HNT

Essential Judaism: Teleology: Jewish Views of the Messiah and the Afterlife
2019-11-03 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Skolnick Board Room
Rav Barry’s Essential Judaism course meets on Sunday mornings at 10:00 AM in the Skolnick Board Room. Everyone is welcome to join us for individual classes or for the whole series.
November 3: Teleology: Jewish Views of the Messiah and the Afterlife. A lot of Jews don’t know that normative Judaism does assume a heaven and hell. Many Jews believe in reincarnation. Some people believe the Messiah will come riding a white donkey. Others believe we are all collectively the Messiah. Join us to learn more.

Women's League Torah Fund Tea
2019-11-03 14:00 - 16:00
Join on us for our annual Torah Fund Tea! Everyone is welcome!
Sunday, November 3, 2019 • 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the home of Susan Glick on Mercer Island
CELEBRATE Torah Fund & Women’s League Sisterhood
LEARN with our special Guest Speaker – Miri Cypers,
ADL Pacific Northwest Regional Director
ENJOY a Delicious Dessert Potluck & A Wide Variety of Teas
RSVP to: wl-tf@h-nt.org
Bring a dessert to share & your donation made out to Torah Fund
An important goal of Women’s League is to support our synagogue’s youth by providing scholarship money to enable more to attend Jewish sleep away camps and Fall/Spring conventions. Our relocated Gift Shop is open to serve your Judaica and Ritual needs, and the proceeds from these sales helps us fulfill and surpass our Campership donation goals. Come shop for beautiful artisan Judaica and help fund our children to attend Jewish camps.
We also make a generous contribution every year to the Torah Fund, the national fundraising arm that helps provide scholarships to rabbinical, cantorial and graduate students at all of the Seminaries educating the leaders of the Conservative Movement – the Jewish Theological Seminary (New York, NY), Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies (Los Angeles, CA), Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies (Jerusalem), Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano (Buenos Aires), and Zacharias Frankel College (Potsdam). Let’s continue the circle and guarantee the quality of our future clergy. This year’s Torah Fund theme is Chesed – which means “kindness” in Hebrew. Your donation to the Torah Fund is an act of Kindness for our community and our future.

CFH Shelter Meal
2019-11-07 18:00 - 20:00 | 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 two monthly meals for 80 men.
How you can help:

Help prepare one or more dishes for the meal on November 7, captained by Michael Adler & Michelle Goldberg
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.

TGIS: Thank G-d It's Shabbat
2019-11-08 19:00 - 20:30
5:30 Pre-Neg
6:00 PM Services
TGIS builds community and creates new friendships. Join us for services and a community dinner to welcome Shabbat and engage with fellow FRS and community families. The expense for TGIS is included in the FRS tuition for 3rd – 5th graders and their immediate families. Invite your extended family and friends! RSVP at https://hnt.wufoo.com/forms/tgis-november-wkmy1cw0gxtse2/

Essential Judaism: Jewish Prayer Service and Synagogue Rituals
2019-11-10 10:00 - 11:30 | Skolnick Board Room
Rav Barry’s Essential Judaism course meets on Sunday mornings at 10:00 AM in the Skolnick Board Room. Everyone is welcome to join us for individual classes or for the whole series.

Greeter Gathering
2019-11-10 11:00 - 12:15 | Upper Foyer
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM followed by lunch
All new, experienced, and/or interested Shabbat greeters are invited! This gathering will include an update on Shabbat security procedures, clarification of expectations, a chance to ask questions and provide feedback, and a quick building walk-through. Please RSVP at h-nt.org/greeter-gathering.
After the session concludes, we encourage you to stay for a complimentary lunch and put your greeting skills to good use at the New Member Lunch.

FRS Game Day: Pizza Party and Bowling Adventure
2019-11-10 12:15 - 16:00
HNT Youth Lounge and Kenmore Lanes
Calling all 1st-5th graders from FRS! Join us for a special pizza and bowling party. Right after FRS, we’ll nosh on pizza in the youth lounge. We will then have a school bus drive us to Kenmore Lanes for bowling fun. Pick up will be at 4:00 at HNT. $20 covers the lunch, transportation, chaperons, and bowling. Please contact Dr. Eliyahu at eliyahu@h-nt.org for more information and to sign up.

New Member Lunch
2019-11-10 12:30 - 14:00 | Upper Foyer
Sunday, November 10 • 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM • Upper Foyer
All new members who have joined the synagogue in the last 12 months are invited to an informal New Member Lunch to get to know our clergy, staff, board members, as well as meet other new families and synagogue members. The whole family is invited! RSVP to h-nt.org/NML or 206-232-8555 x207.

Wine and Wisdom
2019-11-10 16:00 - 18:00
At the Mercer Island home of David and Lorna Isenberg
We’ll have an opportunity to sample some wine, socialize, and Rav Barry will share some Torah on the subject of wine. Among other things, we’ll learn the origin of the custom of saying “L’chaim!” when we raise a glass. RSVP at hnt.wufoo.com/forms/w1xzvtga0iq8zls/

Let My People Go: African-Americans and Jews in Conversation About the Bible’s Freedom Story
2019-11-13 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-12-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-12-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Radiant Church, Renton
Wednesdays, November 13, December 4, 11
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM • Radiant Church, Renton
Led by Pastor Mike Thomas, Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum, Dr. Mark Jones
African Americans and Jews share a love of the Bible and a love of freedom. The story of the Exodus of the Children of Israel from Egypt has inspired our communities through the centuries to pursue our own paths to liberation. That path is ongoing.
The journey to the Promised Land has at times taken us in different directions, unique to our experiences. Yet the African American and Jewish communities share a deep common bond. In the face of rising racism and antisemitism in America and in the world, we look to old friends for nourishment and support. Join us in a conversation about Exodus designed to expand our understanding of the human spirit, strengthen the connection between the African American and Jewish communities and lead us closer to Dr. King’s vision of beloved community.
Session One: The Nature of Slavery
Session Two: Resistance
Session Three: The Long Road to Freedom
If you’d like to participate, please contact Rabbi Rosenbaum at RabbiRosenbaum@h-nt.org.

Essential Judaism: The Central Prayers of Judaism: the Shema and the Amidah
2019-11-17 10:00 - 11:30 | Skolnick Board Room

CFH Shelter Meal
2019-11-18 18:00 - 20:00 | 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 two monthly meals for 80 men.
How you can help:

Help prepare one or more dishes for the meal on November 18, captained by Sylvia Angel, Ettie Davis, Linda Jacobs, and Faye Plum
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.

Daytimers Lunch & Film: The Last Suit (El Ultimo Traje)
2019-11-20 11:30 - 14:00 | Feinberg Social Hall
The Last Suit (El Ultimo Traje)
A 2017 Argentinian drama in Spanish with English subtitles
Abraham Bursztein, an 88 year-old Jewish tailor, runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland, where he proposes to find a friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II. After seven decades without any contact with him, Abraham will try to find his old friend and keep his promise to return one day.
$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

Shabbat Dinner Circle Signup Deadline
2019-11-21
Shabbat Dinner Circle: Friday, December 13
Signup Deadline: Thursday, November 21
We invite you to take a break from the work week and enjoy gathering in each other’s homes for an evening of good food and great conversation.
Get to know some future friends in a low-key, comfortable environment. Whether you’re a frequent diner or a first timer, we hope everyone – couples, singles and families – will join in these intimate Shabbat dinners.
Please sign up by November 21 at h-nt.org/SDC, and be considerate of others by making sure you do not have a scheduling conflict & marking your calendar when you sign up.

Scholar Visit: Rabbi Andrew Sacks
2019-11-22 18:00 - 19:00, 2019-11-24 10:00 - 11:00
Friday, November 22 & Sunday November 24 at HNT
Rabbi Andrew Sacks, Director of the Rabbinical Assembly in Israel, will be with us the Shabbat of November 22 to 24. On Friday night during services he’ll speak about “Religion in Israel: It’s Not Black and White.” On Sunday morning over bagels he’ll speak about “Jews in Communities Where You Never Thought Jews May Be Found: Uganda, the Amazon, China, and More.”
Rabbi Andrew Sacks made Aliyah, from the Philadelphia area in 1987. Since that time he has been a leading voice on behalf of religious pluralism and tolerance in Israel. He serves as the director of the Rabbinical Assembly in Israel, the organization of Masorti/Conservative rabbis. He is also the leading expert of issues relating to conversion, Aliyah, and religious rights in Israel. His blog may be found at: http://cgis.jpost.com/Blogs/conservative/

Essential Judaism: The Jewish Calendar and Holiday Cycle
2019-11-24 10:00 - 11:30 | Skolnick Board Room

Teen Feed
2019-11-24 17:15 - 20:30 | University Lutheran Church, 1604 NE 50th St., Seattle, Washington, 98105
Volunteers are needed to help prepare, cook, and serve food.
RSVP at: h-nt.org/teenfeed.

Office Closed
2019-11-28, 2019-11-29

CFH Shelter Meal
2019-11-28 18:00 - 20:00 | 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 two monthly meals for 80 men.
How you can help:

Help prepare one or more dishes for the meal on November 28 (Thanksgiving), captained by Nadine Strauss
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
2019-12-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Skolnick Board Room
December book: The Song of the Jade Lilly by Kirsty Manning
Email Sharon Mossman for more details.

College Care Packages Deadline
2019-12-04
Visit h-nt.org/college by December 4
HNT sent packages to 66 of our undergraduates with treats for a sweet new year in September, and we’d love to send even more for our Chanukah mailing! If your college kid did not receive a package or has recently moved, please fill out the form at: h-nt.org/college so they can receive a care package!

TGIS - Thank G-d it's Shabbat
2019-12-06 18:00 - 20:30
5:30 Pre-Neg – 6:00 PM Services • HNT
TGIS builds community and creates new friendships. Join us for services and a community dinner to welcome Shabbat and engage with fellow FRS and community families. The expense for TGIS is included in the FRS tuition for 3rd – 5th graders and their immediate families. Invite your extended family and friends! RSVP at https://hnt.wufoo.com/forms/tgis-december/

Essential Judaism: How to Pray
2019-12-08 10:00 - 11:30 | Skolnick Board Room
All classes are on Sundays at 10:00 AM in the Skolnick Board Room and are open to all.
Praying is not the same as reading – some tips on having a more spiritual experience in prayer.

Refugee Home Essentials Packing Party
2019-12-08 10:00 - 12:30 | Feinberg Social Hall
We need volunteers to help pack all of the donated items into boxes by category and deliver them to JFS in Seattle. Please RSVP at h-nt.org/volunteers.

CFH Shelter Meal
2019-12-11 18:00 - 19:30 | 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 two monthly meals for 80 men.
How you can help:

Help prepare one or more dishes for the meal on December 11, captained by Cheri Levy & Sharon Sandler
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.

CFH Shelter Meal
2019-12-12 18:00 - 19:30 | 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 two monthly meals for 80 men.
How you can help:

Help prepare one or more dishes for the meal on December 12, captained by Ellie Davis & Kathy Yeyni
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.
