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22 Adar II, 5776
April 1, 2016
This Week atRochelle Zell
Spring SportsSpring MusicalArts in AprilMeat Lunch WednesdaysJUF Day School TrustTal Brody Basketball ShabbatSpring Blood DriveCook, Pray, Eat Kosher Students in the NewsCondolencesAlumni TriviaA Taste of Torah
Class Schedule
Monday, April 4BB
Tuesday, April 5C
Women's Soccer Is On a Roll!
No-‐Loss Season Against St. Francis, Tepeyac, and Hope
Wednesday, April 6A
Thursday, April 7B
Friday, April 8CC
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The women’s soccer team took the field within two minutes oftheir first game of the season, delivering a mighty win to startoff the spring! Bobbi Hochberg reports from the road, "Wedrove two hours to beat them 5-‐0 in the first half and 4-‐1 in thesecond." The final score was 9-‐1, Rochelle Zell against St.Francis de Sales. Six goals came from superstar senior JordanKrauss, and one each from senior Elliana Faletsky, junior BobbiHochberg, and freshman Ann Kushnir. Conference gamesbegan this week against Our Lady of Tepeyac and Chicago HopeAcademy. The Tigers dominated with scores of 5-‐0 and 6-‐0.Goals were scored by Jordan Krauss (7), Hannah Taussig (3),and Livi Moses. Goalkeeper Emma MaV has been solid in goaland recorded two shutouts the last two games. Stay tuned forupdates on the season! Go Tigers!
April 10-‐11Wagner InsVtuteThrough JTS
April 10ACT
April 14School Musical: The 25thAnnual Putnam CountySpelling Bee
April 20-‐May 1Pesach BreakNo School
April 22First Seder
May 2 -‐ May 13AP Exams
May 27Last Day of ClassesAll-‐School BBQ
May 29Rochelle Zell CommunityNaming DedicaVon & Prom
May 31 -‐ June 7Final Exams
June 1 Siyum and GraduaVonNo Classes
STEM Corner
STEM Voice VideoCompeVVon
The STEM Voice™ Video
Men's volleyball also kicked off last week, with two varsity winsagainst Cristo Rey. Leading the team in aces, kills, and assistswere Eli NasaVr, Benjy Salzman, Akiva Stein, SammyHoffman, Noah Cope, Joey Schrayer, and Ben Hirsch.On the JV squad, Liam Lynch took the lead with 3 aces,with Ben Lesch and Joey Zilber right behind him. Comeout and see them play Holy Trinity on Tuesday!
Musical Cast Announced!
Compeddon is nadonwideopportunity for students ingrades 5 -‐ 12 to ardsdcallyexplore the importance ofscience, technology,engineering and math. Thecompeddon encouragescreadvity and the use of videoto show how much studentslove STEM.
Group entries are now beingaccepted! Regional semi-‐finalists and one NadonalGrand Prize group winners willbe selected and award cashprizes to support the cluband/or classroom STEM-‐related project materials. Entries will be accepted via thisonline form undl April 18,2016. Click here to learn more!
Rochelle Zell is proud to present Sheinkin and Finn'sone-‐act comedy The 25th Annual Putnam CountySpelling Bee, which debuted on Broadway in 2005 andwas nominated for six Tony Awards. The musicalchronicles the misadventures of several middleschoolers compedng for big bucks in the local spellingbee, with or without the assistance of the awkwardadults who think they are in charge. Congratuladons toArthur Sredni, Emma Canter, Eli Johnson, AitanMaeir, Becca Abrams, Sarah Tenner, Hana Lieber, NoahMagill, Henry Hoffman, Maya Michalewicz, GabiPretekin, Samantha Brody, Sadie Hulkower, and MeiraGroth, the cast of this year's spring musical. Get yourspelling on, Tigers, because you are about to getschooled!
Arts in AprilRSVP for Opera Field Trip
Rochelle Zell is sponsoring a school-‐wide field trip to ajend thebig-‐screen telecast of the Metropolitan Opera's producdon ofPuccini’s Madama Bujerfly on Wednesday evening! The buswill leave school at 5:00 p.m. and will return shortly amer 10:00p.m. RSVP to Ms. Friedman to reserve your spot!
Alumni Trivia
The 2016 women's soccer team is having a season of dreams-‐-‐can conference championships andIHSA glory be quite out of our reach? Which CJHS women's soccer star scored most of the goals inthe thrilling 2013 game that clinched us an IHSA regional semifinals, and where is she now?
Fleishig WednesdaysNew Meal Plan Includes Environmentally-‐Friendly Paper Goods and Meat Lunches
Earlier this year, the Va’ad HaStudendm (Student Council) collected data from the greater schoolcommunity survey exploring opdons for how to enhance the school lunch menu. Amer anoverwhelming percentage of the student body requested meat opdons once to twice a week, theVa'ad and the administradon began making plans. Both students and administrators worked togetherto maintain kashrut standards, tackle social implicadons, implement planning strategies, and publishan official menu. This past Wednesday, with great andcipadon, Rochelle Zell Jewish High School rolledout its brand new meat lunch with brand-‐new salad bar, along with a full range of vegetarian opdons.The fleishig inidadve also coincided with the Environmental Club and administradon's joint plan toswitch to environmentally-‐friendlier paper goods and eliminate Styrofoam from our lunch line.Click here to view the new Rochelle Zell lunch menu with updated pricing! If you have quesdons orconcerns please contact any Va’ad representadve.
JUF Day School Guaranty Trust FundWe are grateful to the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federadon for its ongoing support of Rochelle ZellJewish High School, including distribudons from the Jewish Day School Guaranty Trust Fund. Ourschool, which is one of 17 Federadon supported day schools, will receive $61,196 in the coming fiscalyear, bringing the total to date that we have received from this fund to $559,939.
Over 200 donors from across the Chicago Jewish community have generously commijed over $34million to the Fund via muld-‐year pledges, cash contribudons and testamentary gims. Since itsestablishment in 2000, and the first distribudon in 2003, this program has allocated $15,692,819. TheJDSGTF condnues to be a source of unrestricted dollars and is in addidon to the Federadon’s annualallocadon of over $3 million to the schools. And since the JDSGTF is an endowment, this Fund willcondnue to support our schools in perpetuity.
Tal Brody Basketball ShabbatonRochelle Zell and Ida Crown Players Meet Israeli Hoops Champ
Rochelle Zell freshman Micah Tal Brody met his namesake earlier this month, when Maccabi ’77basketball legend Tal Brody joined players from the Rochelle Zell Tigers and the Ida Crown Academy
Aces for a Shabbat in Skokie to share inspiradonal stories of hisbasketball career and life in Israel. “Micah’s middle name was to be amermy great grandmother, Tillie, so Micah’s dad suggested 'Tal,' amer TalBrody the famous basketball player. I instantly loved the name, andthought that would be a very cool connecdon to Israel and the Jewishpeople,” said Laura Brody, Micah’s mother. “But now, amer meedng himand hearing about the upcoming movie On The Map, I have anunbelievable appreciadon for the man and the name.” She added, "Thiswas a life-‐changing opportunity for all of us.” Thank you to Leslie, Andy,and Owen Stern, and Marianne Novak, Noam, and Hillel Stadlan forhosdng the players! To learn more about On the Map by award-‐winning
Israeli writer, director, producer Dani Menkin, click here.
Spring Blood DriveThis Upcoming Monday!
As we get ready to retell the Passover story, we nodce blood playing two roles. In the instance of
the First Plague, blood threatens the life source of the Nile, causing death and destrucdon. In thecase of the Tenth Plague, blood on the doorpost saves the lives of terrified Israelites. This week, letus be givers of life; each individual's donadon has the capacity to save three lives. Over thirtypeople have already signed up, but we sdll need more pardcipadon in order to achieve our goal ofmaking the biggest one-‐day blood donadon in school history! If you would like to donate, click here; complete your informadon to finalize your appointment.What a mitzvah for our staff to do together!
Cook, Pray, Eat KosherTuesday, April 5, 7:30 p.m. | Rochelle Zell Jewish High School
Click here or anywhere on the image above to register
Wagner InstituteSunday April 10 -‐ Monday, April 11 | Rochelle Zell Jewish High School
Baruch Dayan EmetWe are saddened to announce the passing of David Huss, grandfather of junior Tallulah Bark-‐Hussand Chapman Bark-‐Huss '08. Funeral services were held today.
We are also saddened to announce the passing of Marcia Hart, grandmother of freshman MollyHart. Funeral and shiva occurred this past week.
We also offer condolences to Director of Finance Bob Krakowsky on the loss of his mother in law,Janet Kahn Novin.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושליםMay God's presence comfort both families among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Sponsored Breakfast
Happy birthday to Sara Behn and Josh Levitas. Many thanks to theirfamilies for sponsoring breakfast. To sponsor bagels in honor of yourfavorite Tiger, please contact Diane Zidman in the front office.
Community News and Events
Students in the NewsJunior Wins Essay Contest and Fellowship
It's been a busy month for junior Zev Mishell! Zev won first place inthe Tribute to the Rescuers Essay Contest sponsored by the Insdtutefor Holocaust Educadon and the Plains States And-‐DefamadonLeague. His essay about Roddie Edmonds was chosen from 350essays submijed in combined categories. He was also selected asone of five finalists in the John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage EssayContest for High School Students. His essay on US CongressmanJerrold Nadler was one of the top seven essays selected by theProfile in Courage Award Commijee of the John F. Kennedy LibraryFoundadon from 2,070 essays submijed. Zev has also just beennamed a Bronfman Youth Fellow, and will now spend five weeks thissummer in Israel immersed in an intensive exploradon of Jewish textand pluralisdc community. Kol ha kavod, Zev, on your phenomenal
accomplishments, and thank you to Mr. Kassner and Dr. Schorsch, his sponsoring teachers.
Alumni Trivia
Elizabeth Barras ('14) was the junior star of the soccer season, with three out of the seven goals
that clinched our first post-‐season women's soccer dtle! She is now in her sophomore year atBrandeis, majoring in business and minoring in legal studies. She is also greatly interested in
philosophy. "This summer," Elizabeth reports, "I am interning at theChicago Innocence Center," which is a nonprofit organizadondevoted to invesdgadve repordng of wrongful convicdons. "I playIM tennis and IM soccer. I'm also the vice president of fashiondesign club." Good for you, Elizabeth!
A Taste of Torah: Shemini and Kosher
Parashat Shemini is known for the laws of kashrut: which animals and birds we may and may noteat. Now, we all know that a close reading of the text will reveal a startling absence of lawsregarding color-‐coded lunch trays, new microwaves, and strictures about who can and can't eat inthe faculty lounge: these laws, while important, are not Biblical in origin and deal with the finedetails, rather than the big picture of what keeping kosher really means. However, what is notcommonly remembered is that equally glaring in its absence is the word kosher itself! The Levidcallaws of eadng mendon pure and impure, permissible and sheketz ("disgusdng"), but they neveractually use the word kosher!
The word kasher/kosher appears in only two books of our Torah and only once in its recognizableadjecdve form. In Megillat Kohelet, the verb is used to predict whether or not an enterprise willprosper, e.g. turn out okay. But the word kosher as we know it is first seen in Megillat Esther,where, as we heard last week, Queen Esther used it to describe not a new Paleo-‐Persian heathdiet, but a radical regimen of social change. "If the thing is kosher before the king," i.e. if the thingis right and proper for the king to consider, "let him recall the writs that Haman ben Hammedathathe Agagite wrote to destroy all the Jews in the king's provinces."
As people of God, we know that there is a right and proper way to eat, and that way comes fromGod, transcending human diet fads, sciendfic knowledge or lack thereof, and the individualperspecdve of each society and century. But in our zeal to keep kosher, to maintain the right andproper way to eat, we must remember that kosher applies to our way of life as well. We must notproscribe whole species, natural resources, or fragile ecosystems to destrucdon by our way of life-‐-‐and if we have inadvertently or foolishly done so, we must change! What other groups of humanbeings in our own country and around the world have their lives destroyed so we can live as wellas we do? There is a right and proper way to live, and that way comes from God as well. And as faras the word kosher goes, that way came first!
-‐-‐Mrs. Shira Eliaser
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