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27 Shvat, 5776
February 5, 2016
This Week at
Rochelle Zell
Mole Contest BeginsSenior Israel SeminarMathletes CompeteThis Week in SportsSave the DateCommunity EventsAlumni TriviaA Taste of Torah
Class ScheduleMonday, February 8A
Tuesday, February 9B
The Moles Are Back!
CP Chemistry Annual CompeEEon
Wednesday, February 10A
Thursday, February 11C
Friday, February 12BB
Quick Links
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Save The Date
February 7ACT at Rochelle Zell
February 15No School -‐ President's Day
February 17-‐21Girls' Basketball in Miami
February 28Musical Showcase
March 2-‐6Model UN Conference
March 11No School
March 18-‐19All School Shabbaton1:15 Dismissal
March 24Purim
On display in the library are fuzzy stuffed moles that aremoleHculously made by Mr. Reimer’s College Prep Chemistrystudents. Stop by to admire the display, then take a molementto vote for your two favorite moles! As you may recall fromprevious years, "Da Mole" is the chemist’s counHng unitallowing us to take extremely smole parHcles, such as atoms ormol-‐e-‐cules and bring them to a level that we may measure inthe lab. The mole tally will conHnue unHl next Wednesday,when the winners will be announced. Thank you, and have amolementous day!
Senior SeminarReflecting on the State of Israel
Over the first three weeks of the semester, seniors areparHcipaHng in a post-‐Israel trip seminar to explore the Israelclimate on college campuses. At the center of this seminar, weare working with students to arHculate how they will tell theirnarraHve about Israel when they reach campus.
On Monday, we welcomed Rabbi Seth Winberg of MetroChicago Hillel, who gave us a lay of the land about IsraelconversaHons on campus. He showed a video at LoyolaUniversity where a Black Lives MaVers protest quickly became
March 252:15 Dismissal Begins
one wherepeople wereyelling "Free FreePalesHne" andalso spoke aboutthe BDSmovements thathe has seen bothon the Universityof Michigan
campus and also at the Chicago Hillels. CJHS graduate AlexKrule ('11) conHnued on Tuesday by giving his personalreflecHons as a student leader at Northwestern with thefraternity AEPi. He reflected on some of the themes that RabbiWinberg introduced, notably empowering our seniors andlebng them know that they will certainly be the mostknowledgable students on whatever campus they aVend. OnThursday, we welcomed Sarah Beren, Deputy Director of AIPAC,to speak about the poliHcal alliance between the United Statesand Israel, parHcularly in the context of an elecHon year,one where our students will be voHng in November.
Mathletes CompeteAMC Meet at Carmel Catholic
Yasher koach to the solid six who represented our enHre school yesterday at Carmel Catholic HighSchool. Sara Behn, David and Josh Weisskopf, Noah Magill, and Jake Korol challenged themselvesby taking tests intended for older students and Akiva Stein valiantly entered the orals compeHHonindependently against doubles teams from other schools. Well done, Rochelle Zellmathletes against much larger teams from Lake Forest, Highland Park, Warren, and Carmel!
This Week in BasketballTigers Carry On
The girls played North Shore Country Day last Thursday night. Coach Forde reports, "We startedthe game slow like always, and then got hot in the second half. In the end we fell short by 11points." The first game in our conference tournament, we played Ida Crown for the third Hme;again the Lady Tigers came up short, but not from a lack of effort. As fate would have it, we willget one more chance to play and beat our rivals in the regional tournament. Monday February 8,we will play Ida Crown Jewish High school at 8:00 p.m. at North Shore Country Day. Go Tigers!Finish strong!
The varsity boys basketball team led by one afer three quarters against Round Lake but could nothold on; they lost with a final score of 53-‐59. Eli NasaEr scored 18 points and Felix Rosen had 17.The Sophomore/Freshmen team played a great game and were down by 4 to Round Lake athalfime. Afer a tough second half, they fell with a final score of 21 to 32. Both teams lookforward to this Saturday’s game against Ida Crown. Sophomore/freshmen Hp-‐off is at 7:30 p.m.and varsity at 9:00 p.m. Come out for the senior night ceremony to recognize our seniors at8:50pm. Go Tigers!
Alumni TriviaIt's heritage week in the Alumni Trivia! Which CJHS bridge-‐building team of yore wentby the name of Irish Thunder?
Save the Date!
Community News and Events
Moriah Congregation Art Fair and Fashion EventSunday, Feb 28 11:00 a.m. | Moriah Congregation, 200 Taub Dr., Deerfield
Please join us for an exclusive meet and greet with Sharon Tal, lead designer from Maskit, Israel's
premier fashion house -‐ and get an insider’s view of the fashion industry. Before joining Maskit,Sharon was head of embroidery for Alexander McQueen in Paris. $10 Admission -‐ Free RaffleTicket with RSVP! Please respond to [email protected] Parking and free shuVle bus servicefrom Northbrook Court’s Lower Level, east of Neiman Marcus.
JCC UlpanHebrew Classes for Community
Birthright IsraelTravel or Pay It Forward!
Travel with Israelis for all 10 days & see Israelthrough the eyes of the locals! This trip is for eligible18-‐26 year olds. Contact Shorashim at 312.267.0677or [email protected]. Already been? Know othersinterested in traveling? Spread the love and pay itforward! You can win a free trip back to Israel foryou & your two best friends with five-‐star hotelaccommodaHons in Tel Aviv! Learn more at
shorashimpayirorward.com.
Alumni Trivia
Morgan Michelson-‐Kelly (’15) and Hannah Lynch('15) say, "Éire go Brách!" Morgan, now atMuhlenberg, says she's taking more classes than anysane freshman ought to be allowed to take, plusworking at the community engagement center oncampus and teaching the weekly parsha for thechildren at Sons of Israel CongregaHon. Morganadds,"I am the liaison between Hillel andthe Interfaith Leadership Council, and I am part ofInternaHonal Students AssociaHon. I also take part inShape It Up-‐-‐basically gym for liVle kids aferschool." Hannah is a freshman at the University of
Illinois Urbana-‐Champaign, where she is studying to become a teacher. Hannah is acHve in SigmaDelta Tau, and a member of the honor society.
A Taste of Torah: Mishpatim
Rabbi Judy Greenberg's junior Talmud class reports, "We are exploring how to unearth principlesof giving from our tradiHon. We are finding the balance between our own impulses to give – howmuch, when, to whom – and what our texts have to say on the maVer. This verse, found in thisweek’s parashah appears to teach a significant a value in the realm of tzedakah: If you lendmoney to any of My people, even to the poor among you, you shall not be to him as a creditor;neither shall you lay upon him interest (Exodus 22:24). But, in the Talmud (Bava MezHa 71a), RavYosef unpacks layers of meaning to teach us “circles of obligaHons.” He breaks down the verse toillustrate how, from it, we can learn not just to give, but how to prioriHze to whom we ought togive. Performing very precise surgery on this verse, we learn that we ought to give to My people(Jews), the poor (rather than the rich), and those among you (poor of our own families, then ofour own towns, and then elsewhere). Our first task was to understand Rav Yosef’s methodology
and opinion. Our second, more significant object is to discern and express our opinions of histeaching. Is this what the Torah is saying? Do we actually agree with the principles? In this day andage, do we have other, different prioriHes for giving?"
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