In This Issue. A Message from the Principal. Upcoming Events November. December כח חשון תשע ה פרשת תולדות Sunday

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1 November 21, 4102 Parshat Toldot Candle Lighting: 4:05 pm כח חשון תשע ה פרשת תולדות הדלקת נרות: A Message from the Principal Dear Parents, On Sunday, second graders celebrated their receiving of their first Chumashim in a beautiful Kabalat Chumash celebration attended by over 200 guest with many more watching remotely on our Livestream! Mazal tov Kitah Bet and thank you to Morah Adi Dimri and the entire 2nd grade team for instilling the Ahavat Torah (love of Torah) in our children! Click here to view the Kabbalat Chumah slideshow. It was great to see so many parents at Parent Teacher Conferences this Wednesday. A strong home-school partnership is a key factor in a child's healthy growth and development and it was wonderful to see so many of these conversations taking place. I look forward to seeing many parents at the second set of conferences next Monday evening as well. #HTlarious is sold out! Thank you to all who are attending the Comedy Night this Sunday at 6pm - you won't believe the gym when you see it! I look forward to seeing you and having a great time together. Shabbat Shalom, Chodesh Tov and Happy Thanksgiving, Rabbi Menachem Linzer Upcoming Events November 23 - Sunday 6:00 pm Dinner catered by Shallots 7:00 pm Hilarious Comedy! 24 - Monday HT: Roasted Drumsticks PN-8th Gr. Parent Teacher Conferences (Night 2) 5:30-9:00 pm 20 - Tuesday HT:/SV: Pizza Wednesday - Friday Thanksgiving Break NO SESSIONS December 1- Monday HT: Chicken Nuggets 2 - Tuesday HT/SV: Pizza 3 - Wednesday HT: Grilled Cheese In This Issue Faculty Spotlight: Meet Mrs. Ornit Stein Turkey- Time for Pre-Nursery A Israeli Soldiers Receive HT Students Letters 3rd Grade Publishing Party!

2 Faculty Spotlight: Meet Mrs. Ornit Stein 2nd Grade Learns About Healthy Eating New Kindergarten C Teacher Ms. Sari Donenberg, Second Grade General Studies Teacher From: Gush Etzion, Israel What do you miss most about Israel? My friends College? David Yallin College Degrees: BA in Special Education and currently finishing up my masters in Educational Consulting Fun Fact: I have 4 beautiful children, three boys ages 4, 9, and 11 and a girl age 7. Best piece of advice you would give to your students: Believe you can do anything! On Monday morning, the second grade class had a special visitor. Chef Phillip Foss (father of Talia (2) and Noa (K) Foss) came to talk to the students about healthy eating, nutrition, and sugar moderation. Students were thrilled by Chef Foss's ability to make ice cream using liquid nitrogen! It was such a treat to have him in our classroom! Turkey-Time for Pre-Nursery A Mrs. Sandy Kanter, Pre-Nursery A Teacher This week has become Turkey-Time in Morah Sandy and Morah Naomi s pre-nursery class as we have been learning all about the holiday of Thanksgiving. The children enjoyed learning about the different symbols, traditions and history of the holiday. They were particularly excited to make their very own turkey centerpieces. Creating the centerpiece also developed students hand-eye coordination skills when they placed all the parts together and threaded the feathers through the turkey body. Our unit will culminate in a b yachad (get together) with the other pre-nursery class, to bake corn bread and have a Thanksgiving feast! 3rd Grade Publishing Party Ms. Carly Rosenberg, Third Grade General Studies Teacher The third grade has been working throughout the year in Writing Workshop to write their own Personal Narratives. They moved through the writing process first by generating ideas and planning, next by writing a rough draft, then by revising and editing it, and finally by writing a final draft and making a story cover. They organized their writing work in their four-pocketed Writing Folders throughout the Personal Narratives unit. Once finished, third graders celebrated their hard work with a Publishing Party, themed "Popcorn and Personal Narratives. They had the chance to eat popcorn and celebrate all their hard work by sharing their finished stories with their friends! After wrapping up our Personal Narratives, the third grade has now begun their new focus in Writing Workshop, writing Nonfiction "information books" about famous people, places, animals, sports, and other information topics. They are working their way through the writing process again, eagerly awaiting their next Publishing Party!

3 Fine Arts Forum: AWESOME ART ALERT! Mr. Michael Glassman, Fine Arts Instructor Now that we re hitting the first semester homestretch, it s high time to see all the art we ve made! The students have been working hard, wringing out as much creative juice as possible, and the results are now on display around the building. Make sure to check out: Kindergarten Tress in Season First Grade Primary Color Oviparous Animals Second Grade Pattern Hands Fourth Grade Symmetrical Creatures Fifth Grade Pattern Puzzles Sixth Grade Elemental Sculptures Eighth Grade M.C. Escher Tessellations Where can you find all of this fabulous artwork? Where can t you find it?! It s up and down every hallway, above and below on the walls, and even in the library! So come on over to HT and wander the halls a bit because student art is taking over, and it won t last forever! Israeli Soldiers Receive HT Students Letters in time for Shabbat Chevron The Shabbat of Parshat Chaye Sarah is commonly commemorated in Israel as Shabbat Chevron. Many soldiers from all over Israel usually gather together in Chevron for an inspirational Shabbat. With this in mind, our Lashon teachers worked with our students last week to write letters and make signs of thanks and support for the chayalim. We are so thankful to the Kupietzky family for delivering and distributing those letters in time for Shabbat! Check out the immediate connection we forged with the young people who give their lives to protect the Jewish State and the Jewish People. Save the date SUNDAY FUNDAY December 7, :00-11:30 am The Alana Beth Stein Early Childhood Program invites all current and prospective PN, N and K families to a fun-filled morning at our pre-school campus. Music Movement Games Creative Hands-On Activities Bring a new family along to get a taste of the exciting experiences that take place every day in our Early Childhood Program. 8th Grade s Chesed Trip #2 Mrs. Elyse Levine, 8th Grade Chesed Coordinator For more information, contact Margot Parnass, Director of Admissions at x 209 On Tuesday, eight graders continued their yearlong commitment to doing chesed. This month, three different groups went to three different locations and engaged in chesed and educational activities. Students visiting the Friedman Place met with the visually impaired residents and joined them in several fun games of bingo.! Keshet volunteers enjoyed getting a look at the unique classrooms which support these students and played a getting to know you game making use of several specially designed communication devices and techniques. Finally, Ark visitors received an in-depth tour of the amazing facilities and helped stock and organize pantry shelves. The boys even helped to fulfill the Mitzvah of completing a minyan for the Ark's patrons. Our 8th graders are wonderful ambassadors for Hillel Torah and provide much needed ongoing support to the Jewish community.

4 פרנס היום Parnes Hayom The Day of Learning on Wednesday, November 19th /26th of Cheshvan is sponsored by the Robinson Family in memory of those who were lost in the Har Nof terror attack in Israel, Rabbi Aryeh Kupinsky, 43, z"l Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Goldberg, 68, z"l Rabbi Kalman Levine, 55, z"l Rabbi Moshe Twersky, 59, z"l Sgt. Zidan Saif, 30, z"l May our students' learning merit aliyot for all of their neshamot Parsha Perspective פרשת תולדות Parshat Toldot As told by: Mrs. Chanah Krupnick s Nursery A Class Rivka has two babies in her tummy: they are called twins. The babies kicked inside her tummy. Yaakov kicked when Rivka was walking by a place where there was davening, Eisav kicked when Rivka passed by a place where there was fighting. Eisav was the b chor. He had red hair and Yaakov had soft skin. Yaakov liked to daven and learn Torah, but Eisav liked to fight and hunt. Yaakov was cooking a bean soup and Eisav came in grunting. Eisav said I am hungry, I want soup. Yaakov said, I will give you soup, but you need to give me the b chora. Yitzchok couldn t see. He said, The voice sounds like Yaakov and הקול קול יעקב והידים ידי עשו! Eisav! the hands feel like Yitzchak gave the bracha to Yaakov that he will be the leader of Bnei Yisrael! Yaakov then ran to Rivka s brother s house, who was Lavan. The Day of Learning on Thursday November 20th /27th of Cheshvan is sponsored by Melanie, Rachel, Dena, Chaim and Sarah in honor of Dov Shandalov on the occasion of his 30th anniversary at Hillel Torah Day School Good and Welfare Mazal tov to Mara and Jeff Shanes on the birth of a grandson to Fran (HT 94) and Ami (HT 93) Merzel! Hillel Torah extends condolences to the Silverstein and Ross families on the loss of Marilyn Ross, z l, mother of Leslie Silverstein (HT '77), mother-in-law of Tom, grandmother of Beth (HT '04), Ariel (HT '07) and Joey (HT '13), mother of Neil Ross (HT '74), mother-in-law of Deborah and grandmother of Matthew, Ilana and Jonathan Ross and Kyra, Cole and Kate McEwan. Hillel Torah extends condolences to the Geifman family on the loss of Sheldon Epstein z l, father of Elizabeth Geifman and father-inlaw of David Geifman, and grandfather of Talia (HT '11), Sophie, and Isaac (6th). Hillel Torah extends condolences to the Koplow family on the loss of Julia Millstein z l, grandmother of Jennifer Koplow, and greatgrandmother of Joshua (1st), Ally (N), and Kaylee. Hillel Torah extends condolences to the Well family on the loss of Nathan Burzinski, father of Debbie Well, father-in-law of David, grandfather of Daniella ('13), Eli ('10), Kayla (5th), and Judah (1st). As a Holocaust survivor, Mr. Burzinski was also interviewed for the Hillel Torah 8th grade Names, Not Numbers Holocaust Oral History Project. We will miss him greatly. Thanksgiving Food Drive! This year, HT is participating in a food drive to provide non-perishable food to those in need during the holidays. All donations will go to the ARK of Chicago. The Ark has requested specific items of dry beans, jelly/jam and macaroni & cheese. All items must have an acceptable Kosher certification. The drive will end on November 25th! The Ark thanks you for your donation! HT Basketball Scoreboard Sears JV Boys won V Boys lost Avoca JV Boys won V Boys lost Bannockburn 7th Girls won th Girls won JV Boys won V Boys won 33-31

5 FYI: Community Notes Shul for Me with Morah Sandy meets this Shabbat morning at Or Torah in the Beit Midrash at 10:45 am - Kids 0-36 months are welcome (with a parent) and will enjoy singing, puppets, dancing, stories and snacks! See you there! The Or Torah Youth Dept. invites all preschool - 2nd graders to a Movie Night! Sat. Night, Nov 22. Drop Off: 5:45 pm, Pick Up: 7:45 pm. All kids will enjoy popcorn, an art project and Disney's Frozen! All participants are welcome to come in PJ's with sleeping bags. See you there! AMIT Chanukah Boutique this Sunday, November 23 at Lincolnwood Jewish Cong N. Crawford, from 11 am - 4 pm. Come do all your Chanukah Shopping with us and help our children in Israel. Many new and exciting vendors. Call the AMIT office for more information: Still time to register for this year s ATT Yedios Klaliyos Program, a system-wide competition, for ATT students in grades 5-8 (Level 1: 5th/6thgrades and Level 2: 7th/8th grades), separate boys and girls programs. Study booklets are available in all ATT schools and the ATT office. program registration: yedios@att.org; fax: st test this Sunday, Nov. 23rd; Girls test time: 1:15 2:15 pm; Boys test time: 3:00 4:00 pm. All participants will be tested on all material. Prizes for all participants. Join the fun - be surprised by how much you ll learn. Walk-Ins will be welcome! Join YU Torah Mitzion Kollel Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 27, for a unique chesed opportunity. Start the day with Parent-Child Learning for elementary middle students, at Kehilat Chovevei Tzion (9220 Crawford). 8:00 am Shacharit with a light breakfast following at 9:15 am. Interactive learning from 9:30-10:15 am. Then meet 10:30-11:30 am at Chicago Chesed Fund s Warehouse, 7045 Ridgeway, Lincolnwood, for hands-on chesed. Info: (773) /info@chicagotorah.org. Calling all actors & actresses! Sign up for audition's for JCC's Winter Production: King Artie and the Knights of the Rad Table - Gwen s spending her day reading a book and Artie s riding around on a skateboard. Just typical American teenagers until Merlin wakes up from a 1500 year snooze to whisk them away to the days of chivalry! Auditions: Nov 30. Reserve your audition time & get all of the details at ALL NEW WOMEN ONLY FUN, FAT BLASTING, CALORIE BURNING EXERCISE CLASSES! H.I.I.T., CROSS TRAINING, TABATA, and BOOT CAMP incorporated in a one hour workout! Classes focus on exercise safety, strength training, strengthening the core, stability, and increasing bone density while integrating every muscle. Scientifically designed to BURN CALORIES FROM FAT, and REDUCE BODY FAT while increasing lean muscle mass both during the workout and for more than 24 hours post workout! Come try the MOST EFFICIENT and FUN way to increase aerobic capacity, lose weight, inches, tone and transform! Offering classes: Monday evenings, Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and Wednesday afternoons. Special Thanksgiving Day class at 9:30 am. Start your day off right! All exercise levels welcome! TEEN CLASSES, TOO! Must pre-register as class size is limited for individual attention. All classes based on minimum participants. Classes given by Ellie Merzel, Ace Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Tabata Boot Camp Instructor, Experienced Group Fitness Instructor. Contact info: or emerzel@yahoo.com ONE MORE WEEK until The Chicago Women Charity Players production of THE MUSIC MAN benefiting Libeinu. Sunday, Nov. 30 at 2 pm & Monday, Dec. 1 at 7 pm. NEW LOCATION, The Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport Ave. General admission tickets available for purchase now at Rosenblum s World of Judaica. Sponsorships opportunities available. Contact cwcptickets@gmail.com or call Women & girls only. We guarantee you will leave singing! Back by popular demand! The Chicago Jewelry Show, with new inventory, just in time for Chanukah! Up to 90% off retail prices! New Door Busters Every Day! 20% of proceeds donated directly to the Walder Education Pavilion. Four days for your convenience: Wed., Dec. 3, 3-9 pm, Sun., Dec. 7, 9 am 2 pm, Wed., Dec 10., 3-9 pm, & Thurs., Dec. 11, 10 am 4 pm. at the Walder Pavilion 8150 McCormick, 2nd floor (the WIFI building). For more information, call: Don t miss out! The ATT invites you to its 28th Annual Rabbi Isaac Mayefsky Memorial Lecture featuring world-renowned speaker Rabbi Ephraim Eliyahu Shapiro: Essentials of Effective Parenting. Motzei Shabbos, December 6, 2014 at 8:00 pm, 2828 W. Pratt Blvd, Chicago, IL. Free admission. Sponsored by Mrs. Florence Mayefsky and the Mayefsky family. Please join the Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation, A.G. Beth Israel for the presentation of "How to Combat Anti-Semitism/Anti-Zionism from a Legal (American and Jewish) Perspective" on Sunday, December 7th, 9:30 am-12:00 pm. The event will feature DePaul University Law Professor Rabbi Steven Resnicoff, J.D.; crc Av Bet Din Rabbi Yona Reiss, J.D.; Israel Consul General Hon. Roey Gilad, and Hillel Torah Alum Ms. Sophie Gordon ('11).Click here for additional information. Join ATT at its 85th Annual Gala, Raising Expectations, as we pay tribute to life-time honorary president, board member, and good friend of the ATT Mr. Paul Rosenberg z l with the Barney Goldberg Leadership Award, and YB L Rabbi Meir and Elizabeth Fischer Shapiro celebrating 50 years enriching Jewish education in Chicago with the Evan Goldberg Maling Pillar of Jewish Education Award at the Hyatt Regency O Hare, Rosemont, IL,. Sun., Dec. 14, Evening begins at 5:00 pm with a Showcase Reception. Call ATT or go to for more information. Ad deadline is December 3rd. (Complimentary self-parking; valet parking is not.) Family Action Network (FAN0 invites you to attend a lecture from acclaimed social psychologist and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost at the University of California, Berklely, Dr. Claude M. Steele. Dr. Steele will speak about his book, Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do. Monday, December 8, 2014, 7:00 pm at Evanston Township High School Auditorium, 1600 Dodge Ave in Evanston. Two follow-up workshops: Identity as a Bridge Between Us on Wednesday, December 10th, 9:30-11:00 am and 7:00-8:30 pm at the Evanston Public Library. Free admission. Click here to RSVP to follow-up workshops. To advertise in FYI, please htoffice@hilleltorah.org or call the school office at

6 FYI: Community Notes The Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest in conjunction with Anshe Emet Congregation invites you to Israel s National Day to Commemorate Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries & Iran. The event will feature a video presentation, panel of special guests, Sephardi music and cuisine. Sunday, December 14th from 6:00-8:00 pm at Anshe Emet Synagogue. For more details and/or to RSVP, please click here. This Chanukah, join Jewish United Fund s Chanukah Coat Club! Give a Chanukah card to someone special while helping ensure a local child in need receives a warm new coat and accessories this winter. Perfect as a teacher s gift, Bar/Bat Mitzvah project or classroom Tzedakah activity. Visit for more details! YU Torah MItzion Kollel Presents Irving Weiss A"H Youth Learning Division programming. For 2nd-4th grade boys and girls Parsha and Pizza every Wednesday 5:45-6:45pm, at Congregation Or Torah (3800 Dempster, Skokie). For 5th-7th grade boys, Mishna to the Max every Wednesday, 7:45pm-8:45 pm at Cong. KINS, 2800 W. North Shore. For more information please contact the Kollel office at or info@chicagotorah.org. GET BACK ON TRACK! Reesa Gorenstein of On Track Tutoring (an Ida Crown graduate) has graduate degrees in Special Education and School Psychology. On Track Tutoring offers one-on-one tutoring in all core subjects, study & organizational skills, one-on-one counseling and group skills classes (i.e. Social skills) and individual behavior plans. Conveniently located in Skokie. For more info call or Reesa.Tutor@gmail.com. JUF is proud that Chicago is one of ten pilot communities launching the next chapter of PJ Library: PJ Our Way. The program is open to all Jewish children in metropolitan Chicago ages of 9 to 11. Kids will be able to use the PJ Our Way website to choose the books they want to receive each month, write reviews, upload video trailers, and share information with other kids from around the country. For more information and to sign up visit the website or program manager Jessica Fisher at JessicaFisher@juf.org. Bnei Akiva Updates: This Shabbat - no snif due to Zach KCT. Next Shabbat (Nov 28th-30th) - Hadracha Weekend with Ilan Frydman for all tzevet members.. Shabbat Dec 11th-13th - Ninth grade shabbaton in Detroit. To advertise in FYI, please htoffice@hilleltorah.org or call the school office at

7 Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School s Alana Beth Stein Early Childhood Program Invites current and prospective Pre-School and Kindergarten families to SUNDAY FUNDAY December 7, :00-11:30 am Hillel Torah Pre-School Building: 8825 East Prairie, Skokie Playful Pre-School Parachute Chanukah Keif - Fun & Games Creative Craft Corner Spectacular Sing-Along For more information or to schedule a tour of Hillel Torah, please contact: Margot Parnass, Director of Admissions at x 209 or margot.parnass@hilleltorah.org. Affiliated with the Associated Talmud Torahs. A partner in serving our community, supported by the JUF/Jewish Federation.

8 Parenting by Example The Impact of Our Words Creating Simcha in the Home Teaching Our Children How to Prioritize Motzoei Shabbos, December 6, :00 pm Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago 2828 West Pratt Blvd., Chicago, IL ADMISSION: FREE Sponsored by Mrs. Florence Mayefsky and The Mayefsky Family Sponsors of Jewish Education The Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago is a partner in serving our community, supported by the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation