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February 9
LS Tu B'Shevat
Grade 5
Dare Program
MS Boys/Girls
Basketball Games
Basketball Game
Soccer Game
Grade 2 Field Trip
Film Production
Field Trip
Kindergarten
Varsity
Soccer Game
Varsity Boys
Basketball Game
February 12
Admin Coffee with
US Parents
V-Day
Performance (Staged Reading)
February 13 Varsity Boys
Basketball Game
LS Presidents' Convention
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| PARSHAT OF THE WEEK - BASHALACH |
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The slavery in Egypt was long, hard and wearing on the Jewish people. The Jews were faced with near extinction as they almost sank to the 49th level of impurity. But, despite the seeming impossible odds, they did not give up. The Jews bore down and held on and survived to see the greatest miracles in the history of mankind - the ten plagues, the splitting of the Red Sea, the giving of the Torah. Where there is life, there is hope, as the following true story illustrates:
Yoav, a young IDF (Israeli Defense Force) soldier was stationed in the city of Chevron. Suddenly, he was shot by an Arab sniper and left for dead. As it was four o'clock in the morning, and no imminent attack was expected; no one was awake to hear the shot and rush to his aid. It appeared as though Yoav was doomed to bleed to death before anybody would ever find him. His short life would come to a tragic silent end.
One other soldier however, did happen to hear something. Though not totally sure, he suspected it might be a rifle shot, so he went to investigate. He spotted Yoav, who was lying on the ground, bleeding to death. He immediately began to stabilize Yoav's wound and arrange for emergency transport to a medical facility. It took time for help to get to the scene, so he needed to apply manual pressure and any other trick he could think of to keep Yoav alive in the interim - he was literally holding Yoav's life in his hands.
Eventually, Yoav arrived at a proper medical facility where he was treated by surgeons. Yoav's parents were notified and rushed to the hospital. The doctors told them that had it not been for the immediate and appropriate actions of the other soldier, their son Yoav would definitely not have survived. It was indeed a miracle that the other soldier heard what no one else heard, and managed to locate Yoav as quickly as he did. They went to thank him, but he had already left the hospital.
After Yoav was home recuperating, and everyone was settled, they called the army to find out the name of the other soldier so they could thank him personally. Unfortunately, the other soldier's name had not been recorded in the incident report, so they now had no way of ever contacting him.
Yoav's parents owned a makolet (grocery store) in Kiryat Malachi, so they put up a poster in their store, describing the miracle that occurred and asking if anyone knew the identity of Yoav's savior. They figured that Israel is a small country and someone might know someone who knows something.
Months passed with no response. Finally after a year, a woman entered the store and saw the sign. She was positive that her son Doron had mentioned such an account. She took out her cell phone and called Doron on the spot. Sure enough, he remembered the incident quite well - it was he who had saved Yoav's life.
Soon, all the families gathered together for a joyful tearful 'reunion.' Doron's mother pulled Yoav's mother aside and told her, "There is a specific reason I came to your store today. You don't remember me, but twenty years ago, I was standing in your makolet feeling lost and forlorn. You and your wonderful husband noticed how sad I looked and asked me what was the matter. I explained that I was pregnant and was overwhelmed. There were so many unbearable difficulties; financially, socially and emotionally. I decided that the only way out was to have an abortion."
"You both stopped everything, and calmly and lovingly sat with me. You listened to me. Then, you offered so much encouragement and support. Because of you, everything began to look different and I chose to keep my baby. I no longer live around here, but I happened to be passing through, and I figured it would be nice to visit your store again to thank you once again for all that you did. The name of that precious baby was Doron."
"My beloved Doron, who would not have been born were it not for you, grew up to save your son Yoav's life."
as told by Rabbi Baruch Lederman
The town of Kiryat Malachi is TVT's adopted "sister" city in Israel. Most of the Tzedaka projects that our students do on the Poland/Israel trip are for the benefit of the people of Kiryat Malachi.
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| COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES |
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Our Seniors have been accepted to the following Universities, thus far:
CSU-Chico
San Diego State Univ
Arizona State Univ
CW Post-Long Island
Cal Poly Pomona
George Mason Univ
Hofstra Univ
Univ of Colorado-Boulder
Northern Arizona Univ
San Francisco State Univ
CSU-Northridge
Loyola Marymount University
USC
Ohio State Univ
Indiana University
Ohio University
Quinnipiac
Tulane
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Oregon
FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Cal State Fullerton
University of Arizona
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| OUR BASKETBALL TEAMS KEEP GOING . . .! |
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UPPER SCHOOL
On Wednesday, February 11th, the TVT Lions go up aganist Fairmont again for the League Championship. We will be bringing a busload of students out to the game. We are very excited to fill the Fairmont stands with TVT fans. Come out, once again, and help cheer the Lions to victory! The game is at 7:30 pm at Fairmont Prep in Anaheim.
On Thursday, the Lions defeated Avalon 65-43. This coming Friday, February 13th, they play Avalon one more time at 11:30 am, in the TVT gym. The Avalon team can thencatch the early boat back to Catalina Island. You are all invited to come watch the game. It's a good way to spend lunch!
Our Lady Lions are playing their final season game at home before the playoffs. As the team ends their season, they have an outstanding record of 13 -1. Come out to cheer the girls to 14-1on Wednesday, February 11th at 3:30 pm.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Both our Middle School boys and girls basketball teams are entering into the Tri-Way League playoffs! The girls will play Carden Hall at Carden Hall at 3:00pm on Monday, February, 9th. The time and locations of the boys' game on Monday was not yet available at press time today.
Mazel Tov to all of our players and coaches! |
| GALA RESERVATIONS - FEBRUARY 12TH DEADLINE |
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Don't miss out! Come celebrate with friends and enjoy an evening to remember - TVT's Annual Gala, Sunday, February 22nd, honoring school founder, Irving "Papa" Gelman's 85th birthday, and Tarbut V'Torah's 18th "Chai" year.
Reega Neutel, TVT parent and entertainer extraordinaire, and her dedicated committee are planning an elegant evening to celebrate these two landmark events. With our experienced committee taking care of all of the details, it's going to be quite a party! So, please join us, enjoy a delicious meal, and dance the night away in honor of Mr. Gelman and TVT.
Thursday, February 12th, is the last day to make your reservations. For more information, contact Gaby Schneider (949) 509-9500 Ext 1136.
Tickets to attend the gala at the Nixon Library are $240 each. Proceeds from the Annual Benefit,"Honoring our Heritage Celebrating our Children", help fund student programming and provide scholarships for students in need of assistance. |
| OUR STUDENTS . . .EXCEL |
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Tarbut V'Torah fifth grade student, Jacob Kupperman won highest honors in this year's WordMasters Challenge - a national language arts competition entered by approximately 230,000 students annually.
Competing in the difficult Blue Division of the Challenge, Jacob earned a perfect score in the year's first meet. Only 167 fifth graders achieved perfect results in the entire country.
Other TVT students who earned outstanding results in the meet include fifth graders Seth Eaton, Romi Ferder, Ariel Hirschberg. Jeremy Neutel, Jakob Roston, and Robert Theisen. The school's students were coached for the Challenge by fifth grade teacher, Mr. Grant Furry.
The WordMasters Challenge is an exercise in critical thinking that first encourages students to become familiar with a set of interesting new words (considerably harder than grade level), and then challenges them to use those words to complete analogies expressing various kinds of logical relationships.
For 22 years, The WordMasters Challenge has been dedicated to inspiring high achievement in American schools. Our students will participate in two more meets. Medals and certificates will be awarded in June to those who have achieved and/or improved the most in the course of the year.
Congratulations to Jacob and all of the students who participated.
9th grade students, Yael Nachum and Einav Nachman, were invited to present their research paper at an international conference. They are in Cypress right now with chaperone, history teacher, Ms. Candy Peleaux.
Charles DeLoach, 10th grade TVT student, recently completed building a storage shed on the soccer field for the athletic department. This project was part of Charles' work toward becoming an Eagle Scout .
Kol HaKavod! These are very Impressive accomplishments! |
| MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS |
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| On Thursday, our Middle School Student Council spent the day at the California Association of School Leaders (CASL)Leadership Conference, in Yorba Linda, with 300 students from area schools. The students interacted with the speakers about their life goals and learned what it takes to be a good leader. They participated in activities that they could bring back to use to motivate our own student body. They learned a lot and had a great time! Thanks to Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Waters for getting the kids involved in such a valuable program. |
| O AMBASSADOR NEWS |
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The trip to Africa to build a school is on! The 18 students who were selected for the trip are are now busy making plans to raise the money to build the school. The first project is an all school, K-12 Educational Walk-a-thon on March 20th - parents are encouraged to attend. Watch the transmittals for more information on how you can help make this dream come true!
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| TU B'SHEVAT CELEBRATIONS |
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| We will all be celebrating Tu B' Shevat on Monday, February 9th on the TVT campus.
Our Lower School Celebration schedule is: Kindergarten 8:15 - 9:30 Village 1 Computer Lab
Grades 1 & 2 8:45 - 9:30 Outside (sports field) - Grades K - 5 10:00 - 10:30 Assembly - MPR -
We are pleased to share with you that the Mayor of Irvine, Sukhee Kang, will be joining us for a tree planting ceremony in the Courtyard at 10:30 - 11:00 Grades K - 5
Grades 3, 4 & 5 will be having a Tu B'Shevat seder in the MPR at 1-2 pm. |
| CURRENT EVENTS |
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The movie, "Blessed is the Match" is the story of heroine Hannah Senesh. It illuminates the only allied mission to rescue Jews during WW II, for more information go to http://www.blessedisthematch.com/ .
See the movie at the Edwards Universtiy Cinema in Irvine.
Purim Party The Israel Center and the Israeli Scouts will be having a Purim party on March 1st on the Lower School campus, at 5200 Bonita Canyon for more details, click on
Lecture The Jewish Studies Program at UCI presents a talk by Michelle Hamilton, Associate Professor.
Lecture The Jewish Studies Program at UCI presents a talk by Michelle Hamilton Associate Professor.
University of California, Irvine Thursday, February 12, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Humanities Instructional Building 135
The topic ( Crypto) Jewish Community and Identity and the trials of the Inquisition in New Spain Leonoe de Cavajal Michelle Hamilton . | |
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