11-23-06

Thanksgiving is precisely that – an opportunity to thank G‑d for all His wonderful blessings. What better way of saying thank you than by doing mitzvahs, acts of goodness and Jewish-ness which He asks of each of us as a Jew.

By the way, just in case you were thinking of giving me a gift in honor of my 40th – I will be happy to accept it. In fact, I have created a “gift-registry” where you choose from my “wish list”. How’s that for a subtle way of asking! Just click here or go to http://www.mitzvahgiftregistry.com/ and you will find an entire menu of mitzvahs to choose from as your “mitzvah-gift” in honor of my 40th. (Talk about taking it for all its worth...)

Pick a mitzvah. Small or big. You’ll be killing two turkeys with one Mitzvah: Taking care of a birthday present, and giving Thanksgiving to the Boss for all His kindnesses. It’s a bargain!

Happy Thanksgiving & Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel

P.S. If you’ve e-mailed or called me over the last several days and haven’t heard back, please accept my apologies. This past weekend, I spent a number of days at the annual international conference of Chabad Rabbis and have been away from my desk. I know your message is important and I will get back to you just as soon as things settle down. To learn more about this incredible conference of over 3,000 Rabbis from across the globe, click here.

ELECTION RESULTS:
On the weeks proceeding Election Day, student candidates campaigned for the positions of School President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary of the 2006-2007 Student Council. The Social Studies and Language Arts Classes combined efforts to advice students on speech context and election procedure. Each candidate had the opportunity to create banners to advertise themselves as well as write their own speech which were read over the school intercom on several occasions.

As a result, on Election Day, November 7th, we had an Assembly to introduce each of the three candidates running for each office. The 4th-8th grade student body was able to hear the campaign promises made to assist them in their voting decision. After the Assembly, the students returned to their class and ballots were issued. Each student voted for the candidates of their choice and the Ballots were collected and tallied by the Faculty advisors from the Language Arts class-Ruth Rubin and Social Studies class-Meghan McNulty.

The election results are as follows:
PRESIDENT: MICHAEL KAMEL
VICE PRESIDENT: AADEL SOLEYMANI
TREASURER: YOSEF ZARNIGHIAN
SECRETARY: DANIEL ALON

As part of the Students Council’s first acts in office, positions were awarded to the remaining candidates who were assigned as Class Representatives as follows:

HANNA SHEMIAN * AYELET HEMATIAN * JORDAN BABAJANIAN * BRANDON KAHEN * ITAMAR HEMATIAN * KELLIE AMINOFF * ABIGAIL SHALIKAR * SIMON SHAPIRO

A Faculty Liaison position was also created and assigned to ELIZABETH JACOBI.

• Thanks for a job well done to Ruth Rubin for creating the autonomous election process and assisting each candidate with their promotional efforts. It proved to be an important learning experience for everyone.
• Thanks to all the candidates that ran for office. You all did a fantastic job!.
• Last but not least, Mazel Tov to our newly elected Student Council. We look forward to a most successful school year! Remember, the voters will be watching! Good Luck to you all!

Best Regards,
Rabbi Noteh Glogauer, Principal

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As their first project of the school year, the Student Council at C.A.S.H. held a THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE to collect food for those less fortunate than themselves, who are not able to celebrate with a big feast. All families were asked to contribute either canned foods or dry goods that follow the Kosher Dietary Laws listed in the Parent Handbook. The members of the Student Council colleced food every morning every morning this past week and donated it to an organization for the homeless so that they can have a warm meal on Thanksgiving Day.