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Save the Date
Sunday, April 18 - Monday, April 19
JTS Wagner Institute
Tuesday, April 20
Yom Ha'Atzmaut
Friday, April 23
No School - Kinnus
Monday, May 3 - 14
AP Exams Friday, May 14 - 15
Senior Shabbaton Sunday, May 23
Alumni Event: Party in the Parking Lot |
P. O. Corner
Gelt Program
The P.O. is pleased to introduce the gift card "Gelt program" to our families. Faculty and staff who buy Gelt 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 Kim Frankel 847.373.1183 kfrankel0721@gmail.com or Sarah Budweg 847.710.1740 sbudweg13@aol.com.
Need stationery? Holiday cards? Family tributes? Order cards from the P.O.! Click herefor more information. |
Community News and Events
Rabbi Golinkin at Beth El
Join us for a special weekend Friday, April 16 - Sunday, April 18 with our Frankel Scholar, Rabbi David Golinkin!
Friday: 6:15 pm - Kabbalat Shabbat/Ma'ariv 7:00 pm dinner by paid reservation, and "Jerusalem of Gold: The History of an Expression"
Sat a.m. - D'var Torah: "Wanted: A Jewish Education Revolution in Israel" Post Kiddish Lecture: "The Love of Eretz Yisrael in the Talmud" Sun eve (after 7:30 p.m. Ma'ariv ) - Rabbi Irving and Amy Frankel Scholar lecture: "Moses and Herzl"
For further information and dinner reservations, please contact Merle Tovian, Continuing Education Director, 847.432.8900 x 262 or mtovian@nssbethel.org. Dinner reservations due Friday, April 9.
Presented by the Gertrude Lederman Family Continuing Education Program at North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, 1175 Sheridan Rd Highland Park
Jonathan Kessler:
"Crisis on Campus: The Need for Tomorrow's Leader's To Nurture the U.S.-Israel Relationship"
Come learn to lead the next generation of the U.S.-Israel Alliance. This dessert reception and commnuity briefing is free of charge.
Wednesday, April 21
7:45 p.m.
NSS Beth El For more details, click here.
Avi Dichter:
"Israeli Society and Politics"
Wednesday, May 5
7:00 p.m.
Temple Beth-El
For more details, click here. |
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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Lest We Forget
Courage, love of Jewish learning, and a zest for life - all these characterize the remarkable Margot Walton, who spoke to the CJHS student body and staff on Tuesday, in commemoration of Yom HaShoah. We listened in awed silence, as Mrs. Walton related the horrifying and amazing story of her survival. Adding to the extraordinary recounting was the revelation that the grandmother of our own Sonia Levy, mother of student Nicolas Levy, had - at the risk of her own life - saved the lives of Margot and her sister.
So that the world never forgets, we will remember.
Our thanks for this week's Yom Hashoah program should be directed to Ms. Lynn Friedman who organized this whole program, and Ms. Stephanie Smerling for her personal connection to the speaker through her prior work at the Holocaust Museum. The image of Margo Walton standing before the whole school in Tefillah between Sonia and Nic Levy -- the descendants of the family who saved her life -- will remain with us as a clear and precious memory. These survivors' stories are our people's precious legacy that strengthen us as we continue to struggle towards making a better world. |
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JTS Wagner Institute
This weekend, come study with the preeminent scholars of the Jewish Theological Seminary--right here at CJHS.
The Wagner Institute will provide a dynamic forum for people to explore Jewish texts and traditions with some of the most compelling faculty of JTS, including Dr. Eitan Fishbane, Dr. Neil Gillman, Rabbi David Hoffman, Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky, Dr. David Kraemer, Rabbi Marc Wolf, and Rabbi Joel Roth. The theme for this year's Wagner Institute is Living Jewishly Today: Contemporary Conversations About Jewish Beliefs, Family and Rituals.
Through the generosity of the Wagner family, the fees for the program are $72 per participant, including texts and program meals. The program is free for students.
The Wagner Institute will take place on Sunday, April 18 and Monday, April 19. For schedules and registration, please contact Stephanie Smerling, Director of Institutional Advancement for Chicagoland Jewish High School, at 847.324.3720 or ssmerling@cjhs.org. |
Studio Art Exhibit
 It's a bird, it's a plane...it's CJHS students' comic book art! Mrs. Snyder's art class had a special guest artist and intern this semester, Mr. Henry Bernstein. Mr. Bernstein worked with students to create their own comic book characters. Students made comic book covers and then had the covers enlarged to poster size. They are just amazing!
Please stop by our reception at Princeton Frame Art & Gallery, 1844 First Street in Highland Park, from 5:00-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 21. The cover art will remain in their front window gallery for one week. |
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Earth Day
Get excited because on Thursday, April 22, we will be having our first CJHS Earth Day celebration! Environmental Club has planned many special programs and activities throughout the day, including movies, games, food, and other surprises. To start off the celebration, we are asking everyone to come to school dressed in GREEN. We will be having tefillah outside in the morning, weather permitting, and there will also be a mandatory program during extended Thursday lunch outside. If you have any questions, or would like to help decorate the school or join Environmental Club, please talk to Julia Perelman. |
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College News
CJHS seniors have been busy visiting college campuses and deciding which college to attend. Our seniors were accepted at over 60 colleges and universities, including:
- American University
- Boston University
- Bradley University
- Brandeis
- Butler
- University of Chicago
- University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
- Clark
- University of Delaware
- DePauw
- Drexel
- Emory
- Fordham
- Franklin & Marshall
- Hampshire
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Illinois State University
- Indiana University
- University of Iowa
- Ithaca
- Kansas
- Kendall College
- College of Lake Forest
- University of Maryland
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MIT
Miami University of Ohio
Michigan State
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri
Muhlenberg College
Northern Arizona
Northwestern University
Northwestern University's Integrated Science Program
Oberlin
Ohio State University
University of Pittsburgh
Skidmore
Southern Illinois University
St. Andrews
Syracuse
Tampa
University of Texas
Tufts
Tulane University
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Wisconsin |
We congratulate our seniors on all their accomplishments! We know they will go on to become successful college students, leaders on their campuses, and active CJHS alumni. |
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Newspaper Politics in Hebrew
Gvrt. Moskovich and her senior class would like to thank Mr. Carl Schrag for sharing his experiences of working as an editor of the Jerusalem Post. At the culmination of the class' unit on Israeli newspapers, including the history of the Israeli newspaper and the organization of modern newspapers, Mr. Schrag answered questions about the politics behind the most popular newspapers in Israel, the differences between Israeli newspapers and American newspapers, and the challenges he faced as an editor (all in Hebrew, of course!). The class thoroughly enjoyed hearing the firsthand experiences of an Israeli newspaper editor.
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 Alumni Trivia
Hail to the chief! Which of our alumni is even now president of his school's Hillel? |
CJHS Green Tips
- Throw your trash out in trash
cans, not in the recycling bins! The blue color should be an immediate clue. Every item of trash you hurl wastes an entire bin of potentially recyclable material.
- Got a poster due this term? Consider using reused posterboard! The CJHS posterboard gemach is on top of the cabinets in Room 314. Stop by and pick up an eye-catching styrofoam or cardboard posterboard whose back is ready for your colorful presentation!
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Bruce Scher Honored
Congratulations to our own Dean Bruce Scher on being inducted into the ISU College of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame. Mr. Scher has over 30 years of experience as an educator and college consultant in the public schools. His educational experiences range from teaching English, Spanish, Hebrew, reading, and humanities to gifted education and adult education. He has conducted instructional workshops locally and nationally and has been a speaker at national conferences. He has also served as a supervising and cooperating teacher with Illinois State University and Northern Illinois University.
Mr. Scher has been featured in the Chicago Sun-Times for his unique program on critical thinking in the high school, received the Dr. Mary Kooyumjiam Award for his contributions to gifted education, received a National Council Teachers of English Center of Excellence Award, and was presented with the Governor's Master Teacher Appointment. In 1993, he was the recipient of an Illinois State University Outstanding Young Alumni Award. His commitment to helping young people and their parents through the college transition process and collaborating with his colleagues to ensure that all students are served is paramount to him. He is one of the founding instructors of The Academy for College Admission Counseling, which is a professional development partnership with Elmhurst College. |
Spring Sports
 Spring sports are in full swing, with a record 77 student-athletes participating on four inter-scholastic teams. The Men's Tennis Team is off to a great start with its first-year coach, Christi Turdo. The team swept Vernon Hills on Monday, lost 3-2 in a close tie-breaker against Lake Forest Academy on Tuesday, and played an excellent match against a strong Glenbrook South team on Thursday. The busy schedule continues next week with matches against Highland Park on Tuesday, North Shore Country Day on Wednesday, and Loyola Academy on Thursday. Let's hope that the beautiful weather holds out for these exciting matches. While men's tennis is CJHS's oldest team, its newest team--Men's Volleyball--is also having a great season thus far. After a wake-up call-at both the JV and varsity levels-against a strong St. Edwards team on Monday, the team should fare better in its matches next week. The teams play at Westminster Christian on Monday and home against Cristo Rey on Tuesday.  The Women's Badmintonhad added several new players to its ranks this year. The team played its first match on Thursday against an experienced Stevenson team. The team plays at Lake Forest High School next Monday and home against Golder College Prep on Thursday. Badminton is a great sport to watch, so come out and support your team.
Our largest team this spring, Women's Soccer, has shown that it is ready for competition with first-year coach P.J. Eagle. The team lost a close one in its home opener on Monday against Westminster Christian and triumphed against perennially strong North Shore Country Day at home on Thursday. The team plays at Ida Crown on Sunday morning, on Monday against Woodlands Academy, and on Tuesday at Cristo Rey (under the lights!). For team schedules, scores, stats, photos, and more, visit the CJHS athletics website at www.highschoolsports.net. We're always looking for more great game photos! Send links to your family photo album to seliaser@cjhs.org. |
QuarkNet
 What happens during the death of a star? Ask Noah Weinberg, Louis Shekhtman, Jordy Shapiro, Jonah Harris and Leo Spornstarr, who talked with Dr. Josh Burton about supernovae, stellar implosions, and neutronium. Join us next week for the final stage: the black hole! |
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Breaking News - Wagner Scholars Announced!
Congratulations to Nina Kiken, Ari Eisenstadt, and Gabe Rubin, winners of the innaugural Wagner Essay Contest in partnership with JTS and this weekend's Wagner Institute. Each of the three students wrote a moving piece on an issue in contemporary Judaism, and will receive a $5,000 college scholarship.
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Volunteer With TOV
TOV Teen Programming enables teens to fulfill the Jewish mitzvah of tikkun olam, repairing the world. Whether you are looking for a fun volunteer project to do with a friend, need to complete chesed or community service hours, or just want to help your community, TOV can help you find a volunteer opportunity that meets your needs and interests.
Check out some of our upcoming programs...
MITZVAH ROCK!
A Hands-on Concert to Heal the World, for Chicagoland Jewish teens grades 6-12 and their parents, grandparents and/or guardian.
Enjoy a concert with Jewish rock musician Rick Recht while making a difference in the world with hands-on volunteering stations.
- Sunday, May 16 from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m.
- Temple Beth-El
3610 Dundee Rd. Northbrook
- Cost is $18 per teen, which includes kosher snacks, programming and supplies.
To sign up and for more details, visit the website or contact 312.444.2867 or TOVTeen@juf.org for more information. Space is limited and pre-registration by Friday, May 7 is a must. Please support our donation drive for Children's Memorial Hospital and bring NEW art supplies, children's books, puzzles and board games.
A.C.T. Now - Lead by Example
A.C.T. Now (Advanced Camp TOV) is a series of hands-on volunteer opportunities in June picked especially for older high school students. Teens can participate once, twice or for the entire series. Whether they want to combat hunger and homelessness, learn about animal overpopulation, brighten a senior's day, or lend a welcoming hand to new immigrants, there's an opportunity waiting for them. The cost is $25 per day. To see the projects and register, check out our website. If you're interested in signing up a teen or would like more information please call 312-444-2867 or email TOVTeen@juf.org.
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Alumni Trivia
Geoff Levin, CJHS '07, is the current president of the MSU Hillel. He is in his junior year, majoring in international studies, with minors in Jewish studies, political economy, and peace and justice studies. Geoff has started his senior thesis, "International Perceptions of the Gaza Disengagement," and is proud be be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa as a junior. When he's not trying to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict, Geoff hangs out with his AEΠ brothers and chairs the Unite 4 Haiti talent festival on MSU's campus. |
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Sponsored Breakfasts
Happy birthday to Adam Schneider. Many thanks to his family for sponsoring breakfast.
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 Shabbat Is Coming...
Candlelighting is at 7:14 p.m. Let's go learn a lot this week!
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