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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.

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Jan 21, 2019
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Dec

14 2018

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Jun

7 2019

SHABBAT SHEBANG

9:00AM - 10:00AM  

Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford
53 Gabb Rd
Bloomfield, CT 06002

Friday morning is one of our most exciting and joyful mornings. Our Shabbat program starts by learning Parshat…

Jan

3 2019

Embracing Judaism

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Beth El
2626 Albany Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

Whether you want to reboot your Judaism, satisfy your intellectual curiosity or consider Judaism as a new faith, you…

Jan

6 2019

PARTNERS IN CREATION

10:30AM - 12:30PM  

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

PARTNERS IN CREATION: “Otiyot: The Power of Hebrew Letters” - our hands-on Jewish art workshop series - Sunday, J…

Jan

7 2019

Terminator meets the Talmud - AI

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

chabad house
2352 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

The impact of Artificial Intelligence on our lives.
Atty Fred Pinto
Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe

Jan

8 2019

Executive Board Meeting - HAGH

12:00AM - 9:00PM  

Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford
53 Gabb Rd
Bloomfield, CT 06002

Executive Board Meeting - HAGH

Jan

8 2019

CLI Workshop "Communication is the Key - Listening is Required"

5:30PM - 8:30PM  

Mandell JCC Innovation Center
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

CLI is an intensive, 12-month program for rising Jewish leaders. Participants are nominated by their synagogue or age…

Jan

8 2019

Tea and Torah Tuesdays

7:30PM - 8:30PM  

SPoT Coffee
65 Memorial Rd
West Hartford, CT 06107

Join Beth David Director of Outreach Jenna Englender at SPoT Coffee in Blue Back Square at 7:30 on the 2nd and 4th Tu…

Jan

9 2019

JFGH Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

CSB Board Room
333 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT

Federation Board Meeting

Jan

10 2019

Embracing Judaism

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Beth El
2626 Albany Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

Whether you want to reboot your Judaism, satisfy your intellectual curiosity or consider Judaism as a new faith, you…

Jan

11 2019

SHABBAT SHEBANG

9:00AM - 10:00AM  

Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford
53 Gabb Rd
Bloomfield, CT 06002

Friday morning is one of our most exciting and joyful mornings. Our Shabbat program starts by learning Parshat…

Jan

12 2019

Shabbat Morning Learner's Service

10:00AM - 11:00AM  

Beth David Synagogue- Small Chapel
20 Dover Road
West Hartford, CT 06117

Join Beth David for a slower and more intentional prayer experience on Shabbat morning. We will explore the morning s…

Jan

12 2019

Mandell JCC Jewish Book Festival presents author Mike Reiss and his Book Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets,…

Jan

13 2019

Schechter Talent Show

3:00PM - 4:00PM  

Solomon Schechter Day School
26 Buena Vista Road
West Hartford, CT 06107

Schechter students will sing, dance, juggle, or show off any other of their amazing talents!

Jan

14 2019

Jewish Historical Society Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Jewish Historical Society
333 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Meeting of the JHSGH Board of Directors

Jan

14 2019

BSBI Winter Lecture Series

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Beth Sholom B'nai Israel
400 Middle Turnpike East
Manchester, CT 06040

"The Bible and the Ancient World" with Deena Grant, Ph.D.

Join Beth Sholom B'nai Israel for a three-part lecture ser…

Jan

15 2019

HHNE Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

HHNE
300 Bloomfield Avenue
WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117

HHNE Board Meeting

Jan

16 2019

Presidents' Circle

5:30PM - 7:30PM  

Jewish Leadership Academy - Board Room, First Floor
333 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

PLEASE NOTE VENUE CHANGE: EVENT WILL BE HELD IN THE BOARD ROOM OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BUILDING

PRESIDENTS' CIRCLE…

Jan

17 2019

Embracing Judaism

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Beth El
2626 Albany Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

Whether you want to reboot your Judaism, satisfy your intellectual curiosity or consider Judaism as a new faith, you…

Jan

17 2019

JTConnect Board Meeting

7:00PM - 8:00PM  

Community Service Building
333 Bloomfield Avenue

JTConnect Board Meeting

Jan

19 2019

Lunch & Learn

11:30AM - 1:30PM  

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

Two Friends Reflect on Making a Pilgrimage to Montgomery: MLK Shabbat Lunch & Learn - Saturday, January 19 @ 11:30 a.…

Jan

19 2019

Dor L'Dor - Parent Child Learning

6:45PM - 7:45PM  

Young Israel of West Hartford
2240 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Saturday Nights (12/22, 12/29. 1/19 & 2/23) - 6:45 PM - 7:45 PM at the Young Israel of West Hartford (2240 Albany…

Jan

20 2019

Teen MLK (sun)Day of Service

11:30AM - 1:30PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

In Greater Hartford, there is a staggering opportunity gap between students from less affluent towns and their peers …

Jan

21 2019

Mandell JCC Jewish Book Festival presents author Sally Kohn and her book The Opposite of Hate : A Field Guide to…

Jan

22 2019

JCRC Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Board Room, CSB Building
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
333 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

JCRC Board Meeting

Jan

22 2019

Tea and Torah Tuesdays

7:30PM - 8:30PM  

SPoT Coffee
65 Memorial Rd
West Hartford, CT 06107

Join Director of Outreach Jenna Englender at SPoT Coffee in Blue Back Square at 7:30 on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of ea…

Jan

23 2019

JCC Board Meeting

5:30PM - 7:50PM  

Mandell JCC Board of Directors Meeting

Jan

23 2019

Emanuel Synagogue Sisterhood presents "Line Dancing"

7:30PM - 10:00PM  

Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117

Come out and have fun learning to line dance! Get a bit of exercise and socialize with a form of dance that makes you…

Jan

24 2019

Baby & Me Challah Bake

9:00AM - 10:15AM  

Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford
53 Gabb Rd
Bloomfield, CT 06002

Parents and young children are invited to participate in this fun challah event, On January 24th at 9 am until…

Jan

24 2019

Embracing Judaism

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Beth El
2626 Albany Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

Whether you want to reboot your Judaism, satisfy your intellectual curiosity or consider Judaism as a new faith, you…

Jan

24 2019

Spill the Tea: Women's Event

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

Spill the Tea (and wine too!)
"Growing Empathy and Compassion in the Age of the Selfie"
with guest facilitator Nancy …

Jan

26 2019

BBYO CVR 80 Anniversary Event

5:30PM - 9:00PM  

Celebrate 80 years of BBYO Connecticut Valley Region. Join us on January 26 in Danbury CT. More information to come.

Jan

27 2019

ADL Annual Board Retreat

10:00AM - 11:59PM  

ADL Annual Board Retreat

Jan

27 2019

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

12:00PM - 2:00PM  

The Emanuel Synagogue

9th Annual Brunch commemorating the January 1945 Liberation of Auschwitz.
The United Nations General Assembly designa…

Jan

28 2019

BSBI Winter Lecture Series

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Beth Sholom B'nai Israel
400 Middle Turnpike East
Manchester, CT 06040

"The Bible and the Ancient World" with Deena Grant, Ph.D.

Join Beth Sholom B'nai Israel for a three-part lecture ser…

Jan

31 2019

Embracing Judaism

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Beth El
2626 Albany Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

Whether you want to reboot your Judaism, satisfy your intellectual curiosity or consider Judaism as a new faith, you…