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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.
To download a four-year Jewish Holiday Calendar, click here.
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May
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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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Jan 1, 2020
Jan 20, 2020
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Jan
3 2020
PJ Library Family Shabbat
10:45AM - 12:00PM
Mandell JCC
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
All children and their grownups are welcome to a family friendly Shabbat celebration.
Bring your little one to play i…
Jan
4 2020
Welcome in the New Year with the first Havdalah of 2020!
5:45PM - 7:00PM
Mandell JCC
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join us in the Family Room for Havdalah to say good-bye to Shabbat
followed by a family friendly fun-filled New Year…
Jan
6 2020
Children's Reading Partners Training
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Innovation Center
Mandell Jewish Community Center
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
This training is for all new and returning volunteers for Children's Reading Partners.
Jan
8 2020
Jan
9 2020
The Tribe: Torah on Tap
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Offsite
Join us for our monthly Torah on Tap. Location TBD. Please RSVP to Cantor Kupfer at skupfer@cbict.org.
Jan
10 2020
PJ Library Family Shabbat
10:45AM - 12:00PM
Mandell JCC
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
All children and their grownups are welcome to a family friendly Shabbat celebration.
Bring your little one to play i…
Jan
10 2020
Friendship Circle "Shabbat In Jerusalem" Dinner
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Friendship Circle "Shabbat In Jerusalem" Dinner
Jan
11 2020
Jan
12 2020
Torah Dedication Weekend at Beth David Synagogue
9:30AM - 1:00PM
Beth David Synagogue
20 Dover Road
West Hartford, CT 06119
Torah Dedication Weekend Honoring Rabbi Adler's Twenty-Fifth Year at Beth David Synagogue
Jan
12 2020
Discussion with Dr. Avi Patt: American Jews and Israel – Part 2
9:00AM - 10:30PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Dr. Patt is the new Director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life at the University of Conne…
Jan
13 2020
Dignity Grows Packing Event
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Mandell Jewish Community Center
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Dignity Grows Packing Event, co-sponsored by Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford & JewGood
Jan
14 2020
Jan
14 2020
Children's Reading Partners Training
3:00PM - 5:00PM
Mandell JCC Innovation Center
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
This program is for all new and returning volunteers with Children's Reading Partners.
Jan
14 2020
Emotion in Motion: The Dynamics of Emotional Intelligence for Leaders
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Mandell JCC Innovation Center
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
The Greater Hartford Jewish Leadership Academy presents
Emotion in Motion: The Dynamics of Emotional Intelligence…
Jan
14 2020
Beth David Synagogue Board Meeting
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Beth David Synagogue
20 Dover Road
West Hartford, CT 06119
Board Meeting
Jan
15 2020
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…
Jan
15 2020
AT HOME IN AMERICA? PART 2: A THREE-RABBI PANEL
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford , CT 06117
Join Rabbis Tuvia Brander, Andi Fliegel, and James Rosen for a lively discussion about the past, present and future o…
Jan
16 2020
Children's Reading Partners Training
6:30PM - 8:30PM
CSB Board Room
333 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Training program for all current volunteer mentors.
Jan
16 2020
Jan
16 2020
Jan
16 2020
Torah Study with Rabbi Andi Fliegel
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Join us for in-depth Torah study with Rabbi Fliegel:
Parshat Lech L’cha – The unseen highs and lows of a life-cha…
Jan
17 2020
PJ Library Family Shabbat
10:45AM - 12:00PM
Mandell JCC
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
All children and their grownups are welcome to a family friendly Shabbat celebration.
Bring your little one to play i…
Jan
18 2020
Micro WHTY Tot Shabbat and Indoor Picnic
10:30AM - 12:30PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
We'll have snacks and extra playtime after Tot Shabbat on the holiday weekend!
Jan
18 2020
Dor L'Dor: A Family Learning Program
6:30PM - 7:45PM
"Join us for an hour of study with your child/ren or grandchild/ren! Bring something to learn on your own or explore…
Jan
20 2020
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Mandell JCC
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join our PJ Our Way tweens to:
• Make sandwiches for Hands on Hartford which
serves individuals and families facing…
Jan
22 2020
JCRC Board Meeting
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Mandell JCC Board Room
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
JCRC Board Meeting
Jan
22 2020
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.
Meeting to take place in the Community Services Building …
Jan
24 2020
PJ Library Family Shabbat
10:45AM - 12:00PM
Mandell JCC
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
All children and their grownups are welcome to a family friendly Shabbat celebration.
Bring your little one to play i…
Jan
24 2020
Jan
26 2020
BBYO Connecticut Valley Region Winter Kallah 2020
4:00PM - 2:00PM
Danbury Crowne Plaza Hotel
Calling all 8th - 12th grader members, get ready to join CVR for our Winter Kallah 2020!
Early Registration: $290, e…
Jan
24 2020
Addiction Awareness Shabbat with Rabbi Ilan Glazer
7:30PM - 8:30PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Rabbi Ilan Glazer: And God Created Recovery
Friday, January 24th, 7:30pm
Rabbi Ilan Glazer is passionate about ending…
Jan
25 2020
Addiction Awareness Shabbat: Faces of Addiction
5:00PM - 7:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Anne Marie Zanfagna’s portraits are a true testament to the power of art therapy. Her heart and soul go into ever…
Jan
25 2020
The Tribe: Ice Skating
8:00PM - 10:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Experience isn’t necessary for this ice skating trip. Join us at Veteran’s Memorial Ice Rink and enjoy some hot c…
Jan
26 2020
JTCares About Books
10:00AM - 12:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Ave
West Hartford, CT 06119
We need your help sorting 5,000+ books to be donated to children in at-risk schools through Children's Reading Partne…
Jan
26 2020
RED LETTER International Holocaust Remembrance Day
12:00PM - 4:00PM
The Emanuel Synagogue,
160 Mohegan Dr.
West Hartford , CT 06117
Join us for the 10th annual International Holocaust Remembrance day, the anniversary of the liberation of…
Jan
26 2020
Solomon Schechter Talent Show
3:00PM - 4:30PM
Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford
26 Buena Vista Road
West Hartford, CT 06107
Schechter students show off their passions for dancing, singing, and more!
Jan
27 2020
JLI Judaism's Gifts to the World series launch
7:30PM - 9:00PM
JLI presents a new series, Judaism's Gifts to the World.
Jan
29 2020
Dr. Marion Kaplan to lecture on Jewish Refugees in Portugal (UConn Storrs)
1:45PM - 3:00PM
Babbidge Library, UConn Storrs
Class of '47 Room
Storrs, Mansfield, CT 06269
"Hitler's Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal" depicts the travails of refugees escaping Nazi Europe and…
Jan
29 2020
Dignity Grows Packing Event
7:00PM - 8:00PM
Dignity Grows Packing Event: We will assembling discrete, individual bags, each containing a month's supply of tampon…
Jan
29 2020
Jan
31 2020
PJ Library Family Shabbat
10:45AM - 12:00PM
Mandell JCC
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
All children and their grownups are welcome to a family friendly Shabbat celebration.
Bring your little one to play i…