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January 2020 HaKol is the newsletter of Herzl-Ner Tamid Tevet/ Shevat 5780

Honoring Andi Neuwirth 2020 Recipient of the Bob Zimmerman Community Leadership Award

Havdalah Happy Hour! oice in e V On n e

O C i h r t i c l e W Saturday, February 8

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206-232-8555 • [email protected] • www.h-nt.org Our Honoree: Andi Neuwirth 2020 Recipient of the Bob Zimmerman Community Leadership Award

Most of us admire someone we In 2014 Andi was recognized with the Grinspoon Award for know a little, observe from afar, or Excellence in Teaching. However, it’s Andi the friend to all read about in the media; but it’s that most stands out for me. Very quietly, Andi epitomizes a rare privilege to know a person what it means to be ‘present’ for people. She is equally well for a very long time and beloved by her daughter, Tali, as she is by her three step still be in awe of their strength children, Isabelle, Katie and, Jeremiah. Andi is a proud of character, unique talents and grandparent, together with her very supportive husband commitment to doing good in our John, of 10 grandchildren. As a couple, John and Andi have world. Knowing Andi Neuwirth opened their home, even when they lived in a very small for almost 20 years has provided apartment, to anyone in need of a seder or a Shabbat meal; a huge canvas to appreciate the no prior acquaintance needed – there is always a place many ways she has served this community, this synagogue at their table. Rarely have I seen an occasion when they and her friends and family in ways all too often unsung. do not contribute to a cause with incredible generosity. As a colleague of Bob Zimmerman for so many years, Andi John and Andi seem to continuously operate in a space of not only benefited from his leadership and inspiration, but humility and gratitude. also ascribed to his example; believing in the importance of imparting Jewish learning and values, while maximizing Andi has shared that one of her greatest joys is interacting the potential that lies within each student in a manner with students of HER former students, a true l’dor v’dor. that conveys warmth and affirmation. Bob Z was a teacher’s I’m sure that her contagious optimism, sincere interest teacher & so too is Andi Neuwirth. in her students’ lives, and infinite compassion will help ensure that Bob Zimmerman’s z”l legacy and her own will Working with children has taken Andi from New Jersey be imprinted upon the hearts of countless children and to Montreal and Aliyah to Israel, to Washington DC and parents as well as those of us fortunate enough to call her Eastern Washington, and finally to the Seattle area where our friend. she began teaching and working in the religious school office (for 15 years). While in Israel, she helped starta On Saturday night, February 8 we will gather for Havdalah, school in Ra’anana for disabled children that still thrives each of us holding a candle or a spice bag, joining our today with over 300 students and worked in the Easter collective voices in a circle of appreciation for our Jewish Seal school in the DC area. Today Andi continues her two home, HNT, where teachers like Bob Z and Andi Neuwirth decade-long teaching position in our school as well as inspire the best within us and pay it forward. tutoring special needs children and B'nai Mitzvah students.

Please join together in song, prayer, and celebration of our community, linked by our traditions and care for one another. Your presence is warmly appreciated. Please RSVP by February 1 at: h-nt.org/legacy or call 206-232-8555x207 Photography of Andi courtesy of Lisi Wolf Photography - www.lisiwolf.com

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2 206-232-8555 • [email protected] • www.h-nt.org 2020 ANNUAL LEGACY FUNDRAISER HAVDALAH HAPPY HOUR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8 • 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM HIGHLIGHTS: • This gathering is inclusive - please bring your friends and family (just be sure they RSVP!) • Honoring Andi Neuwirth with the Bob Zimmerman Community Leadership Award • A community havdalah, featuring Orin Reynolds on guitar, with all of our congregational voices • Happy Hour cocktails and appetizers catered by On Safari Foods following the program • Concurrent Movie Night for kids K-5th grade in the Youth Lounge ($10 per child)

Though this community gathering has no charge, we count on donations to bridge the gap between annual commitments (dues) and our budgetary needs.

SUGGESTED DONATION LEVELS Generous donors have fully underwritten this event, enabling 100% of your donation to support the myriad of programs and services that remain inclusive and open to all, including Frankel Religious School and more.

LEADERSHIP: $10,000+ reserved parking spaces as needed at the event LEGACY: $5,000+ 2 reserved parking spaces at the event SUSTAINING: $2,500+ 1 reserved parking space at the event SPONSORING: $1,800+ 1 reserved parking space at the event SUPPORTING: $1,000+ CONTRIBUTING: $500+ SUGGESTED MINIMUM DONATION: $180 PER PERSON Though all are welcome RSVP at: h-nt.org/legacy 206-232-8555 • [email protected] • www.h-nt.org 3 A MESSAGE FROM INTERIM RABBI, RAV BARRY LEFF

In my November HaKol article, I talked about how state of Israel, shouldn’t we be getting over mourning those past Cheshvan, the Hebrew month that comes right destructions? after Tishrei, which is loaded with holidays from Different rabbis have different opinions. I follow the position of Rosh Hashanah to Simchat Torah, is the only month Rabbi David Golinkin, one of the leading halachic authorities for on our calendar that has no Jewish holidays at all. the Conservative Movement in Israel, that nowadays the minor Which is true – yet the month of Tevet, which fast days, such as the Tenth of Tevet, can be considered optional this year roughly corresponds to January on – there’s no halachic obligation to fast if you don't want to. It’s the secular calendar, is almost as bereft of holidays as Cheshvan. an acknowledgement that even if we don’t yet live in the days of The only holiday this month is Asara b’Tevet, the Tenth of Tevet. I the Messiah, when Israel and the world are living in peace and suspect the chances are pretty good that most readers of the HaKol harmony, Jerusalem is no longer in ruins, and Israel is no longer may not have ever heard of the Tenth of Tevet – it’s definitely one of under foreign domination. our lesser known holidays, one of the “minor fast days.” Speaking of the days of the Messiah, I’ll be leading a session at The Tenth of Tevet this year falls on the 7th of January. It’s Seattle Limmud (January 18-19 at Bellevue College) on “Will the a day when we traditionally fast from sunrise to sunset, in Real Messiah Please Stand Up? Jesus, Bar Kochba, Shabtai Tzvi, Ben commemoration of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar beginning Gurion, the Rebbe, and other Jewish Views of the Messiah.” I’d love a siege of Jerusalem in 588 BCE. to see you there! Many people nowadays feel somewhat ambivalent about these Rav Barry minor fast days. Now that we once again have an independent

B'NAI MITZVAH - Everyone is invited to share A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT services & the kiddush following the B'nai Mitzvah Havdalah AND Happy Hour is HNT’s twist on this year’s Legacy January 11 Fundraiser and I hope you all will join us on Saturday night, February 8, 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM. Adam Walker is the son of Craig and Michelle Walker and grandson of Norman and Barbara Walker and Albie and Selma Amon. He is a 7th I’m very excited about filling the candlelit Sanctuary with Grader at Inglewood Middle School. Adam takes a few hundred voices all singing the beautiful melodies dance classes at Glass House Performing Arts of Havdalah. Together, arm and arm, we can pause for a where he excels in the world of Hip-Hop dance. moment in appreciation of all that binds us together as Adam enjoys spending time outdoors, going on hikes and biking. He a people and as a synagogue community. To add ‘spice’ to also loves the water. Much of his time at Camp Solomon Schechter the evening, we will be sharing a few words of appreciation has been spent on Lake Stampfer. Adam is a very loving, caring and to Andi Neuwirth as she receives the Bob Zimmerman passionate young man. He is always there to lend a helping hand Community Leadership Award. Andi is one of our most to his teachers, fellow students and friends. For his Bar Mitzvah beloved teachers and a mensch extraordinaire. She is a Project, Adam took on multiple roles volunteering for a couple friend to all and everyone will get a chance to congratulate of different organizations. He spent time at The Kline Galland Home helping with Bingo as well as volunteering with Kids Coming her at the Happy Hour of drinks and appetizers following Together, a group in Sammamish that spends time on various Havdalah. And, you can still have time for dinner and projects such as visiting with senior citizens and setting up and a movie! cleanup for the local Farmers Market. Adam is excited to share this special day and celebrate with you. Thank you in advance to all of you who have already donated to this fundraiser which bridges the gap between our annual January 18 commitments and our budgetary needs so that we can remain inclusive to all. Ryan Kinder is the son of Leslie and Eric Kinder and brother to Samantha and Benjamin Kinder. He is the grandson of Sara and Mel Kinder of If you haven’t had a chance to donate yet, Los Angeles, California and Flora Smithline of you can do so at h-nt.org/Legacy and look for Stamford, Connecticut and Herb Smithline z"l. Ryan is a 7th grader at Islander Middle School. He that invitation in your mail! plays percussion in the school band as well as ultimate frisbee on the school team. He also enjoys computer programming, skiing, and spending time with family and friends. For his Bar Mitzvah project, Ryan is writing a computer program to help his teachers create seating charts that facilitate more positive classroom environments.

4 206-232-8555 • [email protected] • www.h-nt.org SENIOR RABBI SEARCH IN FULL SWING!

The search had kicked into high gear with seven applications The committee will complete the video interview process received as of mid-December, and the potential for and recommend finalist candidate(s) for visits with the full more into January. Applicants have spanned a range of congregation. These visits are expected to take place in experience, geographic locations and demographics, but a January, February and possibly March. Watch your email common theme in initial conversations with each of them and HaKol for more information and dates to be announced. has been their excitement for HNT’s future and the joy our There will be multiple opportunities to meet finalist(s) and congregation exudes through HNT’s synagogue profile posting your participation in these visits and feedback provided and Promotional video: h-nt.org/2019video are critical in determining who will serve as our next Senior Rabbi. The Search Committee will make a recommendation Resumes are each reviewed by the full search committee and to the board, which is followed by a congregational vote. a team of three has screened each candidate to get to know them better and to assess if they are a potential fit for the A huge thank you to the search committee for their continued senior rabbi position. The next step for successful candidates time and dedication. Please feel free to be in contact with us is a one-hour video interview with the full search committee. or any member of the search committee with questions or Candidates present a 5 minute D’var Torah, followed by 10- feedback throughout the coming months. We can also be 12 questions that cover many aspects of the life of a Senior reached at: [email protected]. Rabbi, including leadership and management, pastoral skills, program development, religious practice, Israel, civil discourse and more. Julie Ellenhorn / Michael Tarlowe Co-Chairs, Senior Rabbi Search Committee

Committee: Stephan Ahrensdorf Michele Glasser Lisa Brashem Bob Solomon Susan Edelheit Jodi Sternoff Anna Fein Ilyse Wagner

End of Life & Advance Care Workshop

Sunday, January 12, 2020 • 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM • HNT through how to complete advance directive documents that Co-sponsored by Herzl-Ner Tamid, Jewish Family are legally valid in Washington State. You will leave with the Service Seattle, and Kavana Cooperative knowledge and materials needed to name a health care power of attorney and complete an advanced directive. DidDid you knowyou thatknow 80-90% that of people80-90% say it’sof important people to say talk it’s Sunday, January 12, 2020 withimportant loved ones and to puttalk their with wishes loved about ones end-of-life and care put theirSpace is limited5:30 - less than- 8:30 10 spots p.m. left! Babysitting may be provided upon request to [email protected]. in writingwishes – yet about less than end-of-life 30% have actually care donein writing so? Sounds – familiar? If so, this workshop is for you. Herzl-Ner Tamid yet less than 30% have actually done so? Register at h-nt.org/advance-care3700 E Mercer by Way, January 5 so that we OpenSound to the HNT,familiar? JFS, and IfKavana so, thiscommunities, workshop Julie Katz,is for can prepare materialsMercer and Island meals in advance. RN,you. and Julie Open Kohl, toMD, the will createHerzl-Ner space for Tamid, conversation JFS, - All materials, vegetarianCost: Free dinner, and any babysitting are free overand dinner! Kavana - about palliativecommunities, and end of Julie life care, Katz, helping RN, you clarify what you want at the end of life. We will then of charge, thanks to a grant from the UW Cambia Palliative discussand advance Julie careKohl, planning, MD, specificallywill create walking space you for Care Center Registerof Excellence at andh-nt.org/advance-care the Jewish Federation of conversation – over dinner! – about palliativeGreater Seattle.by January 5 so that we can prepare materials and meals in advance. and end of life care, helping you206-232-8555 clarify • [email protected] what • www.h-nt.org 5 you want at the end of life. Space is limited. Babysitting may We will then discuss advance care planning, be provided upon request to [email protected]. specifically walking you through how to complete advance directive documents that are legally valid in Washington State. You will leave with the knowledge and materials needed to name a health care power of attorney and complete an advanced directive.

Co-sponsored by Herzl-Ner Tamid, Jewish Family Service, and Kavana Cooperative

All materials, vegetarian dinner, and any babysitting are free of charge, thanks to a grant from the UW Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence and the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.

(206) 461-3240 jfsseattle.org Social Action - Get Involved! Social Action Opportunities

Congregations for the Homeless Shelter Meals Thursday, January 2: Captained by Mindy & David Landsman Thursday, January 9: Captained by Susan & Lonnie Edelheit, Dena & Drew Herbolich Saturday, January 18: Captained by Mark & Shayna Giuliano, Molly Stout & Taylor Jacobs, Dylane Jacobs & Justyn Jacobs HNT aspires to provide at least two monthly meals for 80 men. It’s all done potluck-style with food you can buy or make at home. You can drop off food or stay to help serve. Sign up to bring a dish for any of the upcoming meals at h-nt.org/calendar or email [email protected] to learn about captaining your own!

The Sophia Way Volunteer Day Sunday, January 12 • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM • Sophia's Place: 3032 Bellevue Way NE (Behind St. Luke’s Lutheran Church) The Sophia Way is committed to helping end homelessness for women by providing shelter, social services, and permanent housing with support. Our group will volunteer in Sophia’s Closet, the donation room at the Day Center, managing incoming donations and keeping the room organized. Please bring women’s underwear (bras and panties) to donate. Large sizes are appreciated. Please RSVP at h-nt.org/volunteers.

JFS Families Fight Hunger Sunday, January 26 • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM • JFS Seattle About 1,300 households rely on the Polack Food Bank each month. On January 26, volunteer to support food bank clients by packaging food, creating personal kits, writing cards and advocating for important issues. RSVP to [email protected] or (206) 861-3153.

Teen Feed Sunday, January 26 • 5:15 PM University Lutheran Church: 1604 NE 50th St. Seattle Volunteers are needed to help prepare, cook, and serve food. RSVP at: h-nt.org/teenfeed.

Social Action Updates Teen Feed Thanks to November Teen Feed leader Natalie Levy and our volunteers: Faye Plum, Aurora Bearse & Lilah Simpson, Ilene & Brynn Sloan, Debbie & Joelle Tudor, and Taylor.

Shelter Meals Thanks to our December shelter meal captains for feeding 160 dinners for homeless men: Cheri Levy & Sharon Sandler, Ellie Davis, Kathy Yeyni, and Amy Glick.

6 206-232-8555 • [email protected] • www.h-nt.org Refugee Home Essentials Collection

Together as a community, we collected home essentials for 16 refugee families to set up their first American homes. Todah Rabbah to everyone who contributed: • Those who captained/sponsored one or more refugee family lists: Lorna & David Isenberg, Janet Neumann & Ricardo Wenger, Dafna & Michael Tarlowe, Michelle Goldberg & Mike Adler, and Debra Mailman. • Those who donated items or funds: Julie Anderson, Linda Arnold, Nigel Avilez, Francois Bare, Jody Baush, Colleen Bell, Shelley & Larry Bensussen, Carl & Leanne Berkenwald, Mark Blechr, Steven Boden, Sarah Boden, Lynne & Clive Brazg, Patricia Breen, Marylin & Dick Brody, Melissa, Zane & Mira Brown, Bonnie & Robbie Cape, Inez & Lior Caspi, Elana Clayton, Cheryl Cohen, Sharon & Gary Constantine, Jenna Couzens, Audrey Covner & Dianne Dougherty, Lori Cummings, Astrid Davidson, Natasha De Los Reyes, Leslie Decker, Lynn & Richard Du Bey, Rory Dugan, Susan & Lonnie Edelheit, Antony & Rene Egnal, Julie & Dave Ellenhorn, Jacques Family, Erica Fewel, Bruce Florsheim, Jill & Chuck Friedman, Peggy & Bruce Gladner, Ken Glass, Barbara & David Goldberg, Mariana Gomez Garcia, Gina & Marc Gonchar, Lisa Grady, Tammy Halevy, Jill Hancock, Ruth Harper, Ed & Anne Harris, Judy & Jim Heber, Lucy Helm, Kathy Henningsen, Jacob Isenberg, Toby Israel, Stacey Jacbson, Dan Jacques, Clive Jacques, Martha & Dan Javnozon, Carole Jevons, Mike Joines, Ellie & Larry Kalman, Arin Kamoltrakul, Marsha Karr & David Rabinovitch, Jerry Kavesh, Jim Kelly, Liza Keung, Susan Kleiner & Jeffrey Kanter, Barbara & Joel Konikow, the Krisher/Klaff families, Mindy & Dave Landsman, Gail Lazar, Shariah Lennon, Irit & Josh Levin, Cindy Linkon, Adrian Linton, Peggy Llort, Adrian & Larry Lustig, May Ly, Michelle Lyman, Emily Ma, Marsha Mccabe, Sandy McNees, Julissa McWashington, Carol & Peter Michel, Laura & Brad Miller, Anne Miller, Elaine & Dan Mintz, Jules Morland, Nancy & Wayne Morse, Jackie Mueller, Jessica Muir, Judy & Nissim Neuman, Jon & Naomi Newman, Marisa Ogren, Aileen & Aaron Okrent, Gerry & Sandra Ostroff, Shefali Patel, Urania Perez, Fabienne Peter-Contesse, Sarah Peter-Contesse, Doris & Mauricio Plaschinski, Dana & Billy Pruchno, April Ricchio, Dale & Andy Robinson, Jeffrey Robinson & Carol Stockton, Jennifer Ropell, Mickael Rosenberg, Laurent & Veronica Sayer, Debbie Schatzman, Amy Schottenstein, Neli Seem, Ripal Shah, Lisa Shaw, Emily Shook, Sue Solomon, Patricia Somboonsiri, Kathleen Spitzer, Deb Steiner, Jodi Sternoff, Chris Tebben, Virginia Tenpenny, Alicia Vermaele, Dulce Villalobos, Stephane Viot, Judy and Jerry Weiser, Naomi Wexler, Diane Zipperman & Carl Bloom.

• Those who helped box up refugee household items at our Packing Party in December: Mike Adler & Michelle Goldberg, Zane, Melissa, & Mira Brown, Philip Chanen, Cheryl Cohen, Barbara Goldberg, Jim Heber, Toby Israel, Linda Krisher, Judy & Nissim Neuman, Aileen & Aaron Okrent, Donna & Robert Peha, Eric Radman, Tracy Sanft, Alex Sytman.

• Those who delivered the refugee household items to JFS: Mike Adler & Michelle Goldberg, Melissa Brown, Philip Chanen, Susan Edelheit, Judy & Jim Heber, Efrem Krisher, Donna & Robert Peha, Susanne Rosenkranz, David Skinner.

• Celie Brown & Mira Brown for their leadership and support of this project.

206-232-8555 • [email protected] • www.h-nt.org 7 A MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, DR. ELIYAHU KRIGEL, CJE

A Dvar and Havdalah followed by a special live musical singalong led by “You know the feelings of a stranger, for Moreh Asher. Adults are $10 and students 3-18 years old are $5. you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” Children 0-2 years old are free. Open to the community. Geared

-Exodus 23:9 for young families. Bring your Bubbie and Zayde! Dress in your pajamas. Please email Dr. Eliyahu Krigel at [email protected] Treating someone like they are a with questions. Register by January 20 at: stranger is not a good feeling. Whether hnt.wufoo.com/forms/spice-night-2020/ you were once a new student in class, a new player on the field, or a new person TGIS - Thank G-d It's Shabbat joining a group, feeling like a stranger Friday, January 31 • 5:30 Pre-Neg - 6:00 PM Services • HNT can be awkward and unsettling. Repeated in the Torah 36 times TGIS builds community and creates new friendships. Join us is the reminder that we collectively were once strangers long for services and a community dinner to welcome Shabbat and ago. The quote from Exodus above directs us all to bring more engage with fellow FRS and community families. The expense empathy into our lives so we can positively interact with people for TGIS is included in FRS tuition for 3rd - 5th graders and their by showing support, compassion, and understanding. One immediate families. Invite your extended family and friends! way we are emphasizing this and including everyone at FRS is Concurrent Movie Night (During the Fundraiser) No Place for a new collaboration we have formed by starting a Saturday, February 8 • 6:15 PM - the end of the Fundraiser Hate campaign in our school community. Public signs of hate Kids in K-5th Grade are invited to a movie night while parents still occur and school is an important place to clearly set forth attend the 2020 Annual Legacy Fundraiser, Havdalah Happy positive expectations. At FRS we want all our students to learn to stand up tall for the stranger and those in need of support. Hour. $10 per child. Registration required at h-nt.org/Legacy. No Place for Hate is an initiative through the ADL that promotes Tot Shabbat • Fridays • 9:45 AM - 10:30 PM • SJCC understanding and community building within schools in a way Join Dr. Eliyahu Krigel and Morah Chava Mirel at the SJCC for this that supports all students. We stand up against bullying and fun opportunity to sing, dance, and move. Babies, parents, and intolerance at FRS. As we enter a new secular year together, join grandparents are welcome to participate at the SJCC. us in remembering the following principles to emphasize that FRS is a place where hate has no place: • I will seek to gain understanding of those who are different from myself • I will speak out against prejudice and discrimination • I will reach out to support those who are targets of hate • I will promote respect for people & help foster a prejudice-free school • I believe that one person can make a difference. No person can be an innocent bystander when it comes to opposing hate • I recognize that respecting individual dignity and promoting intergroup harmony are the responsibility of all students B’Yachad Family Learning Sunday, January 12 • 9:30 AM - 12:15 PM • 3rd - 5th Grade Thanks to Arik Cohen for being a special presenter to our 5th grade, sharing Students and Parents with Asher Hashash. his inspirational story on how his grandparents survived the Holocaust. Saturday, January 25 • 9:30 AM - 12:15 PM • 6th - 7th Grade Students and Parents with Dr. Sherri Shulman. Schechter In the City Monday, January 20 • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM • HNT You don’t have to wait till summer to experience the magic of camp. Spend the day with camp friends at HNT as we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Co-sponsored by HNT. We’ll have a special visit with fluffy friends from the Humane Society, play Maccabiah, make art, and see the new Dr. Doolittle movie in the theater. Learn more and RSVP at www.campschechter.org. Jerry Calhoun was our third Masa presenter. Mr. Calhoun presented his important work in Seattle on wrongful imprisonment and restoration of Spice Night with Asher Hashash justice. He pointed out that blacks are far more likely than whites to be Saturday, January 25 • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM • HNT Social Hall convicted and to receive longer prison sentences for the same crimes. He is Join us for a special Seudah Shlishit (third meal) and Havdalah working with the local criminal justice system to insure that a juvenile black experience with Moreh Asher Hashash! Enjoy a friendly meal offender is given a chance to make something of his/her life instead of being and then join us for cookies and fruit with hot chocolate, crafts, fed into a punishment system that only hardens his or her in a life of crime.

8 206-232-8555 • [email protected] • www.h-nt.org A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION HONORING ANDI NEUWIRTH

Mazal tov to Andi Neuwirth on being honored as the 2020 I remember when Andi tutored my own daughter and helped Recipient of the Bob Zimmerman Community Leadership her for her Bat Mitzvah at HNT. Andi would come to our house Award! Join me in attending the 2020 Annual Legacy Fundrasier. and I recall making dinner and hearing Andi and my daughter Let's all show our support for Morah Andi who has given laughing and giggling the whole time they were learning and and continues to give so much to FRS and this community by studying together. Andi turned the challenging task of chanting showing up and reaching deep for this important fundrasing and leading the liturgy of our tradition into a fun activity and effort. There will be separate programming during the evening opportunity for growth. She accomplishes this artful skill with for elementary aged students during the program. everyone she instructs. Andi continues to be a force for positive good in our school and community. Please RSVP below. It has been my extreme honor to work with Andi over the past four and a half years at HNT. Andi goes above Andi is passionate and caring and not only works with students and beyond for all the students she works with on a consistent so well but is also a tremendous resource for families and basis. She has an uncanny ability to connect with students and other teachers. Andi is a stellar educator and her contribution people of all ages and backgrounds. What I most appreciate to this community has been significant. On behalf of all the about Andi is the joy and love of learning she brings to every families and students who have been privileged to work with lesson she teaches as well as to every interaction she has with Andi, we collectively salute Andi Neuwirth for this award whose students and parents. Andi raises students up and helps them enduring commitment to HNT, Jewish education, and the value reach their full potential in a supportive, compassionate, and of our tradition have strengthened our congregation and the non-judgemental way. Andi is a student whisperer and is able to community at large. Thank you for your support of Andi and for reach any student regardless of where they are coming from on your essential financial contribution. an emotional, spiritual, or academic level. Please RSVP at: h-nt.org/legacy

Celebrate Purim by sending traditional Mishloach Manot (Purim Gifts) to family and friends while supporting your synagogue! HERE’S HOW IT WORKS IN THREE EASY STEPS: 1. Look for your flyer in the mail and email with the website and your personal login code 2. Go to the site and log in 3. For $5 each, check the names of those you wish to receive a gift. Each name you check will get ONE gift with a greeting listing you and anyone else who sent to them. There is also an option to reciprocate gifts – to ensure that you send Mishloach Manot to anyone who sends to you, even if you forgot them on your list. All proceeds benefit our HNT community. PLACE YOUR ORDER BY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10 AT 5:00 PM! PURIM IS GOING GREENER FOR 2020! This year if you are receiving Mishloach Manot, we will need your ‘opt in’ by Sunday, February 23 by responding with whether you’d like to pick up your gift or prefer the cost of the gift be donated back to support HNT’s programs and services. Not responding will indicate that you would like the cost of your gift donated back.

206-232-8555 • [email protected] • www.h-nt.org 9 ADULT EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES For more information or to register for Adult Education classes/sessions, visit: h-nt.org/year-round-adult-learning

Essential Judaism Chevraya: Jewish Learning Journey: Jewish Text as a All classes are open to all, on Sundays in the HNT board Path to Human Transformation LOACH MANOT FU room at 10:00 AM. No class January 5 or 19. Chevraya (n., Aramaic)., A fellowship of life-long learners E MISH NDR TH AISE January 12: Halacha and Commandedness: What’s with the Taught by Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum and R! rules, & why do we follow them (at least the ones we do follow)? Rabbi Samuel Klein January 26 Shabbat: The most important holiday on the A project of HNT and Camp Solomon Schechter Jewish calendar What is the relationship between changing ourselves Nosh, Schnapps, and Halacha • Weekly Wednesdays and changing the world? Are we really free to chart the 7:45 AM - 8:15 AM (following minyan) directions of our lives? What do the stories of Genesis have We study halachic opinions from the Conservative to teach us about making informed life-purpose choices? Movement or Conservative rabbis. Topics include issues Core questions such as these open a learning space in which such as the ruling that permitted gay/lesbian clergy each individual can contribute, drawing wisdom from their and ceremonies, whether it’s OK to eat dairy meals in own life-experiences. The narratives and stories of Torah restaurants not under rabbinical supervision, whether a offer as a reservoir from which to draw when navigating convert can use a name other than “so and so son/daughter layers of complexity in our lives. of Avraham Avinu and Sarah Imeinu,” whether a Cohen can marry a divorcee, and many more. Chevraya is designed as a Beit Midrash for creative inquiry, Limmud Seattle 2020 - Festival of Jewish Learning & Culture centered on connecting the study of classical Jewish texts January 18-19, • Bellevue College • Co-sponsored by HNT with our everyday experience. Through facilitated textual Last year, a sellout crowd of 750 old friends and new study and engagement with the writings of Dr. Avivah gathered to learn together in over 100 sessions on topics Gottleib Zornberg in her books “The Murmuring Deep” including social-political issues, Israel, music, food, art, (2009) and “Genesis: The Beginnings of Desire” (1996), environment, Jewish text, and much more. 100% volunteer we will embark on interpretative investigations of Torah, run. Join us at Limmud Seattle 2020. focusing on the stories of three key personalities, Abraham, Join Rav Barry for his session “Will the Real Messiah Please Jacob & Joseph. Stand Up? Jesus, Bar Kochba, Shabtai Tzvi, Ben Gurion, the Rebbe, and other Jewish Views of the Messiah.” Program Dates: Register now at www.limmudseattle.org . Sunday, January 12 • 10:00 AM -1:00 PM Sunday, January 19 • Time to be announced (as part of Adult Hebrew Classes with Janine Rosenbaum Limmud Seattle, Bellevue College) in the Frankel Library Sunday, February 9 • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Sunday, March 15 • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM • Prayerbook Hebrew Reading Fluency Sunday, April 19 • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Mondays: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM OR Wednesdays: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Friday, May 1 • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM • at Seattle Art • Beginning Hebrew • Tuesdays: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Museum - A special guest lecture with Dr. Avivah Gottleib OR Thursdays: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Zornberg • Modern Hebrew I • Thursdays: 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM Sunday, June 14 • 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM • Location:Individual • Modern Hebrew II • Tuesdays: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM homes, to be announced • Modern Hebrew III • Wednesdays: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Cost: $75 materials fee includes a copy of Aviva Zornberg’s To register and for more information, please contact Janine book, “The Murmuring Deep.” Rosenbaum at: [email protected] or Space is limited. Register early at: call: 206-963-4933. https://hnt.wufoo.com/forms/wogb5x21xmk0rj/

10 206-232-8555 • [email protected] • www.h-nt.org PERCEPTION VS. REALITY: ISRAEL IN THE MEDIA AND BEYOND Featuring AWARD-WINNING ISRAELI JOURNALIST MATTI FRIEDMAN Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Temple De Hirsch Sinai 6:45 p.m. Check-In 1511 E. Pike Street 7:00 p.m. Program Begins Seattle, WA 98122

This program is co-sponsored by AIPAC, Temple De Hirsch Sinai and Herzl-Ner Tamid.

For online reservations, please visit: www.aipac.org/FriedmanWA

Registration is required and closes January 8, 2020. This event is off-the-record and closed to the press. For questions or more information, please contact the AIPAC Seattle Offi ce at (206) 624-5152 or Seattle_offi [email protected].

Matti Friedman is a Canadian-Israeli journalist, author, and contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. He is a former correspondent for The Associated Press, and his work as a reporter has taken him from Israel to Lebanon, Morocco, Moscow, the Caucasus and Washington.

Friedman’s 2016 book Pumpkinfl owers: A Soldier’s Story of a Forgotten War was chosen as a New York Times notable book and as one of Amazon’s 10 best books of the year. It won the 2017 Vine Award for Canadian Jewish literature and was shortlisted for the 2017 RBC Taylor Prize, the Writer’s Trust Pirze, and the Yitzhak Sadeh Prize for military writing (Israel). His rst book, The Aleppo Codex, an investigation into the strange fate of an ancient Bible manuscript, won the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize and the American Library Association’s Sophie Brody Medal, and was translated into seven languages. His third book, Spies of No Country, about four Israeli agents in the 1948 war, has received the 2018 Natan Book Award.

Friedman, born in Toronto, has lived in Israel since 1995. He currently resides in Jerusalem with his family. DAYTIMERS WINTER 2019 LUNCH & FILM SERIES Wednesday, January 15: Le Concert Wednesday, March 18: I Never Sang A 2009 comedy/drama in French with for My Father English subtitles A 1970 drama in English Many years ago, Andrei Simoniovich A man who wants to move on with Filipov was fired as conductor of the his life by moving to California and Bolshoi Orchestra for hiring Jewish marry his girlfriend, finds it difficult musicians. Now a janitor, he learns that as he still lives in the towering members of the orchestra have been shadow of his aging father. invited to perform in Paris. Andrei gathers his former players and plans to substitute them for the current ones, and he hopes that a beautiful virtuoso will accompany them. Wednesday, February 19: The Exception $8/person for lunch, served A 2016 drama/romance in English 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM, followed by the film. A German soldier tries to determine if RSVP by the Friday before at: the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in h-nt.org/Daytimers or call 206-232-8555 Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman Support for the Daytimers Program is during his investigation. underwritten with love by the family of Marv Coe z”l and by the Alfred & Tillie Shemanski Trust Fund Daily Minyan: Weekdays 7:00 AM Sundays MINYANAIRE'S CLUB T'FILOT & Secular Holidays 9:00 AM PreShabbat Oneg: Fridays 5:30 PM Sunday, January 12 • 9:00 AM • Gladstein Chapel Friday, January 3 One Sunday a month, the morning minyan gets a little more • 6:00 PM Services • Birthday Shabbat interactive and a little more ruach-y (or spirited), and mixes Saturday, January 4 in some English readings, too. Enjoy a light brunch after the • 9:30 AM Parshat Study • 10:00 AM Services service. Eat, schmooze and get to know other Minyanaires! Friday, January 10 All who attend will be entered in a monthly Minyanaire’s Club • 6:00 PM Services drawing for fabulous prizes. Saturday, January 11 • 9:30 AM Services • Bar Mitzvah of Adam Walker MONTHLY NOSH & SING ALONG Friday, January 17 Coming Soon to a Shul Near You! • 6:00 PM Services Tuesday, January 21 • 12:00 PM - 1:30: PM Saturday, January 18 • 9:30 AM Services • Bar Mitzvah of Ryan Kinder Come lend your voice and sing Israeli, Ladino, Yiddish and Friday, January 24 Niggunim in a fun, casual setting. Cantor Kurland will lead us • 6:00 PM Services • Anniversary Shabbat in song. Mark your calendar and plan to join us. Questions? Saturday, January 25 Contact Cantor Kurland at [email protected]. • 9:30 AM Parshat Study • 10:00 AM Services • 5:30 PM Spice Night (Havdalah for young families) JUDAICA SHOP Friday, January 31 • 6:00 PM Services • TGIS Dinner following services We have loads of merchandise! Saturday, February 1 All proceeds from the gift shop continue to help • 9:30 AM Parshat Study • 10:00 AM Services supplement costs to send our students to camp. • Aufruf of Jacob Tobis & Dena Eichen JANUARY HOURS: TODAH RABAH TO... Sundays, January, 12 and 26

• Sheri Kittay for picking up supplies for our Chanukah care 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM packages for college students. OPEN WHEN RELIGIOUS SCHOOL IS OPEN • Michele Glasser for assembling our Chanukah care To make an appointment for another time: packages HNT sent to 68 of our college students. Call Kari Haas: 206-719-2224 or Elaine Mintz : 206-579-5360

12 206-232-8555 • [email protected] • www.h-nt.org BELOVED DEPARTED MEMORIALIZED WITH YAHRZEIT PLAQUES AT HNT

Shabbat of January 3/4 Jan. 10 Anna Goldberg Jan. 17 Selma Mesher Jan. 23 Abraham Margolis Jan. 4 Mollie Streitman Herbert Kahn Gertie Nussbaum Anna Neff Florence Mezistrano Lena Rothstein Solomon Barrat Jan. 24 Louis Arshon Jan. 5 Eva Losk Rosa Wise Robert Polsky Eugene Okrent Lina Magdal Harold Miller Lois Rosen Shabbat of January 24/25 Alice Kiksmann Shabbat of January 10/11 Jonize Senescu Jan. 25 Esther Sadick Miriam Kohm Jan. 11 Shirley Berch Shabbat of January 17/18 Jan. 26 Fanny Leopold Joyce Lander Jack Polack Jan. 18 Robert Roberts Lena Feinberg Jan. 6 Marion Ringold Charles Fox Nathan Hirsch Reizel Pearl Chaim Bender Flora F. Maslan Jan. 19 Solomon Rossman Hayah Bachstuetz Esther Stalin Louis Plotkin Benjamin Malametz Jan. 27 Alvin Lippman Jan. 7 Joseph Minkove Jan. 12 Ruth Sanft Nathan Sigman Jan. 28 Franya Shain Judith Maslan Moses Kohm Israel Himelstein Edward Spokoiny Alexander Kessler Jan. 13 Frank Cohen Ben Gula Jan. 29 Jennie Liff Samuel Leopold Jerome Peretzman Jan. 20 Marjory Bryce Wolf Dolgoff Myrna Schaevitz Isaac Ashcanase Jan. 21 Rebecca Geyer Hilda Faye Aronson Gazella Senescu Harold Weinstein Anna Feinberg Asia Jennie Shussin Lena Rosenfeld Abraham Feinberg Fannie Feinberg Mollie Leopold Gordon Sadick Gertrude Kirstein Rachel Metzker Walter Schwarz Arthur Schwamm Philip Lemchen Jan. 30 Jack Schacher Jan. 8 Morris Polack Murray Waxman John MacCormac Carol Maslan Sara Kreina Brodskaya Henry Lonner Jack Berch Morris Liff Joseph Ginsberg Jan. 14 Veronica Garrie Meier Glazer Jan. 31 Avrom Meltzer Irving Ginsberg Jan. 15 Max Orchinsky Sam Miller Paul Cohen Menachem (Mendy) Meyer Romanoff Mollie Rosenblatt Elias Solomon Weinberger Jan. 16 Rosalie Thomas Jan. 22 Louis Caplan Alex Sender Phinehas Maslan Jack Pinchev Josephine Becker Fannie Mondschein Jan. 9 Florence Brown Seymour Feinstein Louis Gerber Norman Bockow Jacob Arshon Jacob Lemberg Shirley Miller Julia Glucksman Anne Landweber William Schenkar

HERZL MEMORIAL PARK 16747 DAYTON AVENUE NORTH, SHORELINE, WA 98133

If there is a death in the family, call the Seattle Jewish Chapel at 206-725-3067 The Cemetery Committee: Elaine Weinstein, President ...... 425-455-4703 Shirley Sidell, Vice President ...... 206-801-7009 Peter Michel, Secretary ...... 425-788-3249 Steve Burns, Treasurer ...... 206-799-3300 Harris Klein ...... 206-232-2026 Michael Weinstein ...... 425-455-4703 Jennifer Malakoff ...... 206-232-8490

Help us to always have a beautiful, well-maintained cemetery for our loved ones and ourselves. Please consider remembering Herzl Memorial Park in your Will, or by contributing to the cemetery's Endowment Care. For information contact Elaine Weinstein, 425-455-4703

206-232-8555 • [email protected] • www.h-nt.org 13 IN SUPPORT OF ONE ANOTHER These generous tributes were made through November 30, 2019

Atlas Scholarship Eileen Mintz Kitchen Ron Weinstein Israel Barer Fund Fund Chuck & Marilyn Caplan Esther Barer Julie & Scott Pearson Arny & Carol Barer In Memory of In Memory of Ken & Jen Alterman Ron Weinstein Larry Barsher Burton Glazer Rose Schiff Cynthia Shifrin Alex Sytman Dave Mintz Gordon Chanen & Sherri Frank Winston Cantor’s Discretionary Hilde Droker Richman David & Gillian Witus Fund Neil & Sari Schneider Richard & Barrie Galanti Eileen Mintz Shirley Rosenblum In Appreciation of Larry Barsher Dave Mintz David & Sharron Hartman Cantor Bradlee Kurland Richard & Barrie Galanti Beatrice Gula Gertrude Pintus Eileen Kulman Lucy Sytman Jeff & Andrea Cordova Doris Stiefel In Memory of Scott & Karin Pollock Sylvia Krisher Ron Weinstein Endowment Fund Elsie Rosenstein Ruth Oppenheimer Alan & Iris Langman Donations Ellen Rosenstein Brin Walter Oppenheimer Tamar Gelb and Family In Memory of Rebecca Burstein Efrem & Linda Krisher Rose Schiff Rose Linn Schiff Hymen Burstein Henry Schocken Bob & Cindy Abramowitz Paul Burstein & Florence Ronald Weinstein Eli & Barbara Lahav Alyce Howard Brad Rind & Janet Gray Katz Burstein David & Sharron Hartman Wolfe Warshal Executive Director Refuah Shelemah to Marc & Judy Sidell Maier Moscovici Discretionary Fund Esther Lott Hilde Droker Sofii Moscovici In Appreciation of Marv Negrin Don Shifrin & Bobbi George & Sylvia Siegel Sam Peizer Chamberlin Nadine Strauss Doug & Ellie Davis Wayne & Nancy Morse Maslan Memorial Ruth Peizer Larry Barsher In Memory of Fund Moscovici Myers Doug & Ellie Davis Lucy Sytman In Honor of Godel Goldstein Jacob Siegel Jeff & Judy Ziedman Michael Berkenwald Deana Mondschein Barney Siegel Frankel Scholarship becoming the principal Esther Goldstein of Loyal Height Harold Siegel Fund Julius Myers Elementary School George & Sylvia Siegel In Memory of Bob Maslan Warshal Friedman Danny Lewis Fund Gary Becker Memorial Fund Nessie Warshal In Memory of Carl & Marion Kitz & Ruth Warshal Paula Stern In Memory of Ron Weinstein Ron Weinstein Paula Myers Hilde Droker Jim & Lee Keller Arny & Carol Barer Richard & Norene Florence Myers Nick & Michele Keller Michael Novick Arnold Esther Druxman Laz Lazarus Richard & Barrie Galanti Nick & Michele Keller General Fund Mary Young Hilde Droker Ettie Davis Danny Lewis In Honor of Helaine Goldstein Solis Tobis Rachel Kashansky Adina & Eliana Shirley Zarkin Fred Tobis & Carla Philip Stratiner Newman’s B’not Mitzvah Laz Lazarus Greenbaum Steve & Jan Lewis David & Julie Ellenhorn Phillip & Judy Koppel Shirley Arshon Director of Education In Memory of Lucy Sytman Gail Halpern Alyce Howard Discretionary Fund Shirley Zarkin Sharon Lee Angel Bob & Talby Gelb In Honor of Esther Laufer Gerry & Sandra Ostroff Chuck & Marilyn Caplan Agi Day Adina & Eliana Sam Fishman Hilde Droker Newman’s B’not Mitzvah Morris Willner Greg & Ilyse Wagner Brad & Laura Miller Andrew & Nancy Willner Alan & Iris Langman Belle Ross Charles Kapner Mandy Fridman Cheryl Ross Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Brody Antony & Rene Egnal Harold & Ferne Ross Ivan Melman Chuck & Marilyn Caplan Yetta Gold Herman & Harriet Gold

14 206-232-8555 • [email protected] • www.h-nt.org IN SUPPORT OF ONE ANOTHER These generous tributes were made through November 30, 2019

Evelyn Freedman Frank Beckelman Uzi Halevy Rabbi Rosenbaum’s James & Renee Freedman Stanley & Jennifer Larry Kalman & Ellie Discretionary Fund Beckelman Halevy Esther Schwartz In Memory of Kenneth Schwartz Clara Gertrude Lancaster Ivan Melman Lucy Sytman Isaac Bensussen Terry & Marcie Wirth Leslie & Denise Klaff Michael Adler & Larry & Shelley Bensussen Harry Brody Arthur Marsh Michelle Goldberg Jack Galanti Tom & Stacey Brody Muriel Epstein Ida Schmidt Leslie Galanti Mitzvah Corps Fund Morning Minyan Fund Mason & Diane Lilly Uda Shain In Memory of In Honor of Rachel Trager Martin & Joey Levy Rose Schiff The Birth of Cheri & Mike Memorial Fund Bruce & Peggy Gladner Cy Shifman Levy’s Granddaughter, In Memory of Mickey & Debbie Kovsky Larry Barsher Reyna Yael Rose Schiff Reva Weinstein David & Mindy Landsman The Birth of Norene & Mike & Cheri Levy Nat Weinstein Hilde Droker Rich Arnold’s Grandson Youth Activities Fund Mike & Elaine Weinstein Doug & Ellie Davis Efrem & Linda Krisher In Honor of Marjory Bryce Ron Weinstein In Memory of Cheri & Mike Levy’s New Mrs. Esther Druxman Mickey & Debbie Kovsky Ron Weinstein Granddaughter, Reyna Clara Gertrude Lancaster Sonny Putter Craig Weinstein Ruth Winston Yael Alyce Howard Ruth Bernstein Jeff & Judy Ziedman Harry Grashin Tony & Lynn Wartnik Hilde Droker Shirley Zarkin Mike & Cheri Levy WITHIN THE SHUL FAMILY

We Celebrate. . . We Wish a Refuah Shelemah to Congregants. . . • Parents, Janine & Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum on the marriage of Kay Adam, Marion Aronson, Ruth Becker, Sandy Bing, Margaret Shani Rosenbaum to Aaron Press Taylor Castellanos, Larry Epstein, Valerie Epstein, Michael Fagman, • Grandparents, Norene & Richard Arnold on the birth of Paula Feldman, Mimi Fisher, David Gilman, Lois Glass, Irving Benjamin Reid Fink Hirsch, Louise Kiss, Joyce Kligerman, Stan Litt, Bob Plum, Sonny • Parents, Fred Tobis & Carla Greenbaum on the engagement Putter, Betsy Rosen, Israel Rosen, Susanne Rosenkranz, George of Jacob Tobis to Dena Eichen Siegel, Sylvia Siegel, Jeanne Snyder, Netta Sonkin, Devorah • Grandparents, Vanessa & Ron Brazg on the birth of Olivia Weinstein, Bridget Wellen, Ina Willner, Sharon Woolcott Mollie Schnader. If you or someone you know is on the Refuah Shelemah list and no We Offer Condolences for. . . longer needs healing prayers, we would be delighted to remove • Rose Linn Schiff z”l, mother of Arlen Levy their name. Please contact the office at: 206-232-8555 to request • Alyce V. Howard z”l, mother of Billy Howard that a name be removed. • John “Paul” Leahy z”l, father of William Leahy • Ida Kushner z”l, mother of Liza Yusim • Esther Lipsen z, mother of Jeffrey Lipsen • Arthur Getz z”l, father of Pat Newman

 JANUARY ANNIVERSARIES  4 Richard & Norene Arnold...... 45 17 David & Keely Berkman...... 10 6 Mark & Mitzi Adler...... 25 18 Mauricio Plaschinski & Doris Saltzberg...... 13 8 Charles & Sara McGregor...... 48 18 Jeff & Judy Greenstein...... 22 9 Irving & Netta Sonkin...... 37 21 Elie & Julia Goral...... 9 10 Jon & Naomi Newman...... 16 25 Ricardo Wenger & Janet Neumann...... 33 11 Sanford Salzberg & Mindy Hara...... 34 27 David & Lisa Rosen...... 13 11 Johnny & Elaine Cohn...... 61 29 Shimon & Marta Lowy...... 59 17 Jeff & Sophie Frankel...... 18

206-232-8555 • [email protected] • www.h-nt.org 15 Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation Affiliated with The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism NON PROFIT ORG. 3700 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA 98040 U.S. POSTAGE P.O. Box 574, Mercer Island, WA 98040 PAID Phone: 206-232-8555 Mercer Island, WA [email protected] • h-nt.org Permit No. 42 Barry Leff, Interim Senior Rabbi / [email protected] Jay Rosenbaum, Rabbi Emeritus / [email protected] Bradlee Kurland, Cantor / [email protected] Nadine Strauss , Executive Director / [email protected] Dr. Eliyahu Krigel, CJE, Director of Education / [email protected] Rebecca Frankel, Program Director / [email protected]

2019-2020 Executive Committee Zane Brown Jr., President Ilyse Wagner, Executive Vice-President Mickey Friedman, Treasurer/Financial Vice-President Marilyn Corets, Membership Vice-President Aaron Kiviat, Secretary Donna Peha, Immediate Past Co-President Michele Glasser, Immediate Past Co-President

2019-2020 Board of Directors Lisa Fain Aileen Okrent Rachel Dobrow Stone David Isenberg Tara Reck Michael Tarlowe Linda Krisher Mark Sandler Michael Vinnick Jonathan Langman Barak Schriger Elaine Weinstein Nancy Morse Marissa Shachmurove

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM H T Bring a dairy/pareve n Get to know HNT dish to share from members from your hometown BL CK your area at these or your country of open house heritage. PARTIES potlucks! At a Home Near You Featuring: Hometown Cookin’ Look for your evite in your inbox