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Community Calendar
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.
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Celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut with Six13 live at The Bushnell in Hartford. World renowned acapella parody group Six13, known for their videos like Bohemian Chanukah (a Queen adaptation), a Billy Joel Passover, a We...
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Nov 11, 2019
Nov 28, 2019
Thanksgiving Day
Nov
1 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 …
Nov
2 2019
Shabbark Shalom
3:00PM - 4:00PM
MDC Reservoir, Farmington Avenue
CT
Join Rabbi Fliegel for a walk in the park and short Havdalah service. This activity is open to all; dogs are not requ…
Nov
2 2019
Senior WHTY Escape Room and Havdallah
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Our high school students are invited to join us for Havdallah and an escape room adventure. RSVP to Cantor Kupfer at …
Nov
2 2019
Musician Sheldon Low Performing at Temple Beth David in Cheshire
7:30PM - 9:30PM
Temple Beth David of Cheshire
3 Main Street
Cheshire, CT 06410
On Saturday, November 2 at 7:30 PM Sheldon will perform his music for the community in an exciting concert! Adult tic…
Nov
3 2019
A Shayna Maidel at Playhouse on Park
12:30PM - 3:30PM
Playhouse on Park
244 Park Road
West Hartford, CT
Join us for this powerful and poignant drama of survival and strength about two sisters trying to reconnect after yea…
Nov
3 2019
Jewish Film Festival - Rosenwald
1:30PM - 4:30PM
Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation
37 Main Street
Southington, CT 06489
Please contact Gishrei Shalom at 860.276.9113, events@gsjc.org or view our Facebook page…
Nov
3 2019
Friendship Circle Music and Cooking Club
4:00PM - 5:30PM
HHNE
300 bloomfield ave 06117
Friendship Circle Music and Cooking Club
Nov
3 2019
Red Letter: Jewish Historical Society "Rock N Roll" Concert - Fundraiser
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Playhouse on Park
244 Park Rd
West Hartford, CT 06117
JHS Fundraiser held at the Playhouse on Park, an evening of Rock and Roll Music
Nov
4 2019
Children's Reading Partners Fall Kickoff
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Mandell JCC Innovation Center
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Children's Reading Partners fall kickoff event for volunteers, with guest speaker Renata Bowers, author of the Fried…
Nov
5 2019
Beth David Synagogue Board Meeting
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Beth David Synagogue
20 Dover Road
West Hartford, CT 06119
Board Meeting
Nov
5 2019
RED LETTER: Screening - American Creed
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Herbert & Evelyn Gilman Theater
Screening of the film "American Creed"
Nov
6 2019
Hebrew Senior Care Board Meeting
5:30PM - 8:00PM
Hebrew Senior Care
1 Abrahms Boulevard
West Hartford, CT 06117
Board of Directors meeting.
Nov
6 2019
Author Visit with Julie Zuckerman, The Book of Jeremiah
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Julie Zuckerman’s moving and engrossing debut novel-in-stories, The Book of Jeremiah, tells the story of awkward bu…
Nov
6 2019
Challah for Hunger
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Chabad @ UHA
100 Bloomfield Avenue
Hartford,
Young adults of all abilities from Friendship Circle and Chabad UHA will shape and season the
world’s most deliciou…
Nov
6 2019
Lecture
7:00PM - 9:00PM
University of Hartford
Maurice Greenberg Center
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Atina Grossmann, Professor of History, Cooper Union, "Trauma, Privilege, and Adventure in Transit: German Jewish Refu…
Nov
6 2019
Nov
7 2019
German Jewish Refugees in Iran and India
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
405 Babbidge Road - U-1205
Storrs, Mansfield, CT CT 06269
Shelter from the Holocaust: German Jewish Refugees in Iran and India
Dr. Atina Grossmann
Thursday, November 7, 2019
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Nov
7 2019
RED LETTER: Chabad Annual Gala
5:00PM - 9:00PM
Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, 06117
RED LETTER: Chabad Annual Gala
Details are coming soon.
Nov
8 2019
Nov
10 2019
Shabbaton weekend and celebration of Emanuel 100 anniversary
12:00AM
Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan
West Hartford , CT 06127
Hold for shabbaton
Nov
8 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 …
Nov
8 2019
Scholar in Residence Shabbat: The Search for Michael Plagge (The Good Nazi)
4:20PM - 7:30PM
Beth David Synagogue
20 Dover Road
West Hartford, CT 06119
Dr Michael Good shares the story of his parents survival during the Holocaust, and describes the search for Major Pla…
Nov
9 2019
Commemorating Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Please mark your calendars and plan on joining us for the evening of November 9th when we will commemorate Kristallna…
Nov
9 2019
ADL-VOICES Show
8:00PM - 11:00PM
Klein Memorial Auditorium
Bridgeport, CT
The Anti-Defamation League will present its third annual fundraiser and community event: VOICES: A Show of Unity. Thr…
Nov
10 2019
Trip to the Museum of Jewish Heritage
7:00AM - 5:00PM
The most significant site of the Holocaust, Auschwitz was not a single entity, but a complex of 48 concentration and …
Nov
10 2019
Friendship Circle Music and Cooking Club
4:00PM - 5:30PM
HHNE
300 bloomfield ave 06117
Friendship Circle Music and Cooking Club
Nov
10 2019
Kristallnacht - A Commemoration
5:30PM - 7:00PM
Charter Oak Cultural Center
21 Charter Oak Avenue
Hartford, 06106
All are invited to an evening of music, dance, innovative ritual and community to be held in Connecticut's oldest syn…
Nov
10 2019
Kristallnacht Commemoration
5:30PM - 7:30PM
Charter Oak Cultural Center
21 Charter Oak Avenue
Hartford, CT 06109
Kristallnacht Commemoration – Sunday, November 10 @ 5:30 p.m. Join B’nai Tikvoh-Sholom, as through prayer, music,…
Nov
11 2019
Treasurers' Circle
5:30PM - 7:30PM
Community Services Building - Board Room
333 Bloomfield Ave
Suite c
West Hartford, CT 06117
The Jewish Leadership Academy invites Treasurers of Jewish Organizations and Synagogues to join us at our next meeti…
Nov
11 2019
Pride, Honor and Courage: Jewish Women Remember World War II
7:00PM - 9:00PM
The Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117
We invite you to a film and talk
With guest speaker Rabbi Marci N. Bellows,
Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek
Mon…
Nov
11 2019
JLI Worrier to Warrior series launch
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Worrier to Warrior: Jewish Secrets to Feeling Good However You Feel
A New 6-Part Series
We yearn to feel happy, self-…
Nov
12 2019
Nov
13 2019
ADL: State of Anti-Semitism
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Congregation Kol Haverim
1079 Hebron Avenue
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Steve Ginsburg, Director of ADL Connecticut, will provide an update on anti-Semitism including a review of incidents …
Nov
14 2019
The Tribe: Torah on Tap
6:30PM - 8:30PM
TBD
Join us for our monthly Torah on Tap. Location TBD. Please RSVP to Cantor Kupfer at skupfer@cbict.org.
Nov
14 2019
Nov
15 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 …
Nov
16 2019
"De Novo"
7:30PM - 9:30PM
Charter Oak Cultural Center
21 Charter Oak Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
"DeNovo" A new play by Jeffrey Solomon – This acclaimed documentary play, crafted entirely from immigration court t…
Nov
17 2019
Playhouse on Park, Shayna Maidel
12:30PM - 4:30PM
Playhouse on Park
244 Park Road
West Hartford, CT 06119
Pre-show reception, play, and talk back with the cast
Nov
17 2019
How to Design and Construct a Family History Book Entirely by Yourself
1:30PM - 3:30PM
Temple Sinai
41 West Hartford Road
Newington, CT 06111
The presentation covers, in detail, how to design and construct a book for self-publishing, including aesthetic…
Nov
17 2019
Aleph: The Israel We Rarely See
4:00PM - 6:00PM
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
The Israel We Rarely See: An Anthropologist’s Window onto the Lives of Migrant Workers in South Tel Aviv
Why should…
Nov
17 2019
Friendship Circle Music and Cooking Club
4:00PM - 5:30PM
HHNE
300 bloomfield ave 06117
Friendship Circle Music and Cooking Club
Nov
17 2019
RED LETTER: Emanuel Synagogue Cantor's Concert
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Lisa Lenkiewicz
Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117
Cantor's Concert in honor of Emanuel Synagogue's Centennial
Nov
18 2019
Nov
19 2019
Nov
19 2019
Lunch & Learn with Benay Lappe
12:00PM - 1:00PM
CSB Room 203
333 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Benay Lappe by invitation only
Nov
19 2019
Red Letter: Community Forum: "CRASH Theory: How Change Happens"
6:30PM - 8:30PM
The Mark Twain House and Museum
385 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
Nov
20 2019
Johannes Heil (Heidelberg) on pre-Rabbinic Western Jewish Textual Tradition
1:15PM - 2:15PM
UConn Humanitites Institute Conference Room, 4th-Floor Babbidge Library
369 Fairfield Way
Storrs Campus
Storrs, Mansfield, CT CT 06269
Talk by Prof. Johannes Heil: Patrologia Judaica? Exploring the pre-Rabbinic Western Jewish Textual Tradition
Wednesd…
Nov
20 2019
Nov
20 2019
Jewish Family Services Board Meeting
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Community Services Building
333 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Jewish Family Services.
To be held in the Community Services Building large confe…
Nov
20 2019
Woman Warrior Dina Hurwitz on Pain, Faith, Humor, Strength
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Chabad House of Greater Hartford
2353 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Dina & Yitzi Hurwitz’ story is a love story.
The parents of 7 beautiful children, Dina is the proud, loving wife of…
Nov
21 2019
ADL - Never is Now
9:00AM - 5:00PM
Jacob K. Javits Center
New York, NY
ADL’s Summit on Anti-Semitism and Hate
Register now at www.neverisnow.org
Nov
21 2019
Ensuring Safety for All Jews
5:00PM - 8:00PM
Tumblebrook Country Club
376 Simsbury Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002
Ensuring Safety for all Jews
A special briefing with Arielle DiPorto, Director of Aliyah and Absorption, The Jewish …
Nov
21 2019
JTConnect Board Meeting
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Zachs Campus
333 Bloomfield Ave
Room 203
West Hartford , CT 06117
JTConnect Board Meeting
Nov
22 2019
Nov
24 2019
BBYO Connecticut Valley Region Fall Convention 2019
4:00PM - 2:00PM
Danbury Crowne Plaza Hotel
All 9th - 12th grader members, get ready to join CVR for our annual Fall Spirit Competition!
Early Registration:…
Nov
23 2019
Mix it up Shabbat
9:30AM - 2:20PM
Beth David Synagogue
20 Dover Rd
West Hartford, CT 06119
Get to know your fellow congregants - and visitors - with good food, great company, and the help of some Talking Stic…
Nov
23 2019
Dor L'Dor: A Family Learning Program
6:15PM - 7:30PM
Join us for an hour of study with your child/ren or grandchild/ren! Bring something to learn on your own or explore…
Nov
25 2019
CLI Circle
5:30PM - 7:30PM
Community Services Building - Board Room
333 Bloomfield Ave
Suite c
West Hartford, CT 06117
Networking and discussion group for the 2019 CLI Cohort
Nov
25 2019
Annual Margot Jeremias Kristallnacht Commemoration Lecture
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Young Israel of West Hartford
2240 Albany Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117-2707
2nd Annual Margot Jeremias Kristallnacht Commemoration Lecture The Future Tense of Zakhor: Remembering the…