Shabbat Dinner Circle Sign Up Deadline
2017-09-29
Friday, October 20 • Sign up at h-nt.org/SDC by September 29
New year, new Shabbat Dinner Circles to look forward to! We need plenty of hosts and attendees to take this terrific opportunity to meet more people in our community!
Whether you’re a frequent diner or brand new, we hope that you will join in for these intimate, casual Shabbat gatherings in each other’s homes. Take a break from the workweek and enjoy an evening of good food and great conversation with some future friends.
We ask all participants to please remember that signing up is making a commitment to either host or attend a dinner that night. Please be considerate of others by making sure that you do not have a scheduling conflict and by marking it on your calendar as soon as you sign up. Think of this as making a dinner date with friends and help us avoid last minute cancellations. Thank you

Kol Nidre (Erev Yom Kippur) Services
2017-09-29 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Denver) | Herzl-Ner Tamid, 3700 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States
In the Sanctuary. To request a guest packet, visit h-nt.org/hh

Yom Kippur Day Services
2017-09-30 09:40 - 13:30 (America/Denver)

Mincha Services
2017-09-30 16:45 - 18:15 (America/Denver)

Ne'ila/Ma'ariv Services
2017-09-30 18:15 - 19:30 (America/Denver)

Sukkot Order Pickup
2017-10-02 12:00 - 17:00, 2017-10-03 09:15 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Upper Foyer
Monday, October 2: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM or Tuesday, October 3: 9:15 AM – 1:00 PM
If you ordered a lulav & etrog, s’chach, or a sukkah kit this year, you may pick up your order during the above days/times. Payment is due before pickup, so please ensure that you have pre-paid online, mail in a check, or call the office with a credit card before you come to pick up your order.

Office Closes Early
2017-10-04 09:00 - 15:00, 2017-10-11 09:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)

Office Closed
2017-10-05 09:00 - 2017-10-06 18:00, 2017-10-12 09:00 - 2017-10-13 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)

Sukkot Day 1 Services
2017-10-05 09:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Feinberg Social Hall

Sukkot Day 1 FRS Youth Program
2017-10-05 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Calling all FRS students to join together in the Sukkah at HNT for age-appropriate Sukkot activities. We will have an opportunity to create our own edible Sukkahs and welcome Ushpazin to our home away from home in the HNT Sukkah.

Sukkot Day 2 Services
2017-10-06 09:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Feinberg Social Hall

Shabbat for Kids
2017-10-07 10:30 - 12:15 (America/Los_Angeles)
Shabbat is our time to rest and recharge our internal batteries. Join Morah Rachel and Morah Michelle for age appropriate youth Shabbat services and activities. This special program is for all students in 5th grade and below at HNT.

Shtilim Sleepover in the Sukkah
2017-10-07 17:00 - 2017-10-08 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Calling all parents and students in Kindergarten through 2nd Grade for a sleepover at HNT. At least one parent must accompany their child during this sleepover which will include S’MORES by the waterfront, learning and bonding, and a scavenger hunt on the HNT campus.
The cost of the evening is $30 for each student/guardian combination which includes dinner on Saturday night and breakfast in the morning before FRS. Extra students in the same family are $10 each.
If you can just attend on Saturday night from 5:00-8:00, then the cost is $15. To learn more about Shtilim, please contact our Shtilim chair, Kathy Packer at kathy.epstein@msn.com. Please email Dr. Eliyahu at eliyahu@h-nt.org for more information. Please sign up at: https://hnt.wufoo.com/forms/sukkah-sleepover-with-parents-october-7/

Minyanaires Club
2017-10-08 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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! All who attend will be entered in a monthly Minyanaire’s Club drawing for fabulous prizes.

Sukkot for Garinim Families
2017-10-08 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Open Sukkah for young families! Meet up with all your Garinim friends for an afternoon of schmoozing, Sukkot art projects, and light refreshments. Please go to this Wufoo to sign up:
https://hnt.wufoo.com/forms/sukkot-for-garinim-families/

We Were All Strangers Once...
2017-10-08 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | HNT Sukkah
As Sukkot approaches, we are reminded of what it is like to go from place to place without the comforts of a real home.
Join together to share a meal in our sukkah, our temporary home, to learn how to help resettle the 10 refugee families HNT is supporting and ensure they feel welcomed.
Speakers from Jewish Family Service will educate us about the current state of refugee resettlement, family reunification, and our local response to serving refugees.
$10 per person is appreciated to help cover the cost of the meal.
RSVP at h-nt.org/one-world

Tuning In To Our Inner Shofar Part II
2017-10-10 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Tuning Up for the New Year: The Art of Possibility
We will be reviewing the material we covered on identifying our strengths and using them in new ways at our first workshop, Tuning in to Your Inner Shofar. This session will focus on identifying dormant potential in ourselves and others. Through text, music, and video, we will explore these questions:

When did we see something good in another person that we didn’t notice initially?
When did someone see potential in us and offer us encouragement that helped us?
How can we use our existing strengths to create new possibilities for ourselves and others in the coming year?

Rabbi Irwin Kula of Clal and Dr. Neal Mayerson of the Via Institute on Character will join us in conversation through Skype.
Register at h-nt.org/shofar

Shemini Atzeret Services
2017-10-12 09:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Feinberg Social Hall
In the Feinberg Social Hall
Services include Yizkor

Simchat Torah Dancing
2017-10-12 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Feinberg Social Hall
There will be a Ma’ariv service at 6:45 PM in the Gladstein Chapel
Come join our social justice hakafot and dance with the Torah!
Pick any category below you have ever been engaged in and we’ll find you an honor. Or, just come! Everyone is welcome!

Teen Feed & Eastside Shelter Volunteers
Day of Service Participants
Social Action Committee & People Engaged in Civic Action
Blood Drive & Food Drive Volunteers
Kids for Peace, Muslim-Jewish Dialogue, and AIPAC Participants
Leschi Elementary Tutors & Backpack Supply Volunteers
Bob Zimmerman – No Member Left Behind

Simchat Torah Services
2017-10-13 09:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Feinberg Social Hall
In the Feinberg Social Hall

Move the Bima Back & Take Down the Sukkah
2017-10-15 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sanctuary
What goes up must come down, and what gets pushed must be pushed back! After all of the holiday celebrations have come to a close, help us restore the Sanctuary, Feinberg Social Hall, and courtyard to their regular setup. We’ll need many strong arms to move the bima back, so come lend yours! Sign up to help at h-nt.org/volunteers.

Annual Sisterhood Torah Fund Tea Party
2017-10-15 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
At the home of Rabbi & Janine Rosenbaum
Torah Fund is a national scholarship program that supports rabbinical, cantorial, and graduate students in Jewish
communal work at the Jewish Theological Seminary. This event is an opportunity to financially support Torah Fund and visit with other ladies.
Join us to hear speaker Max Patashnik, the Government and Community Affairs Senior Manager at the Jewish Federation. Max will speak to us about the power of advocating Jewishly and discuss a few recent wins in our state’s capitol for families.
RSVP to Aileen Okrent at wl-tf@h-nt.org

Daytimers Lunch & Film: Hester Street
2017-10-18 11:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Feinberg Social Hall
Hester Street
A 1975 American drama/romance in English and Yiddish with English subtitles
Dealing with themes of assimilation, Hester Street, set in the early 1900s, focuses on the experiences of an immigrant family in New York City. Gitl has just arrived in America from Russia with her son to meet her husband, Jake, who has been in the States for some time and is comfortably settled. While Gitl struggles to find her place in this country, she clashes with Jake, who has fully embraced their new homeland.
Support for the Daytimers Programs is underwritten with love by the family of Marv Coe z”l

$8/person for lunch, served 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM, followed by the film
Reserve by the Friday before each film so that we can prepare for you!
RSVP at h-nt.org/Daytimers or call 206-232-8555

Shabbat Dinner Circle
2017-10-20 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Friday, October 20 • Sign up at h-nt.org/SDC by September 29
New year, new Shabbat Dinner Circles to look forward to! We need plenty of hosts and attendees to take this terrific opportunity to meet more people in our community!
Whether you’re a frequent diner or brand new, we hope that you will join in for these intimate, casual Shabbat gatherings in each other’s homes. Take a break from the workweek and enjoy an evening of good food and great conversation with some future friends.
We ask all participants to please remember that signing up is making a commitment to either host or attend a dinner that night. Please be considerate of others by making sure that you do not have a scheduling conflict and by marking it on your calendar as soon as you sign up. Think of this as making a dinner date with friends and help us avoid last minute cancellations. Thank you!

Can We Talk? An Experiment in Civil Discourse
2017-10-22 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Register at h-nt.org/CD
Focus: Immigration and Refugees
Our nation is deeply divided politically and it has become very personal. Family members have stopped speaking over political differences. Our tradition offers a creative alternative path. The Jewish model of machloket l’shem shamayim/an argument for the sake of heaven is a way for people to disagree passionately in an atmosphere of mutual respect. In this series, we aim to apply this ancient Jewish method to the current American political divide. Through personal storytelling, role playing exercises, and in depth analysis of classical Jewish texts, we will be exploring the key Jewish and American ethical values that underlie the full range of political positions on the issues of immigration and refugees.Among the questions we will consider:

How do our own personal stories shape the way we see the world morally?
What are our moral hot buttons, and where do those passions come from?
How do we navigate the creative tension between the collapsing of boundaries and the drawing of boundaries?
When is crossing boundaries a Jewish value? What moral boundaries are sacrosanct to us? How are the values of boundary drawing/crossing relevant to where we stand on immigrants and refugees?
What is the range of Jewish attitudes on The Other? When do we identify with The Outsider and when do we see her as a threat?
Do we see our encounter with the non-Jewish world as a source of enrichment or danger?

Come join us for a thoughtful and mind-expanding series!
Opening Session, with Rabbi Amy Eilberg: Sunday, October 22 • Dinner: 5:00 PM, Session: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Five Wednesday Night Sessions, with Rabbi Rosenbaum, Dr. Mark Jones, and John Hale: Wednesdays, November 1, 8, 15, 29 & December 6, Dinner: 6:15 PM, Session: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Fee: $150 for the series (including all dinners)
Register at h-nt.org/CD

Teen Feed
2017-10-22 17:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | University Lutheran Church, 1604 NE 50th St., Seattle, Washington, 98105
At University Lutheran Church: 1604 NE 50th St. Seattle
Volunteers are needed to help prepare, cook, and serve food. Shifts start at 5:30 PM, and we need 10 or more volunteers for a successful event. RSVP to teenfeed@h-nt.org.
If you would like to receive monthly Teen Feed reminders, email Rebecca@h-nt.org. Want to help, but aren’t available this month? Please consider a donation to Teen Feed. Donations may be sent to HNT, Attn: Accounting, PO Box 574, Mercer Island, WA 98040.

American Celebrity & Jewish Identity High School Class
2017-10-24 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
We have crafted a new and innovative class and a trip to Los Angeles for teens based on American Jewish celebrity and Jewish identity formation. Due to the huge success of the NYC trip last year, generously supported by Gwenn and Dean Polik, we are excited to be offering a five-day trip experience to LA from April 8-12, 2018.
The trip will be connected to the eight monthly specialized classes taught by Dr. Krigel and guest speakers. A light dinner each session is included in the overall tuition. Please contact Dr. Krigel at eliyahu@h-nt.org for more information. Due to the generosity of Gwenn and Dean Polik, we are able to provide this program to our members for $1,550 for the 8 sessions (dinner included) plus transportation, lodging, and the entire program for the 5-day trip. The cost for non-HNT members is $2,550.
Limited need based financial assistance may be available by contacting Nadine@h-nt.org by October 27
Register today by going to this link:
https://hnt.wufoo.com/forms/la-trip/
