Chicagoland Jewish High School

Va’ad Tikun Olam

Va’ad Tikkun Olam Home Page

Va’ad Tikkun Olam (VTO) plans and coordinates social action projects for the CJHS student body. The branches of the Va’ad Tikkun Olam include:

STAND, Jordan Shapiro

Youth Philanthropy Initiative, Kate Kupferberg and Jacob Rabinowitz

Drives, Aliza Shapiro and Brianna Wolin

Environmental Club, Erik Howden

Café ARK, Jaime Borkan

ARK Book Club, Aviva Schwartz

Friends Committee, Dani Wolf and Aaron Miller

Interfaith Youth Core, Naseem Parsa

Abayudaya Pen Pals, Rebecca Silverman and Ariel Stoltz

CJHS-Webster Educational Partnership, Kate Kupferberg and Zach Kamin

Chesed (Caring) Committee, Jill Merrick

 

2009-2010 VTO Co-Chairs: Nina Kiken and Noa Fleischacker

VTO Faculty Advisor: Rabbi Ruven Barkan, RabbiBarkan@cjhs.org

For more information about Va’ad Tikkun Olam, email vto@cjhs.org

In addition to ongoing programming, CJHS devotes one afternoon a month to Tikkun Olam, during which no other school activities are scheduled and students are encouraged to take part in a VTO activity.

The 2009-2010 dates are:

September 23

October 21

November 18

December 16

January 27

February 17

March 17

April 14

May 12