November  4, 2016                                     3 Cheshvan 5777
IN THIS ISSUE


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KOHELET...
A Kohelet student has produced and recorded her own music, created her own music video and composed several classical compositions.
UPCOMING  DATES & EVENTS

This Shabbat, November 3 & 4, 2016
Shabbat Shel Ruach with Rabbanit Chana Henkin

Shabbat, November 12
Shabbat Scholar Series with Senator Joseph Lieberman

Sunday, November 13
Rabbi Tzvi Sinensky to speak in Northeast, PA

Shabbat, November 18 - 20
Kohelet Schoolwide Shabbaton
Click here for Early Bird Sign up by this Monday 11/7

Wednesday, November 23
Erev Thanksgiving
Early dismissal at 12:30 

Thursday & Friday, November 24 & 25
Thanksgiving
No school

personals
KOHELET PERSONALS

Condolences on the passing of Mr. Jesse J. Gershuny, father of  Mr. Doug Gershuny and grandfather of K ohelet student, Rachel Gershuny.   
Please note that Mr. Gershuny will get up from Shiva on Sunday morning and not Monday as originally posted.
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Condolences on the passing of Ms. Cynthia Stein, sister of Mr. Elisha Stein and  aunt of Kohelet student Shira  Stein .
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May both families be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem


henkinRABBANIT CHANA HENKIN AT KOHELET YESHIVA THIS WEEK

noachשבת  פרשת נח -  SHABBAT NOACH

AMIR BEN GAL
Gemara & Ivrit

The Ark - The Start of A New World
In this week's Parshat Noach, G-d commanded Noach to build an Ark. The reason G-d is giving this assignment to Noach is to stay "alive" - the Ark will be a safe haven "because of the waters of the flood." But this is not the only Ark mentioned in the Torah; in Parshat Shmot " she took for him an Ark of bulrushes." Moshe's mother puts him in an Ark in order to hide him from the Egyptians. What is the connection between the two Arks? Do they both symbolize the same thing? Let's try to see the similarities between them.
The first resemblance is the most obvious one; in both cases an Ark is mentioned and not a boat or ship. The Ibn Ezra writes that the Ark is remarkable because it has no paddles - therefore there is no way to control her. The Ark is not built for transportation, but is a way of staying above the water . 
Shabbat Shalom

electionELECTION INTEGRATION DAY


As part of the Election Integration Program, teachers presented different election topics in their classes on Thursday, including gerrymandering in math, climate change in science and the Israeli government system in Ivrit. Students were able to learn a lot about the issues through the lens of their specific classes. It was a great, fun filled historic day!

On Thursday, students and faculty geared up for Election Day with a student presidential debate and vote. Students portrayed the four candidates debating five topics that included , the economy, immigration, global warming, terrorism and gun control. Excellent research was evident, and viewers commented that the students were at least as good as the real politicians. It was a program that both informed on the issues, and gave an opportunity for students to practice public speaking and model American democracy in action.

Donald Trump was portrayed by:  Yehuda Dicker, Daniel Zellis, Shai Goldman and Judah Esses.  Hillary Clinton was portrayed by:  Shoshana Weintraub, Meyme Nakash and Daniel Meadvin.  Gary Johnson was portrayed by:  Goldie Eichen and  Jill Stein was portrayed by:  Shmuel Perl. 









stemKYHS STUDENTS'
STEM RESEARCH INITIATIVE

As part of our new STEM Research Initiative, a mini Research Colloquium was held at Kohelet Yeshiva High School for students who engaged in serious STEM-related research or in a STEM-related university science program for a minimum of three weeks this past summer. 

Eleven students, all sophomore, juniors or seniors, earned this award. Each student spoke about his or her summer experience, describing the science behind it and some highlights from the summer.  Topics included stress neurobiology, polymer chemistry, architecture, genetic counseling, the neuroscience of memory, volcanology, and medicine.

STUDENTS WHO EARNED THE TIER THREE AWARD ARE:
Goldie Eichen, Elana Niknam, and Mattan Orbach - attending Drexel's Mini-Med program
Sam Kosloff and Shoshana Weintraub - research in a volcanology lab at Drexel
Shai Goldman - research in a computational memory lab at Penn
Gabe Dayanim - research in a stress neurobiology lab at CHOP
Meir Kerzner - research in a polymer chemistry lab at Penn
J oey Benjamini - research in a chemistry lab at Villanova
Arielle Mindel - research in a genetics lab
Devora Weintraub - participating in an architecture program at Penn







facultyFACULTY IN-SERVICE THIS WEEK!

Lifelong learning is essential to our teachers' success in educating our students. As part of our faculty in-service, teachers were able to choose from a wide variety of sessions presented by fellow faculty members. Teachers loved learning from their peers around their chosen areas of interest!





tikvaTIKVAH FUND HIGH SCHOOL
SUMMER INSTITUTE

    
Mr. Gabi Weinberg, Associate Director of Summer Programs for the Tikvah Fund spoke to Kohelet students on  The Tikv ah Institute for High School Students at Yale , an intensive two-week immersion in the challenges confronting the Jewish community in Israel, America, and throughout the West. 

To learn more about this exciting and challenging program, and to register for a summer program click here.





parnasפרנס היום  - PARNAS HAYOM
Learning in the Kohelet Beit Midrash was sponsored by 

Chava Resnick-Paris and Andrew Paris and family 

Thursday, October 27 in honor of the students of Kohelet Yeshiva high School, on Friday, October 28 in honor of Rabbi Dr. Gil S. Perl and on Monday, October 31 in honor of Rabbi Tzvi Sinensky. 
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Learning in the Kohelet Beit Midrash was sponsored  by  

Shifra Vega & Michael Gordan and Family

Tuesday, November 1 in  appreciation of the Yamim Noraim and Simchat Torah tefillot in the Kohelet Beit Midrash.
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Become a Parnas Hayom (Daily Sponsor) 
and Support Learning in our Beit Midrash

For more information and to sign up,  click here  here or e-mail 
Tammie Neuman at  tneuman@koheletyeshiva.org
scholarsNEW IN THE BEIT MIDRASH!
SCHOLARS SERIES SHABBAT


sinenRABBI SINENSKY TO SPEAK
AT B'NAI ISRAEL OHEV ZEDEK


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