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Seniors in Israel
16 Shvat, 5774 January 17, 2014
This Week at CJHS Senior Israel Experience
CJHS Community Film Event
Sophomore Parent Meeting
From the P.O.
MLK Day of Service
YPI Fundraiser
Alumni Trivia
A Taste of Torah
Save the Date
This Week in Jerusalem
Monday, Jan. 20 No School: MLK Day Tuesday, Jan. 21 Sophomore Class Meeting Saturday, Jan. 25 Community Event Night Monday, Jan. 27 Classes Resume for Seniors Sunday, Feb. 9 - Wednesday, Feb. 12 ISACS Team Visit Monday, Feb. 17 No School: President's Day Tuesday, Feb. 25 Curriculum and Beyond
P.O. Corner
The P.O. is pleased to continue the gift card "Gelt" program. This program is designed to help families earn money toward their children's junior year Panim program and/or the Senior Israel Experience. Faculty and staff can also buy Gelt to support programs provided for the school by the P.O. By buying things you ordinarily purchase anyway, you can earn money which will be credited to your family or class for designated school trips. Contact Sheri Sandrof at [email protected] or call her at 847.324.3723.
Community News and Events
Week 2 of the Senior Israel Experience has taken our seniors through the peaceful streets and synagogues for Shabbat, cheering on HaPoal
Yerushalayim at the big game against Rishon LeTziyon, and up the Temple Mount for some interfaith experiences. Sunday's planned excursion to the Knesset was hastily rearranged to pay respects to the late Ariel Sharon and his complicated legacy as a military hero and politician. In the courtyard of the Knesset, students were approached by many media representatives to reflect on the
deceased lying in state - CTV, EuroNews and CNN, among others. As
JTS Presents
Jewish University for a Day
The Jewish Theological Seminary will host "Jewish University for a Day," a celebration of adult Jewish learning with top visiting and local scholar-teachers, at the Solomon Schechter Day School in Northbrook. Join JTS scholars Eitan Fishbane, Stephen Garfinkel, David Roskies, and other visiting and local faculty for a day of study and conversation. These scholars bring their expertise, depth of knowledge, and extensive teaching experience to offer new and exciting perspectives on topics covering the breadth of Jewish history, religion, thought, and culture. Sunday, January 26, 2014 11:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. At the Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago For more information and to RSVP, click here.
our counselor Avital said, our seniors had the opportunity to be a part of Israeli history. It was a tremendous honor.
Ivdu Et Hasehm B'Simcha: Singing While You Work!
Over the course of the week, the team lent a helping hand packing 1,400 bags of rice at Collel Packers, a food bank combating poverty and hunger in Israel. Actress Helen Gottstein dramatized the notion of overlapping and contradictory narratives in Israeli society in a hilarious and thought- provoking one-woman show. The class stopped at the Parents Circle to hear the stories of Israeli and Palestinian parents who have both lost children to violence, giving human faces to the regional conflict. Friday's tour of the Old City went a little off the beaten path; after beautiful tefillot at the new egalitarian section of Robinson's Arch, now called Azarat Yisrael, the group went to the Gagot lookout to hear about Jesus's and Christianity's relationship to Jerusalem. The tour of Har HaBayit, the Temple Mount, was quite emotional on multiple levels, a tense balance of the serenity and history of the sacred spot and the politically charged nature of access and trespass. Below, Mr. Taylor shares his reflections on the powerful moments he experienced as a man of faith at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
EMET Endowment for Middle East Truth
Unveiling Iran's Nuclear
Intentions and Why it Matters to Americans
Sunday, Jan. 19
Guest speakers include Dr. Mordechai Kedar of Bar Ilan University and Sarah Stern, founder of the organization. Speaking engagements are free and open to the public. Choose your location:
• Northbrook Community Synagogue, Northbrook 11:00 AM
• Northwestern University @ Tannenbaum Chabad House, 3:00 PM (moderated panel with Q and A.)
• B'nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim (BJBE), Deerfield, 7:30 PM Dinner Reception 6:00 PM at BJBE
Click here for more details and registration.
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
Mr. Taylor shares his experience
Follow the adventures, listen to the video reflections, and flip through the photo albums on the class blog at http://seniorisraelexperience. wordpress.com! Shabbat shalom, seniors!
Food, Film and Frienship: RSVP Now! Join us for our 2014 Chicagoland Jewish High School Community Event, Food, Film and Friendship. Come reconnect with old friends and meet new ones to watch the film About Face: The Story of the Jewish Refugee Soldiers of World War II. You cannot watch this film without feeling a sense of empowerment and pride in our Jewish heroes. Saturday, January 25, 2014 7:15 p.m. - Cocktails and heavy hors d'oeuvres will be served 8:30 p.m. - Program begins Couvert: $36 per person Register here or contact Sheri Sandrof at 847.324.3723 or [email protected]. We look forward to sharing this evening with you!
JNF for Tu B'Shvat
announcement board. If you have any questions, please call 847.324.3713 or email [email protected]. Order forms are available online here.
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Bring your families to CJHS this Sunday for nature-related crafts, games, music, and dance to celebrate the birthday of the trees! Festivities begin at 11:30 a.m. and run until 3:00. Click here for more details.
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P.O. Corner This past Monday night, the CJHS P.O. presented its first Adult Education program of the year, Meeting the Needs of the Sandwich Generation: Concerns about our Parents and Ourselves as We Age. Thank you to our presenter, CJHS parent and Geriatric Care Manager, Stacy Gordon, for generously donating her time to educate our community! Additional thanks for making this program possible go to Diane Halivni, Michelle Friedman, Tony Frank, and Igor Burda. A very special thank you to all who attended this event! SAVE THE DATE! Tuesday, February 18 at 7:00 p.m. "A Dialogue Between Judaism and Christianity" Presented by Rebecca Schorsch, PhD and Dale Griffith, M.Div. Thoughts, comments, questions? We'd love to hear from you! Drop us an email at [email protected] or find us on Facbeook!
MLK Day of Service
