, Ariel Stoltz, Elli Cohn, Alex Krule, Jacquie Zaluda, Daniel Eisenbergand Mrs. Eliaser for leading davening this week; also to Leo Spornstarr and Louis Shekhtman for reading Torah. |
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Shabbat Shalom
Candlelighting is 7:26 p.m. this Friday. Shabbat shalom!
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