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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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Feb 15, 2021
Feb
1 2021
JLI: Journey of the Soul Launch
7:30PM - 9:30PM
Virtual
Who hasn’t wondered what happens when we die? We know what happens to the body. But what happens to the soul at bir…
Feb
2 2021
Feb
3 2021
Feb
5 2021
PJ Library Family Shabbat Club
11:00AM - 11:30AM
Susan Lentini
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Let's welcome Shabbat together virtually with song, blessings and PJ Library stories.
Free and open to all little on…
Feb
7 2021
In the Footsteps of...David and Goliath–A Virtual Israel Tour
1:00PM - 3:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Israeli tour guide Yoram Preminger will take us to the Elah Valley, the site of the battle between David and Goliath.…
Feb
8 2021
Voices of Hope Speaker Series
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Winter speaker series featuring speakers on topics about the Holocaust and genocide.
Feb
9 2021
Feb
9 2021
Jews, Civil Rights, and Lessons Learned
7:00PM - 8:00PM
Please join the Jewish Historical Society
February 9 at 7:00 PM for a talk by historian Cheryl Greenberg:
“Jews, C…
Feb
10 2021
New England Jewish Academy's Annual Gala & Awards Ceremony
Feb
11 2021
"Reclaiming Zionism as a Progressive Cause" with Zach Schaffer
12:00PM - 1:00PM
"Reclaiming Zionism as a Progressive Cause" Lunch & Learn with Zach Schaffer
Feb
11 2021
Life & Legacy Training #1
7:00PM - 8:30PM
zoom
Writing Your Legacy Plan - for Life & Legacy Community Partners
Feb
11 2021
Feb
12 2021
PJ Library Family Shabbat Club
11:00AM - 11:30AM
Susan Lentini
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Let's welcome Shabbat together virtually with song, blessings and PJ Library stories.
Free and open to all little on…
Feb
13 2021
Pajama Havdalah from Home
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Susan Lentini
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Pajama Havdalah from Home
Join Rabbi Andi Fliegel from Congregation Beth Israel, PJ Library coordinator Susan Lentin…
Feb
16 2021
Presidents' Circle: Roadmapto Resilient Leadership
6:30PM - 8:00PM
As the president of a synagogue or other Jewish nonprofit organization, you face situations that you may never have i…
Feb
16 2021
Emanuel Synagogue Board of Trustees Meeting
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117
The Emanuel Synagogue Board of Trustees meet monthly, on the third Tuesday of the month
Feb
17 2021
Children's Reading Partners - Virtual Training
2:00PM - 3:45PM
Zoom
To cover technology, reading platforms , policies for remote mentoring.
Feb
17 2021
Feb
17 2021
Feb
18 2021
Book Discussion with the Author: Beyond the Ghetto Gates
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Beyond the Ghetto Gates is set in 1796-97, a rare happy epoch in Jewish life when Napoleon marched into Italy and dem…
Feb
18 2021
ALEPH 2021 - Jews, Judaism, and the Pursuit of Social Justice
Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay (Jewish Theological Seminary)
Je…
Feb
19 2021
PJ Library Family Shabbat Club
11:00AM - 11:30AM
Susan Lentini
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Let's welcome Shabbat together virtually with song, blessings and PJ Library stories.
Free and open to all little on…
Feb
20 2021
Hamentashen and RELISH
6:30PM - 7:30PM
Join us for a virtual celebration of Purim and Havdallah! Songs, breakout room activities, stories, and fun for famil…
Feb
20 2021
JTConnect's Annual Pink Shabbat
7:00PM - 8:00PM
Join us for JTConnect's annual Pink Shabbat as we make havdalah as a community! Led by JTConnect teen engagement fell…
Feb
21 2021
Virtual Walking Tour of Israel, Part 1
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Travel to Israel may be on our hearts and minds, but sadly, in the world's current climate, our visits are regulated…
Feb
22 2021
"Four Israeli Elections in Two Years" with Herb Keinon
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Monday, February 22 | Noon to 1 pm | Zoom webinar
Why is Israel having its fourth election in two years? Wha…
Feb
22 2021
Voices of Hope Speaker Series
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Weekly series with speakers on topics involving the Holocaust and genocide.
Feb
23 2021
Maurice Greenberg Center Lecture with Sara Abrevaya Stein
7:30PM - 9:30PM
Zoom
Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies presents Lecture with Sara Abrevaya Stein. For additional details and inf…
Feb
24 2021
Feb
25 2021
Feb
26 2021
PJ Library Family Shabbat Club
11:00AM - 11:30AM
Susan Lentini
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Let's welcome Shabbat together virtually with song, blessings and PJ Library stories.
Free and open to all little on…
Feb
26 2021
Feb
28 2021
Virtual Walking Tour of Israel, Part 2
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Travel to Israel may be on our hearts and minds, but sadly, in the world's current climate, our visits are regulated…
Feb
28 2021
Talk with Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin, Author, Scholar, Teacher
4:00PM - 6:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin is one of American Judaism’s most prolific and most-quoted rabbis and thought leaders. Ever si…
Feb
28 2021
Hartford Jewish Film Festival: Opening Day
7:00PM - 9:30PM
Opening Day of the Hartford Jewish Film Festival. For more information, visit hjff2021.eventive.org.