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Wishing Rabbi Green Mazel Tov & Bon Voyage
2019-10-05 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
During 10:00 AM Shabbat Services
It’s with heavy hearts that our congregation will formally say l’hitraot and todah rabbah to Rabbi Green, but we also can wish her a hearty Mazal Tov and Bon Voyage!
Why? Because Rabbi Green married Akiva Potok in Santa Rosa, CA on August 19, celebrating with friends and family who traveled from near and far. She will be leaving us after more than a year at HNT where she inspired us with her teaching, sermons, and lovely voice. Rabbi Green was instrumental in jumpstarting our young adult program and worked collaboratively with our clergy and Dr. Krigel in the planning and facilitation of our services and programs.
Rabbi Green will be joining her husband in LA and will be bringing her compassion and many talents to Beit T’Shuvah, a Jewish addiction rehabilitation center in Culver City, returning there after two prior years of internship while she was in rabbinical school. She will be meeting with clients to provide pastoral counseling, facilitating groups, teaching, leading services, and helping to innovate new approaches in integrating Jewish spirituality with health and healing.
Though Rabbi Green will be with us through Yom Kippur, please join together on October 5 to say thank you and goodbye.
Words from Rabbi Green:
Much gratitude to the HNT community for providing me with the opportunity to learn, grow, and teach. Thank you to Rabbi Rosenbaum and Cantor Kurland for being exceptional colleagues and mentors – always supportive, kind, helpful, and respectful. Thank you to Dr. Krigel for your outstanding collaboration, positive attitude, and community-building. Thank you to Nadine Strauss, Rebecca Frankel and the entire staff for your amazing and ongoing commitment to the HNT community – truly inspiring!! Thank you to all the FRS staff and teachers for making our community a lovely place to come to every day of the week. And thank you to Rav Barry Leff for your skilled organizational leadership, innovative approach to Jewish law, and passion for teaching. I will miss you all!

Annual Cemetery Pilgrimage
2019-10-06 10:30 - 11:30 | Herzl Memorial Park, 16501 Dayton Ave. N, Shoreline, WA, 98133
Sunday, October 6 • 10:30 AM
Herzl Memorial Park: 16501 Dayton Ave. N, Shoreline
The congregation’s annual cemetery pilgrimage, led by Rabbi Bob Maslan, is a traditional opportunity to visit Herzl Memorial Park. This is a time for remembering our loved ones whose influence lives on in our own lives. Following the initial brief service, Rabbi Maslan will be available to go with congregants to individual graves to recite memorial prayers.

Sisterhood Book Club
2019-10-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Skolnick Board Room
A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shaprio

Kol Nidre (Erev Yom Kippur) Services
2019-10-08 18:00 - 21:00
Kol Nidre (Erev Yom Kippur) Services begin: 6:00 PM
Candle Lighting: 6:55 PM
Family Service (1st-5th Grade Families): 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Youth Programs for Middle School & High School: 6:30 PM
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Yom Kippur Day Services
2019-10-09 09:40 - 19:15
Yom Kippur Services begin: 9:40 AM
Youth Programs begin: 10:00 AM
Yizkor : approximately 12:45 PM
Mincha: 4:20 PM
Ne’ilah/Ma’ariv: 5:50 PM
Final Tekiah & Break-the-Fast: 7:15 PM
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Sukkot Order Pickup
2019-10-10 12:00 - 17:30, 2019-10-11 09:15 - 14:00
Orders will be ready for pick-up at HNT on:
Thursday, October 10: 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM or Friday, October 11: 9:15 AM – 2:00 PM
If you placed an order for lulavim/etrogim, s’chach, or a sukkah kit, please pick-up during one of the above times. Please note that payment must be completed prior to pick-up.

Minyanaire's Club
2019-10-13 09:00 - 10:30 | Upper Foyer
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.

Essential Judaism: Sukkot & Simchat Torah
2019-10-13 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.
October 13: Sukkot and Simchat Torah. Why do we wave agricultural products in the air this time of year? How big does a sukkah have to be? Can you use an elephant for a wall of the sukkah? Why do we dance with the Torahs on Simchat Torah?

Sukkot Day 1 Services
2019-10-14 09:30 - 12:00
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Sukkot Day 2 Services
2019-10-15 09:30 - 12:00

Living Outside: A Sukkot Tradition & An Everyday Reality
2019-10-16 18:30 - 20:00
Learn how you can be part of the solution to homelessness in our neighborhoods
Wednesday, October 16
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM • HNT Sukkah
Join together to share a meal in our sukkah, hear first-hand stories of overcoming homelessness, and make a direct impact. Each Sukkot, we eat and sleep outside in the sukkah as a reminder of our time as a nomadic people. However, for many, this is not a playful tradition but an everyday reality. Staff/former clients of Congregations for the Homeless will explain what it really means to sleep outside and receive life-changing help from the kindness of strangers. Before dessert, we will assemble Mitzvah Bags which will be available for everyone to keep in their car and distribute to those in need.
RSVP at h-nt.org/living-outside

Hoshanah Rabbah Services
2019-10-20 09:00 - 22:00
During Morning Minyan

JFS High Holiday Food Sort
2019-10-20 09:45 - 13:00
Meet at HNT: 9:45 AM
We need volunteers to transport collected food from HNT to the JFS warehouse, then help sort donations from across the city! Advanced registration required. Email FoodSort@h-nt.org to volunteer.
JFS High Holiday Food Drive: Rosh Hashanah Through Sunday, October 20
Over 1,300 households count on the Polack Food bank each month. Let’s work together to fill the food pantry shelves and provide families in need with healthy, nutritious food options. Acme Food Sales and the Estate of Valerie Polack are generously contributing a matching gift, pound for pound.
Food Donations: Give 2, Provide for 10
Please donate at least 2 bags of groceries, which can mean up to 10 extra meals for a household. Non-perishable items are needed – high quality proteins like peanut butter and tuna, filling pasta and grains, and toiletries (which you cannot buy with food stamps) like full-sized shampoo, conditioner, toothbrushes, and diapers (size 3-5). Drop items in the bins in the foyers. No glass or nearing expiration dates please.

Essential Judaism: Being Jewish: Who’s a Jew
2019-10-20 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.
October 20: Being Jewish: Who’s a Jew. One of the most controversial subjects in the Jewish world is “who’s in” and “who’s out.” Why are there all these different standards? How does someone become Jewish? What’s the deal with patrilineal descent?

Shemini Atzeret Services
2019-10-21 09:30 - 12:00

Erev Simchat Torah Services
2019-10-21 18:45 - 19:00 | Gladstein Chapel
In the Gladstein Chapel, followed by Simchat Torah dancing

Simchat Torah Dancing
2019-10-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Feinberg Social Hall
Following the 6:45 PM ma’ariv service in the Gladstein Chapel, be part of the HNT Simchat Torah experience by carrying a Torah, dancing the hora or the kazatzky, clapping along, marching in a hakafa, waving a flag, singing ‘Hoshia na,’ and having a nosh or drink prepared by HNT’s most experienced bartenders.

Simchat Torah Services
2019-10-22 09:30 - 12:00

Teen Feed
2019-10-27 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.

Essential Judaism: Teleology: Jewish Views of the Messiah and the Afterlife
2019-11-03 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.
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 | 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.
