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SUNDAY BREAKFAST Cilla Stoll of Forever Om takes a breath. P18
SPORTS
It’s mostly relative for Highland Park’s Fine Vintage women’s softball team. P16
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Lake Bluff Women’s Club “Thinks Spring”. P11 FOLLOW US:
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NEWS
By Their Side NORTH SHORE FAMILIES HOST GRIEVING ISRAELI TEENS AS PART OF SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM. EDITED BY SHERRY THOMAS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
One of the many ways the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) supports families who have suffered the loss of a loved one during military service is to host a LEGACY Summer Camp program for B’Nai Mitzvah children or siblings of fallen soldiers. Every year, 150 of these Israeli teens are invited to attend summer camp throughout the United States, offering the opportunity to bond with peers who have experienced similar loss. Last month, 21 children (ages 12 to 13) in the LEGACY program had the opportunity to visit the North Shore while experiencing a two-week summer at JCC Camp Chi in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The visiting Israeli teens—all of whom have lost a family member serving in the IDF— bonded and spent two weeks camping with American peers and forming lifelong friendships. They participated in classic American camp activities such as swimming, archery, rock climbing, and arts and crafts, as well as more familiar traditions like Israeli dancing and Jewish learning. As part of the LEGACY experience, FIDF Continued on PG 10
LARGE AS LIFE ARTIST SAM ROSENTHAL TAKES IMPRESSIONISTIC REALISM TO THE STREETS. BY MONICA KASS ROGERS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
We’ve all seen plein air artists at work, their easels pitched near lovely garden vistas, delicately painting miniature representations of the scenes at hand. But Lake Forest-based artist Sam Rosenthal takes this to a grand scale. Tonight, for example, the 6 feet by 10 and a half feet canvas he’s painting sits at the busy intersection of LaSalle and Wacker in downtown Chicago. The city view he paints is of the Chicago River—bridges, skyscrapers, passersby, the sky doing its sunset best, and all the mundane magic in between. People stop to watch, taking cell phone pictures and studying Rosenthal’s interpretation of the streetscape they are walking through. “People always gather,” he says. “I don’t mind. It doesn’t keep me from focusing on what I’m doing. When it’s going well, it can be really energizing.” The “what” he’s doing just now, is capturing the interplay between natural and artificial light, using his brush to apply dabs of oxide red and cadmium yellow—each visit to the location bringing him a little closer to finishing the work. When it’s finished, Rosenthal says the painting, still untitled, will be on display until March 25 at his one-man show at the Butler Institute of Continued on PG 10
Cover: Sam Rosenthal of Lake Forest in front of his “Twilight on Wacker Drive” painting. PHOTOGRAPHY BY MONICA KASS ROGERS
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