Community Calendar

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Click here for directions to submit your Jewish nonprofit community event to the Community Calendar. Federation encourages you to consult and follow the latest Connecticut COVID-19 guidelines when planning in-person events. 

ABOUT RED AND ORANGE LETTER EVENTS:

  • To request a Red or Orange Letter event, please submit your event as you would any other, but include “RED LETTER: Event Name” or “ORANGE LETTER: Event Name” as the title (for example: RED LETTER: JCC Annual Meeting).
  • All events will be added to the Community Calendar in the order they were submitted.

QUESTIONS? Contact Samantha Schoenberg at schoenberg@jewishhartford.org.

To download a four-year Jewish Holiday Calendar, click here.

Dec 25, 2017
Christmas
Dec

1 2017

Sounding The Alarm on Mass Incarceration

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Maria daCunha
180 Still Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002

Sounding The Alarm on Mass Incarceration – Moving Beyond the Problem and Toward Solutions – Friday, December 1 fo…

Dec

2 2017

Sigel Hebrew Academy Astronomy Night

6:30PM - 8:30PM  

Sigel Hebrew Academy
53 Gabb Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002

 

Check out the night sky with our resident astronomer, fun activities for the kids, hot chocolate and treats for all!

Dec

3 2017

Sisterhood Craft Fair

9:00AM - 1:00PM  

FVJC-ES
55 Bushy Hill
Simsbury, CT 06001

Annual FVJC-ES Craft Fair! Tons of vendors!

Dec

3 2017

Mass Incarceration Study session with Rabbi Debra Cantor

10:30AM - 12:30PM  

B'nai Tikvoh-Sholom
180 Still Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002

Mass Incarceration Study session with Rabbi Debra Cantor Sunday, December 3 @ 10:30 a.m. at B’nai Tikvoh-Sholom, 18…

Dec

3 2017

Concert: Rock of Ages

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Pre-Chanukah orchestral concert featuring the Beethoven Violin Concerto, Artie Shaw's Clarinet Concerto, and a Tribut…

Dec

3 2017

Current refugee crisis with a Jewish perspective

7:00PM - 10:00PM  

The Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan
West Hartford , CT 06117

As Jews we have our own lens to view the current world crisis. What can be learned from the holocaust that can be…

Dec

4 2017

Dec

5 2017

JCRC Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Jewish Federation-Board Room
333 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117

JCRC Board Meeting

Dec

6 2017

RED LETTER: Jewish Leadership Academy Celebration & Evening of Learning

6:00PM - 8:30PM  

Gengras Student Union Main Ballroom
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117

“The honor of your friend should be as dear to you as your own.” (Pirkei Avot 2:10)

Please join the Greater Hart…

Dec

7 2017

Interfaith Families and Jewish Community Support

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

Mandell Jewish Community Center Innovation Center
335 Bloomfield Ave
Suite C
West Hartford, CT 06117

 

JMAP respondents said that programming for interfaith families is essential for a thriving Jewish community. They als…

Dec

10 2017

Jews in Hollywood: In Front of and Behind the Screen

9:15AM - 11:15AM  

Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

We invite you to join us for a breakfast with Daniel M. Kimmel, an American film critic and author. Kimmel is also …

Dec

11 2017

JFGH Community Trustees' Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

TBD

Federation Community Trustees' Meeting.

Dec

13 2017

JHSGH Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Jewish Historical Society
333 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite B
West Hartford, CT 06117

Meeting of the board of directors of the Jewish Historical Society.

Dec

14 2017

Shlock Rock Chanukah Bash
 

Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy
53 Gabb Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002

Come celebrate Chanukah with the world - famous band, Shlock Rock and the students of the Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew …

Dec

14 2017

JCF Board Meeting

4:00PM - 6:00PM  

 

Meeting of the Jewish Community Foundation Board of Trustees

Dec

16 2017

Mini Minyan Chanukah Celebration

9:00AM - 10:00AM  

Farmington Community and Senior Center
321 New Britain Avenue
Unionville, CT

Mini Minyan Chanukah Celebration Open to the community For families with children ages 0-5

Dec

16 2017

Friendship Circle Chanukah Bowl

6:00PM - 8:00PM  

Light up the night together with your friends at Friendship Circle!

Dec

17 2017

Hanukkah on Ice

3:30PM - 7:00PM  

Veterans Memorial Ice Rink
56 Buena Vista Road
West Hartford, CT 06107

Join 6th - 12th graders from throughout the community for a Hanukkah celebration! Ice Skating... Friends... Neon Part…

Dec

17 2017

Chanukah at Blue Back

4:00PM - 5:30PM  

Blue Back Square
75 Isham Road
West Hartford , CT 06107

Chanukah at Blue Back Square.
Community wide celebration in heated tent, Menorah carved out of ice, public Menorah li…

Dec

18 2017

Hebrew Academy Board Meeting

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

The Hebrew Academy Monthly Board Meeting

Dec

19 2017

Hebrew High School of New England Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

HHNE
300 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

HHNE Board Meeting