JFGS Jewish Community Lobby Day
2019-03-26 08:30 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | State Capitol, Olympia
With everything going on in the other Washington, it’s easy to forget about what’s happening outside our front door. But state government has the most tangible impact on our daily lives.
Join your friends, neighbors, congregants, and fellow engaged citizens in Olympia for Jewish Community Lobby Day! We’ll do all the prep work for you; no prior experience necessary. We’ll have a fun morning together at Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia – learning about the issues, practicing our lobbying, and getting fueled (yes, that means food!) for our afternoon on the hill. During lunch, we’ll caucus by individual legislative district and discuss stragegy for our meetings. And after lunch, each group will walk a few short blocks up to the Capitol to meet with our legislators on the issues most important to you – like supporting quality Holocaust education, protecting immigrants and refugees, preventing gun violence, supporting vulnerable families, and much more!
This is a great opportunity to live out your Jewish values both for those who have never done advocacy or lobbying and those who have experience to share!
We know getting to and from Olympia can be a challenge, so this year, we will be running two buses for participants. One bus will leave from Congregation Beth Shalom in the north end; the other will leave from Sephardic Bikur Holim in south Seattle and make a stop in Tacoma. The cost for the bus is an additional $18.
We would love to welcome high school students participate in Lobby Day — after all, children are often the most effective advocates! All students must be accompanied by a parent/guardian or a chaperone who signs a liability waiver for them.
Event Details:
Date: March 26, 2019
Time: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Cost: Adult – $18, Seniors/Students – $10, Optional Bus ticket – $18, RSVP Mandatory by March 24, 2019
Location: State Capitol – Meet at Temple Beth Hatfiloh (201 8th Ave SE, Olympia, WA 98501)
Food: Kosher light breakfast and lunch will be provided
Bus Locations and Timing
North End Bus Drop Off and Pick up Location – Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115
South End Bus Drop Off and Pick up Location – Sephardic Bikur Holim, 6500 52nd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118 – This bus will make an additional stop in Tacoma
Both buses will load between 6:55-7:10 am and depart promptly at 7:15 am – no exceptions.
Timeline and Logistics
8:30 – 9:00 Check-in, Packet Review,and Breakfast
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome and mapping of the day – Program will begin promptly at 9:00
9:10 – 11:00 Speakers, legislative issue briefings and training (more details TBA)
11:00 – 11:45 Lunch and Caucusing (by legislative district)
11:45 Legislative groups begin departing to Capitol Campus (five blocks away) as needed for meetings. The first meetings begin at noon.
12:00 – 3:00 Meetings with legislatures
3:00 – 3:20 Concluding meeting on front steps of the Legislative Building (capitol steps)
3:20 – 3:30 Debrief, wrap-up, return to cars and/or bus and depart!
RSVP Mandatory by March 24

Cantor's Nosh & Sing
2019-03-26 12:00 - 13:30 | Upper Foyer
Come join us for Nosh and Sing, a fun, casual, enjoyable get together where we sing Israeli, Yiddish, Ladino and American Folk songs. All are welcome. Please feel free to bring a dairy lunch; Herzl-Ner Tamid will provide the snacks and sweets. RSVP at https://hnt.wufoo.com/forms/20182019-cantors-nosh-sing/.

Young Adults: L’chaim! Monthly Meetup
2019-03-28 19:30 - 21:00
What better way to celebrate life than by enjoying drinks with friends? We’ll gather monthly at bars and coffee shops in Seattle and on the Eastside. In March we’ll meet in Kirkland. RSVP to rabbig@h-nt.org and we’ll keep you in the loop!

Senior Rabbi Focus Group
2019-03-31 10:00 - 12:00 | Youth Lounge
You are invited to share your vision of the future Senior Rabbi who will join Herzl-Ner Tamid. What attributes are most important? What issues will a new Rabbi need to focus on? How should a new Rabbi help us grow and change as a congregation?

If this is a conversation you are passionate about, join us for a facilitated focus group conversation. Each focus group will be facilitated by a two person team and your feedback will be shared with the full search committee as we prepare for the application and interview process.

Choose your date:
Sunday, March 24 10am – noon at HNT (senior focus, but all are welcome)
Sunday, March 24, 9:30am – noon at private Mercer Island home (for board and former board members only)
Sunday, March 31, 10am-noon at HNT (young adult and young family focus, but all are welcome)
Monday, April 1, 7-9pm at HNT, (interfaith and Jews by Choice focus, but all are welcome)
Watch your hakol and ekol for more dates to come
To join this important conversation, please RSVP to Search co-chair, Julie Ellenhorn at ello3@comcast.net You may also direct your comments to RabbiSearch@h-nt.org.

HNT Sponsored SJFF Film: Centerpiece: Leonard Bernstein Film + Author Jamie Bernstein
2019-03-31 16:00 - 18:00 | SJCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, 98040
Seattle Jewish Film Festival: March 23-31 & April 6-7
From titles to the rolling credits, the Seattle Jewish Film Festival is a rainbow of emotions, sensations, and connections to global + local Israeli and Jewish life and culture. The 24th annual SJFF is about reel emotions and reel connections that we share with one another. Join us for 36 films in 11 colorful days. Purchase tickets at sjcc.org
HNT Sponsored Film: Centerpiece: Leonard Bernstein Film + Author Jamie Bernstein • Sunday, March 31 • 4:00 PM • SJCC
Leonard Bernstein, one of the most influential classical musicians of the 20th century, was a complex, larger-than-life, colorful genius. His flamboyant onstage presence—the swaying, jumping, and arm swinging—were not affectations but the means to achieve a great orchestral performance. His film and musical theater scores (ON THE TOWN, ON THE WATERFRONT, and WEST SIDE STORY) are unforgettable, and his 1950s televised Young People’s Concerts with the New York Philharmonic broke down barriers and reached large audiences worldwide. The documentary features illuminating interviews with other conductors, Bernstein’s children (including our special guest, daughter Jamie Bernstein), and luminaries of the music world (including Stephen Sondheim and Sir Peter Jonas), complemented by family photos and clips from Bernstein’s performances, compositions, and TV programs, all of which tell his life story—marked by conflict with his family and numerous alleged affairs—in a creative, nonlinear way.
As film sponsors, HNT gets 10 free tickets! Email Rebecca@h-nt.org for free tickets to this film.

Congregations for the Homeless Shelter Meal
2019-04-01 19:00 - 20:30 | Eastside Men’s Shelter, 515B 116th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA, 98004, United States
As a member of Congregations for the Homeless, which strives to mitigate the pain of homelessness by providing meals and basic needs, HNT aspires to provide at least one monthly meal for 80 men during the colder months.
How you can help:

Help prepare one or more dishes for the meal on April 1, captained by Susan Bardsley, Stephen Price, and Mindy Landsman
This is a great activity for families, friends, your book group, or chavurah, and HNT will provide organizational support. It’s all done potluck-style with food you can buy or make at home. You can drop off your food or stay to help serve and talk with the residents. You choose the date that works for your group. Please email ShelterMeals@h-nt.org to volunteer to organize a group of friends to take a meal.

Sisterhood Book Club
2019-04-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Skolnick Board Room
April book: The Saturday Wife by Naomi Ragan
Please contact Sharon Mossman at smossman@comcast.net for more information.

Minyanaires Club
2019-04-07 09:00 - 10:30 | Gladstein Chapel
One Sunday a month, the morning minyan gets a little more interactive and a little more ruach-y (or spirited), and mixes in some English readings, too. Enjoy a light brunch after the service. Eat, schmooze and get to know others Minyanaires!

Daytimers Lunch & Film: Denial
2019-04-10 11:30 - 14:00 | Feinberg Social Hall
Support for the Daytimers Program is underwritten with love by the family of Marv Coe z”l and by the Alfred & Tillie Shemanski Trust Fund
Wednesday, April 10:
Denial: A 2016 British-American historical drama in English
When university professor Deborah E. Lipstadt includes World War II historian David Irving in a book about Holocaust deniers, Irving accuses her of libel and sparks a legal battle for historical truth. With the burden of proof placed on the accused, Lipstadt and her legal team fight to prove the essential truth that the Holocaust occurred.
$8/person for lunch, served 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM, followed by the film
RSVP by the Friday before at h-nt.org/Daytimers or call 206-232-8555

Senior Rabbi Focus Group
2019-04-11 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-04-30 19:00 - 21:00
You are invited to share your vision of the future Senior Rabbi who will join Herzl-Ner Tamid. What attributes are most important? What issues will a new Rabbi need to focus on? How should a new Rabbi help us grow and change as a congregation?

If this is a conversation you are passionate about, join us for a facilitated focus group conversation. Each focus group will be facilitated by a two person team and your feedback will be shared with the full search committee as we prepare for the application and interview process.

Choose your date:

Thursday, April 11, 7-9pm
Wednesday, April 24, 7-9pm
Tuesday, April 30, 7-9pm
Sunday, May 5, 10am-noon
Thursday, May 9, 7-9pm

To join this important conversation, please RSVP to Search co-chair, Michael Tarlowe at tarlowe@yahoo.com. You may also direct your comments to RabbiSearch@h-nt.org.

Women's League Shabbat
2019-04-12 18:00 - 19:00
We will host the pre-neg and lead Kabbalat Shabbat services. We would love you to join us! If you would like to help lead services please let Susan and Aileen know.

Global Trends in Anti-Semitism with Sharon Nazarian
2019-04-13 09:30 - 13:00
9:30 AM Services & Presentation
12:45 PM Q & A following Kiddush Luncheon
Dr. Sharon Nazarian will discuss how the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) tackles anti-Semitism from the right, from the left and Islamic anti-Semitism. Learn about the ADL’s new Task Force on Middle East Minorities and vision for their work in international affairs. Dr. Sharon S. Nazarian is Senior Vice President of International Affairs at ADL. Sharon heads ADL’s work fighting anti-Semitism and racial hatred globally, including ADL’s Israel office.
Prior to ADL, Sharon was active in three worlds: academia, philanthropy and foreign policy. She is the President of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation, with a regional office in Israel named the Ima Foundation. She is also the founder of the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and Chair of its Advisory Board.
Sharon taught as an adjunct professor at UCLA in the Department of Political Science, is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations and sits on a myriad of foreign policy boards. She studied at the University of Southern California (USC), double majoring in Journalism and International Relations, and received her Master’s and Ph.D. in Political Science from USC.

Passover College Packages Deadline
2019-04-14
Please submit addresses by April 14 at h-nt.org/college
Pesach is around the corner, and so are our last college packages of the school year! If you have an undergraduate college student with a new address this spring or if you’ve never submitted their information, visit h-nt.org/college by April 14 so they can receive some Kosher for Pesach goodies! Please note that we cannot send packages internationally.
Want to help put these packages together? We need volunteers! Visit h-nt.org/volunteers to sign up.

Talmud Siyum
2019-04-19 07:00 - 20:30 | Gladstein Chapel
7:00 AM Minyan
7:45 AM Study Session
8:15 AM Breakfast
At our Talmud Siyum on the eve of Pesach, we will reflect on the Talmudic method of harmonizing opposing opinions.
Study session led by Rabbi Green and Rabbi Rosenbaum.

Office Early Closure
2019-04-25 09:00 - 15:00
The office will close at 3:00 PM for erev 7th day of Passover

Office Closed
2019-04-26
The HNT office is closed for the 7th day of Passover

Teen Feed
2019-04-28 17:15 - 20:30, 2019-05-26 17:15 - 20:30 | University Lutheran Church, 1604 NE 50th St., Seattle, Washington, 98105
Volunteers are needed to help prepare, cook, and serve food. We need 10 to 15 volunteers for a successful event. RSVP at h-nt.org/teenfeed.

Congregations for the Homeless Shelter Meal
2019-04-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Eastside Men’s Shelter, 515B 116th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA, 98004, United States
As a member of Congregations for the Homeless, which strives to mitigate the pain of homelessness by providing meals and basic needs, HNT aspires to provide at least one monthly meal for 80 men during the colder months.
How you can help:

Help prepare one or more dishes for the meal on April 29, captained by Joanne Glosser & Nancy Morse
This is a great activity for families, friends, your book group, or chavurah, and HNT will provide organizational support. It’s all done potluck-style with food you can buy or make at home. You can drop off your food or stay to help serve and talk with the residents. You choose the date that works for your group. Please email ShelterMeals@h-nt.org to volunteer to organize a group of friends to take a meal.

Senior Rabbi Focus Group
2019-05-05 10:00 - 12:00, 2019-05-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-05-09 19:00 - 21:00
You are invited to share your vision of the future Senior Rabbi who will join Herzl-Ner Tamid. What attributes are most important? What issues will a new Rabbi need to focus on? How should a new Rabbi help us grow and change as a congregation?

If this is a conversation you are passionate about, join us for a facilitated focus group conversation. Each focus group will be facilitated by a two person team and your feedback will be shared with the full search committee as we prepare for the application and interview process.

Choose your date:

Sunday, May 5, 10am-noon
Tuesday, May 7, 7-9pm at a private home (RSVP for location)
Thursday, May 9, 7-9pm

To join this important conversation, please RSVP to Search co-chair, Michael Tarlowe at tarlowe@yahoo.com. You may also direct your comments to RabbiSearch@h-nt.org.

Volunteer at Eastside Baby Corner
2019-05-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Eastside Baby Corner, 1510 NW Maple Steet, Issaquah, WA, 98027
HNT is organizing a group of 12 to fill orders and sort donations of baby clothes, items and gear. Eastside Baby Corner serves as a diaper bank, clothing bank, and food source for more than 800 kids across King County each week.
Sign up at h-nt.org/volunteers.

High School Shabbat
2019-05-10 18:00 - 20:00
Join the entire HNT community as we celebrate this year’s graduating high school seniors with a special Shabbat Service and dinner.
If you have a graduating senior, please RSVP yes or no at: h-nt.org/HSS-RSVP and fill out our survey at: h-nt.org/HSS-Booklet by Sunday, May 5
Make the celebration even better by getting involved! Know a name we missed? Want to volunteer? Like to make a donation to help keep this event inclusive for all? Email Rebecca@h-nt.org or call (206) 232-8555 x207.

Minyanaire's Club
2019-05-12 09:00 - 10:30
One Sunday a month, the morning minyan gets a little more interactive and a little more ruach-y (or spirited), and mixes in some English readings, too.
Enjoy a light brunch after the service. Eat, schmooze and get to know others Minyanaires! This special Mother’s Day Hot Brunch is sponsored by Women’s League.

Cantor's Nosh & Sing
2019-05-14 12:00 - 13:30 | Upper Foyer
Come join us for Nosh and Sing, a fun, casual, enjoyable get together where we sing Israeli, Yiddish, Ladino and American Folk songs. All are welcome. Please feel free to bring a dairy lunch; Herzl-Ner Tamid will provide the snacks and sweets. Click to RSVP.

Daytimers Lunch & Film: The Disputation
2019-05-15 11:30 - 14:00 | Feinberg Social Hall
Support for the Daytimers Program is underwritten with love by the family of Marv Coe z”l and by the Alfred & Tillie Shemanski Trust Fund
The Disputation: 1986 British historical drama in English
In 1263, King James I of Aragon organizes a debate between representatives of Judaism and Christianity regarding whether or not Jesus was the Messiah.
$8/person for lunch, served 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM, followed by the film
RSVP by the Friday before at h-nt.org/Daytimers or call 206-232-8555

Annual Meeting
2019-05-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Feinberg Social Hall
All HNT Members are invited to Meet and MitzVOTE

Presentation and vote for 2019-2020 slate of officers and
annual budget
Presentation on the congregational survey, update on the
Senior Rabbi search process, and Q&A session with search chairs

Enjoy a dessert buffet with seasonal favorites.
Please RSVP at: h-nt.org/annualmeeting
We need 40+ members for a quorum, so bring an HNT friend!
Upon entry, please bring items for our Mitzvah in a Bag project.
Our goal: to make 700 Mitzvah in a Bags to hand out to those in need.
Please bring a grocery bag (or two) of non-perishable snacks and other necessities including:

Cheese or peanut butter crackers
Soft granola bars
Trail mix
Jerky sticks
Apple sauce
Juice boxes
Handwipes or hand sanitizer
Hand warmers
Ankle socks
Chapstick

In June, stop by to pick up an armful of Mitzvah in a Bags to keep in your car and hand out to those in need.

Lag B'Omer & End of School Celebration
2019-05-22 18:15 - 19:30 | Wittenberg Waterfront, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States
Everyone is welcome to celebrate Lag B’Omer and the end of the school year. Enjoy BBQ dinner, Maccabia relay extravaganza, singing and marshmallow roasting on our legendary bonfire!
Co-Sponsored by Herzl-Ner Tamid & Camp Solomon Schechter
RSVP by May 14 at h-nt.org/LBO
Please bring items for our Mitzvah in a Bag project. Our goal: to make 700 Mitzvah in a Bags to hand out to those in need.

Please bring a grocery bag (or two) of non-perishable snacks and other necessities including:

Cheese or peanut butter crackers
Soft granola bars
Trail mix
Jerky sticks
Apple sauce
Juice boxes
Handwipes or hand sanitizer
Hand warmers
Ankle socks
Chapstick

In June, stop by to pick up an armful of Mitzvah in a Bags to keep in your car and hand out to those in need.
