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Inspiring& Challenging
Teenagers Since 1998
Parshat Shoftim
Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
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Less Print, More
Filling
Hamsters in Microwaves. That's the video that
people forward to their friends in the YouTube
generation. Over the top, edgy, and entertaining. That's
what we expect.
Welcome to the New Yeshiva Highlites.
Highlites will be funnier, more insightful, and a quicker
read. The Comics,
Blogs, Quick Video Clip, Pop Quiz, "What's In, What's
Out, & What's 5
Minutes Ago" are just the beginning.
Always strive to be better. Don't rest on your
laurels. Be the best you can be. That's what we at
WYHS are all about. That's we've done with Highlites.
A big shout out to super talented Highlites
staff (see the pic and credits at the end) for
working tirelessly to make these changes. Each week,
new, fantastic features will grace your inbox.
Is there going to be school
next week?- There's a
storm abrewing! Actually, three. Remember: WYHS
decides if school is on at 6:00am in the morning- not
before. If we're canceling, we'll send out an e-mail,
and post a message at our Hurricane Hotline
(866.346.7723). Who's afraid of storms with wimpy
names like Hanna, Ike, Josephine anyway?
Fasten your
seatbelts! Students, alumni, parents, faculty and
friends: the year is off to a fantastic start, and you ain't
seen nothin' yet!
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Perry
Tirschwell
Head of School
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MUST See TV!
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Motzei Shabbos
Live
Boys Soccer 9:00pm @JCC
Girls Volleyball 9:30pm @ RASG
First Sunday
Mishmar
This week, at a Location Near You
Get Political on
9/11
Decision '08 Program
Wednesday 7th Period
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...News Flash...
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1 Day, 3 Weddings
Jenna (Bienenfeld '05) & Sam Goldstein
Shalhevet & Andre Jacobovitz ('02)
Melissa (Marder '04) & Josh Glaser
Bar
Mitzvah Squared
"The Rebbe" Rabbi Ben & Mrs. Rebecca Sugerman
Our Prayers Are
With
Eliyahu ben Zahava Webberly
Yehoshua Tzvi ben Sarah Weiss
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Commitment, Small
Steps,
& Batman?
The Teshuva Campaign is
Underway
"Commitments are scary," said one senior
girl.
With the double workload and the long hours,
it's hard to think about taking on anything
else. That was my first reaction when I
looked at the pledge sticker for the Teshuva
campaign. But, as I thought back to Rabbi
Houben's speech, I realized the importance of
every action. Change doesn't happen
overnight, but maybe one push in the right
direction is enough to get the ball rolling
and hopefully it will snowball into something
bigger.
"It's all about small steps," commented a
junior member of student council. Setting
manageable goals is the secret to success in
anything. Our hope is that we can all push
ourselves a little beyond where we are now in
our personal Torah learning, Avoda (Tefilla
and Brachot), and Chesed.
Batman? As a senior boy listening to
speeches, they tend to blend together. However, when
Rabbi Houben quoted
that line from Batman "It is
not who you are underneath, but what you do
that defines you,"
it got my attention. It really made me think about
how I act and what that means about who I am.
Besides, it's nice to know that the rabbis
are as knowledgeable in pop culture as they
are in Torah.
I love Dunkin Donuts coffee, so
right away
the pledge sticker caught my eye. I spent a
lot of time trying to figure out where to
attach it so that I wouldn't forget what I had
just committed to do. I ended up putting it
in my planner; if nothing else, it made Ms.
Sardano happy when I showed it to her during
study skills.
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WYHS
Goes
Commando
This Tuesday, WYHS was
privileged to hear an "Israel Update" from
someone with a very close connection to
Israel-Uri Turk ('03), a paratrooper in the
Israel Defense Forces. Uri and WYHS alumni
Hudi Moscowitz, Ori Matilsky ('06), and Moshe
Genet ('06), are currently serving in the
IDF. We asked our men in uniform to share
with us
the...
Top Ten
Slang Terms
in the Israeli
Army
Moshe Genet |
Radio code word for
food. |
חמין
וטעים |
1 |
| Armed individual, presumed enemy |
מלוכלך
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2 |
Literally "until
when."
Illegal to say unless you have 4 months
left |
עד מתי |
3 |
Uri Turk and Hudi Moskowitz
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When a grenade is thrown in your
direction, you yell אכר and
run. |
אכר |
4 |
| "Pharaohs" - Radio Code Word
Egyptians |
פרעוני
ם |
5 |
| Paratroopers- the coolest and best
soldiers in the world |
צנחנים
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6 |
| When the army is getting you down |
שבוג |
7 |
Ori Matilsky |
Pushup position. It is found in most
of basic training. |
מצב
שתיים |
8 |
| "Chang" - someone really
young in the army. |
צ"נג |
9 |
| Someone who does everything by the
book. No one likes people who are
צהב. |
צהב |
10 |
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Storm Volleyball
Wins Big
WYHS
athletes are notorious for putting in
tremendous amounts of effort and
displaying amazing team work. The Girls
Volleyball team is no different. They have
been practicing-and improving-since the end
of the summer. With the combination of new
incomers and seasoned veterans, the Girls
Volleyball team won an incredible victory at
their Thursday match!
Come support your Storm at the next Girls
Volleyball game this Saturday Night in Miami
at 9:30!
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This past
summer, Director of Admissions Mrs.
Melissa Pereira, Dean of Awesomeness Ms. Dana
Sardano, and Director of College Preparatory
Studies Dr. Laura Becker were sponsored by
both the South Palm Beach County Jewish
Federation and WYHS to travel to Israel.
Staff of a Zionistic school, these three
faculty members (two of them on their first
trip to Israel) got an opportunity to see and
tour and integral part of their students'
lives. Accompanied by the Jewish Education
Commission, these members of the WYHS faculty
had a fantastic time and an amazing experience.
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WYHS'
Inaugural
Night
Seder
"Shh! We're trying to daven!" was
what over thirty male WYHS students heard at
their brand new Wednesday Night Seder
Program. They were so involved in their
chavruta learning that they were
actually quieted by others in the shul.
Freshly inspired by the kickoff of the
Teshuva Campaign, over one-third of the male
student body attended the new Night Seder
program, where they intensely learned
Mesechet Rosh HaShana. Why would over
one-third of the male student body, exhausted
from a nine and half hour school day and a
night of homework ahead, attend a session of
optional learning?
The answer is simple: because they want
to. One of the main aspects of this year's
Teshuva Campaign is an effort for students to
improve in the area of Torah. With the
opportunity of an exciting and new Wednesday
Night Seder, students jumped at the chance
to learn lishma-just for the sake
of learning.
This year's new Night Seder Program not
only offers students an opportunity to
improve their learning skills, it also is a
chance to bond with teachers outside of a
classroom setting.
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Wednesday Night Seder
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Wednesday Night Mishmar
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Intramural
Mishmar
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"I wanted to let you know how impressed the
entire
Jacksonville community was
with your students.
At such young
ages to understand what it means
to be
menachem avel is truly a credit to
their
community and their school."
Louise Levine
from Jacksonville and Mother of Sam
Levine ('10)
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