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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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Oct 14, 2019
Columbus Day
Sep

11 2019

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Oct

10 2019

"Birds of Longing: Exile and Memory" Art Exhibition

5:30PM - 5:00PM  

Charter Oak Cultural Center
21 Charter Oak Avenue
Hartford , CT 06106

“Birds of Longing: Exile and Memory”
An exhibition of fiber art by Laurie Wohl
at Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21…

Oct

2 2019

Bzzzz - Bee Happy

4:00PM - 5:00PM  

Mandell JCC
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

 

Join beekeeper Kevin to learn all about bees and the process of making honey.
You will see a real honeycomb, all …

Oct

3 2019

Lillian Fund event

5:30PM - 8:30PM  

FoodShare

Bloomfield, CT

Lillian Fund volunteers and tours Foodshare

Oct

4 2019

PJ Library Family Shabbat Club

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

Susan Lentini
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

Come to the Mandell JCC's Family Room for a drop-in PJ playtime at @ 10:45am.
At 11:15 am we will gather for Shabbat …

Oct

6 2019

RED LETTER: Under One Roof opening reception

12:00PM - 5:00PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Oct

9 2019

Yom Kippur Family Services - All are welcome!

3:00PM - 4:30PM  

Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation-Emek Shalom
55 Bushy Hill Road
Simsbury, CT 06070

Hear our Shofar, join us song and prayer as we connect our children to the rituals of this holy day.

Oct

10 2019

Under One Roof - Artists Reception

5:30PM - 8:00PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford , CT 06117

Artists will have a chance to discuss their panels hung in the Chase Family Gallery during the holiday of Sukkot.

Oct

11 2019

PJ Library Family Shabbat Club

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

Susan Lentini
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

Come to the Mandell JCC's Family Room for a drop-in PJ playtime at @ 10:45am.
At 11:15 am we will gather for Shabbat …

Oct

11 2019

Shabbat in the Sukkah

12:45PM - 1:45PM  

Mandell JCC
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

 

This same program is also offered later in the day from 4:30PM to 5:30PM

Oct

12 2019

BBYO Connecticut Valley Region Fall Kickoff

8:30PM - 11:00PM  

Quassy Amusement Park

Middlebury, CT

Start your year off right, and join BBYO Connecticut Valley Region on October 12th from 8:30pm-11:00pm for a night of…

Oct

13 2019

Friends of Yiddish

10:30AM - 12:30PM  

The Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Friends of Yiddish – Sunday, October 13 @ 10:30 a.m. at the Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford – for…

Oct

13 2019

Partners in Creation

10:30AM - 12:30PM  

Maria daCunha
180 Still Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002

Partners in Creation: “Pri Etz Hadar”: The Fruits of the Beautiful Tree – Sunday, October 13 from 10:30 a.m. to…

Oct

16 2019

JHS Tour of the home of Sol LeWitt

9:30AM - 4:30PM  

Community Services Building
333 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Join the JHSGH as we visit Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek in Chester, CT. This special day will include:

Trans…

Oct

16 2019

RED LETTER: Brandeis National Committee Fall 2019 Luncheon

11:30AM - 3:00PM  

Golf Club of Avon
160 Country Club Road
Avon, CT

Brandeis National Committee Fall 2019 Luncheon

Guest Speaker:  Author, Talia Carner (following buffet luncheon)

R…

Oct

16 2019

Interfaith Dialogue in the Sukkah at Hartford Seminary

5:30PM - 7:00PM  

Hartford Seminary Front Lawn
77 Sherman Street
Hartford, CT 06105

Join us to engage in interfaith dialogue with Jews, Christians and Muslims about concepts that emerge when celebratin…

Oct

16 2019

Lillian Fund Event

5:30PM - 7:30PM  

 

Lillian Fund Event

Oct

16 2019

JCRC Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

CSB Board Room
333 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

JCRC Board Meeting

Oct

17 2019

Lion of Judah Annual Celebration

12:30PM - 2:30PM  

At a private home.

Lion of Judah Annual Celebration & Luncheon
Featuring special guest Sima Goel, DC
Author of Fleeing the Hijab: A Jew…

Oct

17 2019

Intermarriage & Antisemitism in the 21st Century

5:30PM - 7:00PM  

UCONN Babbidge Library, Class of '47 Room
369 Fairfield Way
Storrs Campus
Storrs, Mansfield, CT CT 06269

Dr. Bruce A. Phillips: "Do Americans Love or Hate the Jews? Intermarriage and Antisemitism in the 21st Century "

Abo…

Oct

17 2019

JTConnect Board Meeting

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

JTConnect Board Meeting

Oct

17 2019

Solomon Schechter Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Meeting of the Schechter Board of Trustees

Oct

18 2019

PJ Library Family Shabbat Club

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

Susan Lentini
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

Come to the Mandell JCC's Family Room for a drop-in PJ playtime at @ 10:45am.
At 11:15 am we will gather for Shabbat …

Oct

18 2019

Torah, Torah, Torah

12:45PM - 1:45PM  

Mandell JCC
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Av
West Hartford, CT 06117

 

PJ Library: Torah, Torah, Torah!

Bring your children to celebrate Simchat Torah in the Family Room. Meet Rabbi Micha…

Oct

18 2019

Friendship Circle Young Adult Shabbat Dinner in the Sukkah

6:25PM - 8:25PM  

Cowen Sukkah
188 Brewster Road

Friendship Circle Young Adult Shabbat Dinner in the Sukkah

Oct

20 2019

Friendship Circle Teen Kickoff

5:00PM - 7:00PM  

Learn the ins and outs of the Friendship Circle year- mandatory for all new and old volunteers and their parents.

Oct

23 2019

RED LETTER: Screenagers Next Chapter

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

West Hartford Town Hall
50 South Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06107

SCREENAGERS NEXT CHAPTER is about helping young people thrive in our screen-and-stress-filled world. Through a…

Oct

23 2019

Voices of Hope Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Kathy Fishman

Voices of Hope Board Meeting

Oct

24 2019

Emanuel Sisterhood Paid Up Membership Dinner

6:30PM - 8:30PM  

Emanuel Synagogue Silverman Auditorium
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117

We will welcome and treat all our membership, old and new, to a scrumptious meal cooked by our members. We will be en…

Oct

24 2019

JewGood Hartford fall event

6:30PM - 8:00PM  



CT

More information to come!

Oct

24 2019

Lecture

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

University of Hartford
Wilde Auditoriium
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, , CT 06117

Walter Harrison, President Emeritus of the University of Hartford, will deliver a lecture: "The Six Pointed Diamond:…

Oct

25 2019

PJ Library Family Shabbat Club

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

Susan Lentini
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

Come to the Mandell JCC's Family Room for a drop-in PJ playtime at @ 10:45am.
At 11:15 am we will gather for Shabbat …

Oct

27 2019

Babies & Bagels

10:00AM - 11:00AM  

Mandell JCC
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

 

PJ Library Babies & Bagels

Sunday, October 27th @10 am

If you are a parent with a baby 18 months old or younger, jo…

Oct

28 2019

Holocaust Educators Workshop

9:00AM - 11:00AM  

Holocaust Educators Workshop - Attendees must be full-time teachers in public or private middle and high schools.
Det…

Oct

28 2019

Lecture

2:00PM - 3:00PM  

University of Hartford
Wilde Auditorium
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, , 06117

Lecture, Rebecca Erbelding, Historian and Archivist, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Rescue Board: The Untol…

Oct

28 2019

JCC Board Retreat

5:30PM - 9:30PM  

TBD

Board of Directors retreat. Time and location to be announced.

Oct

29 2019

Oct

29 2019

America’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe

12:30PM - 1:45PM  

UConn Homer Babbidge Library
369 Fairfield Way
Storrs Campus
Storrs, Mansfield, CT CT 06269

"Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe" - Book presentation by Washington Ho…

Oct

29 2019

JFGH Board of Directors Meeting

6:00PM - 8:30PM  

CSB Board Room
333 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117

Federation Board Meeting. A kosher dinner begins at 6 p.m.; the meeting begins promptly at 6:30 p.m. Contact Linda To…

Oct

29 2019

Red Letter: From Baghdad to Brooklyn

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Aleph presents: Michelle Azar: From Baghdad to Brooklyn
A 60 minute one woman musical and story telling experience th…

Oct

30 2019

Evening of Hope -----RED LETTER

6:00PM - 8:00PM  

Kathy Fishman

Voices of Hope Annual Evening of Hope Fundraiser