Save the Date
Sunday, May 17Student Directed One-Acts Wednesday, May 20Bev Fox Memorial Garden Dedication Sunday, May 24Prom Monday, May 25
Memorial Day (No School)
Tuesday, May 26 Physics Expo Wednesday, May 27Graduation Thursday, May 28Erev Shavuot (2:45 Dismissal) Friday, May 29Shavuot (No School) Sunday, May 31Dance Marathon Friday, June 12Year-End BBQ
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Community News and Events
New at the BJE: Hebrew Lessons One-On-One!
Hebrew at your own pace, on your own schedule, with no pressure... for travel, business or aliyah! $40 per session; minimum 7 sessions.
Contact Alicia Gejman here or at 847.291.7788x1301.
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, 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 it 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. 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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Webster Middle School Exchange
 Fourteen eighth grade students from Webster Middle School in Waukegan came to CJHS on Tuesday morning from 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. to develop a partnership with the senior class. The junior class also participated in the program as they prepare to partner as seniors with next year's eighth graders. The group watched the movie "Freedom Writers" then broke out into small discussion groups to explore how the issues raised in the movie -- racial diversity and education -- affect their lives. Yasher Koach to Nicole Wiznitzer, Nina Kiken, Kate Kupferberg and Zack Kamin who planned the event. Kate and Zack will  be leading the partnership next year. Thank you also to Ralph Schwartz (Webster Social Worker and CJHS parent) and Ron Griffin (Webster 8th grade team leader), and Rabbi Barkan for facilitating the process. |
Cinco De Mayo  Mrs. Debbie Brejcha's second year Spanish class celebrated cinco de Mayo on ocho de Mayo (to accommodate students who were not able to be in class on the fifth). The students wore Dora Exploradora hats to honor Dora Geraty. Lots of food was shared; Leonardo Kruhle made smoothies for the class to toast with. Salud! The students preformed their patient/doctor skits, while the audience sat on the bleachers. The party ended with the breaking of the piñata. (Alex found a stick.) A good time was had by all, including some English speakers who joined in the fun. |
Seniors/Staff Basketball Game
This past Tuesday, the senior boys went head-to-  head against a bunch of teachers in a monumental, friendly game of basketball. This event was hosted by the seniors in their efforts to fundraise for the senior class gift. There was a great showing at the game and the crowd was just as excited as the players were. The senior boys were sporting their NBA jerseys while the teachers forced themselves into Tiger Junior Varsity jerseys that were altogether too tight. The game featured many memorable moments, such as Mr. Scher's improv dance routine, Coach Rob Davis's block on Danny Silver, Mr. Gross's frequent and outrageous fixing of the score, and Jeremy Hulkower's extremely impressive three-point shot. Recovering from a brief illness, David Israel returned to score nine points for his team.  The game ended 44-36, senior boys over the staff. Those naysayers expressing doubt that the staff managed to score so high undercut the impressive basketball playing skills of Rabbi Barkan and Mr. Taylor,  as well as the enthusiastic participation of maintenance engineer Igor Burda and several of the athletic coaches. The game was held at high energy throughout its entirety, and all were pleased to watch their favorite teachers and friends battle it out on the court. Hopefully this game will remain a tradition long after the Class of 2009 leaves our building. |
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Bev Fox Memorial Garden
עֵת לָטַעַת, וְעֵת לַעֲקוֹר נָטוּעַ׃
As spring blossoms, the students of the CJHS garden club have been hard at work, clearing away the winter debris and hauling loads of fertile soil into our new flower beds. Now the time to plant has come. The Memorial Garden will be dedicated to Bev Fox and initiated as a student biology garden on Wednesday May 20 at 4:30 p.m.
If you have bought a flower in memory of Bev Fox, please join us for a planting ceremony. The entire community is invited to join us and celebrate the beginning of our new garden!
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Charlie Corpuscle Returns to CJHS
Please join us for a life-saving experience next Tuesday, May 19, as the Va'ad sponsors CJHS's Third Annual Blood Drive with Heartland Blood Centers. Each pint of blood can save three lives. To learn more about the blood drive, click on http://www.cjhs.org/pdf/blooddrive.pdf.
Blood donor apointments should be made during a free period. Students who do not have a free period on Tuesday afternoons should schedule their appointments between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. We still have 15 appointments available, with start times beginning at 1:40 p.m. and every twenty minutes through 4:20 p.m. To schedule your own appointment, click here or contact Ms. Musin, who is happy to schedule it for you. (Walk-ins will be welcome on Tuesday, as space permits.)
All students must bring in a signed permission slip in order to donate blood. For more information, please contact Joel Pachefsky or Ms. Musin. |
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Students in the News
 Congratulations to junior Ariel Stoltz, who presented his Physics Expo project at the Skokie Valley Astronomers club last weekend. Ariel's lecture on black holes was very well received, and although he wasn't able to work in as many humorous Simpsons clips as planned, his exposition of black holes, white holes, and wormholes was second to none. Ariel's Skokie Valley debut comes on the heels of his earlier achievement: "Earliest CJHS Student Ever to Finish His Physics Expo," completing his first-class PowerPoint on February 18, a full three months before the project was due.
Speaking of Ariel Stoltz, he has had quite a week, hasn't he? The Library of Congress Center for the Book has named him a Level III finalist in the Letters About Literature promotion. Ariel finished in the top 12 students in the state of Illinois. For his entry, Ariel wrote a letter to James McBride, author of The Color of Water, reflecting on the impact the book made in his life. Mazel tov to Ariel for his effort and achievement!
 Congratulations to senior Rachel Braun, whose essay, "Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal," won $200 for the best essay in the high school category addressing Palestinian-Israeli peace activism through "Student Pluralism Interfaith Network" (SPIN) and "One Voice." To learn more about this phenomenal teen activism group, go to www.onevoicemovement.org. |
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QuarkNet
How many Archimedean solids can you design? What is a hypercube and how can it help you visualize 4-dimensional space? Ask Dr. J. W. "Josh" Burton, who came by on Wednesday to visit QuarkNet, CJHS's particle physics research team. By request of our student leaders, he treated the group to a lecture about 4-dimensional space and spacetime.
One of the only truly excellent physicists ever to come out of Harvard (quoth an MIT alumnus), Dr. Burton was a postdoctoral fellow in high-energy physics at Northwestern University, is currently employed in financial computing, and is the undisputed physics king of the Egalitarian Minyan. He is looking forward to a long and fruitful relationship with QuarkNet as he enlightens our budding physicists on the intricacies of quantum mechanics and differential equations.
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ELEM
 On Friday, May 8, our students met Amit Marom and Debbie Stein, Israeli representatives from ELEM, a nonprofit organization for runaway, homeless, and neglected Israeli and Arab youth. Mr. Marom shared with our students a short movie about different outreach programs that ELEM provides and his personal realization of the huge need of loving hands and hearts for these young adults. To learn more about the volunteer and contribution opportunities with Elem, go to www.elem.org. |
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Athletic Awards 2008-2009
Congratulations to all of our 2008-2009 athletic teams! Your hard work and dedication have made this a year to remember. This year put CJHS Cross-Country on the map, saw great victories in Tigers Basketball and Lady Tigers Basketball, as well as an enormous expansion of the Tiger Sharks swim team. Let's hear it for the ever-tenacious men's and women's Tennis Teams, the hard-hitting Ten-Pin Tigers, the meticulous Golf Team and the high-speed Ultimate Frisbee Team, for the victorious Women's Badminton Team and the Women's Soccer Team, drenched in mud but still defiant!
A special yasher koach goes to our six athletes recognized at this past Tuesday's athletic banquet. Junior Aviva Schwartz (basketball and cross-country) and senior Victor Abecassis (basketball and tennis) were presented with the Miriam Award for Leadership. Junior Jamie Levin (tennis and badminton) and senior Yaakov Calamaro (swimming, cross-country, tennis, ultimate frisbee) were presented with the Ben Zoma Award for Best Attitude. And senior Jenna Corush (tennis, badminton) and sophomore Aaron Cohn (cross-country, swimming) were presented with the Rabbi Akiva Award for Diligence. |
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Parent Organization:
Ready, Set, Go!
CJHS is thrilled to announce the revitalization of the Parent Organization (PO), whose major goal is to build a community for parents, faculty and students. Under the direction of Co-Chairs Melissa Spellman and Rhonda Cass-Miller, the PO will both fundraise and coordinate programs-from social events and chesed to teacher appreciation and adult/parent education.
The PO is pleased to announce the following roster of leadership:
- Co-Chairs: Melissa Spellman and Rhonda Cass-Miller
- Secretary: JoAnne Blumberg Axelrod
- Treasurer: TBD
- Teacher Appreciation: Sheila Small and Jeannie Aschkenasy
- Chesed: Liz Geifman and Stacey Gordon-Guterman
- Adult/Parent Education: Victoria Hass and Joy Wasserman
- Fundraising: Lois Solomon Chasin and Joanne Hirschtritt Licht
- Social Events: Sara Coven and Mara Kupferberg
- 9th Grade Parent Representatives: Margaret Cohn and Emily Minkow
- 10th Grade Parent Representatives: Mindy Botbol and Janet Rae Steinberg
- 11th Grade Parent Representative: Michelle Seidenberg
- 12th Grade Parent Representatives: Sandra Levin and Lori Rabinowitz
A huge amount of work has already gone into organizing the PO, and we know that its momentum is matched only by CJHS's gratitude and excitement for what lies ahead. To get involved in the PO and take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to make a difference for CJHS, please contact Melissa Spellman at 847.480.1385 or Rhonda Cass-Miller 847.242.0907. On behalf of all of the faculty and students, we wish the PO good luck in all of their efforts and thank them for playing such a vital part of the CJHS community.
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With Love From Rabat
Hello CJHS... from the streets of Morocco! Four members of the class of '07 met up in Rabat this past week as part of ther junior year study abroad tours. Rachel Karp has been studying in Morocco, Renana Fox and Lanie Abisdris have been studying in Spain, and Linda Levin has been studying in Italy. Meeting up for a mini-reunion, they send their love back to their friends at home, and this photo of themselves with two co-travellers. |
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Donate to Emergency Tuition Fund
The Emergency Tuition Fund was recently created in response to our community's growing need for tuition assistance, precipitated by the dramatic shifts in the economy. Over 50 percent of our students receive some form of financial assistance and the dollar amount allocated to scholarships has increased by 20 percent. In spite of this increase, we remain committed to all of our students and do not want financial hardship to stand in the way of anyone benefitting from the excellent education CJHS offers. In fact, the positive response CJHS has received to its appeal is a testament to the scope of this community's compassion. If you have not already done so, please consider donating to the Emergency Tuition Fund and giving a student the gift of education. To make a gift, please click here. For more information, please contact Stephanie Smerling, Director of Institutional Advancement, at ssmerling@cjhs.org or 847.324.3720.
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Calendar
Next year's CJHS page-at-a-glance calendar is now available at www.cjhs.org/pdf/5770.pdf. For a fuller view of upcoming programming, be sure to log on to our online calendar, Trumba: select Month View and scroll forward from August through June for more information. Trumba is updated on a regular basis. |
| Refuah Shleimah
A refuah shleimah to the entire women's soccer team, whose hard-fought game against Cristo Rey yesterday left the players with some new bumps and bruises. So if you see a CJHS girl limping down the hall, give her a Tiger cheer and pat her on the back... but not too hard!
Come out and support your girls soccer team on Sunday, May 17 when they take on Ida Crown in their final game of the season. The game is at 10:30 AM at Lake Forest Academy, 1500 W. Kennedy Rd., Lake Forest. |
| Baruch Dayan Emet
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Irene Schneider, mother of Karen Schneider (David Mogul) and grandmother of junior Eli Mogul. The funeral was held Friday. The family will sit shivah at their residence, 1340 Edgewood Lane, Winnetka on Saturday evening after Shabbat, and on Sunday. A minyan will be held at the residence at 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening. In honor of Eli's grandmother, donations may be sent to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Nomi Laor, mother of Oly (Gil) Avidar, and grandmother of senior Karen Avidar and Leore Avidar, class of '07. Shiva is taking place in Israel. The CJHS community expresses its condolences to the family of Rhonda Mlodinoff who passed away this week after a long struggle with cancer. Rhonda was the Educational Director of the Beth Emet synagogue in Evanston, Illinois.
Hamakom Yinachem Etchem B'toch Sh'ar Avalei Tziyon V'Yerushalayim.
May God's presence comfort all the members of our community among the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
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Breakfast Sponsors
 Happy birthday to Claire Peaceman. Many thanks to her family for sponsoring breakfast in her honor. Also, many thanks to Mr. Harvey Gross for sponsoring breakfast upon his healthy return from the hospital. Welcome back, Mr. Gross! |
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Don't Forget to Count the Omer
 Today is 36 days, which is five weeks and one day of the Omer. The kabbalistic feature of the day is Chesed b'Yesod, a reliability tempered with lovingkindness. In preparation for Shavuot, be a stable and reliable partner.
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 Aaron Weinberg, Noah Weinberg, Jeremy Hulkower, Eliana Fisher, Jaime Borkan, Matthew Miller, Rena Forester, and Avra Shapiro for leading services this week; also to Aaron and Elli Cohn for reading Torah. An additional yasher koach and welcome to Rabbi Brant Rosen of JRC for his dvar Torah this morning about the omnipresence of God and the inherent holiness of the world. |
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Shabbat Shalom
Candlelighting is 7:38 p.m. this Friday. Shabbat shalom!
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