Community Calendar

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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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Apr 2, 2021
Good Friday
Apr 4, 2021
Easter
Apr

2 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…

Apr

2 2021

Closing day of the Hartford Jewish Film Festival. For more information, visit hjff2021.eventive.org.

Apr

5 2021

Register at https://jhsgh.org/sharing-credit/

The Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford recently launched a new Jew…

Apr

5 2021

Uncovering Stories About the Most Famous Stars in Sports

8:00PM - 9:00PM  

Beth El Temple -- Online Event
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Please join New York Times best-selling author Jeff Pearlman for a discussion on long-form writing about controversia…

Apr

6 2021

Foundation Investment Update

12:00PM - 1:30PM  

zoom

Get an update on the Foundation's investments from Michael Miller, Chief Investment Officer, Crewcial Partners, LLC. …

Apr

6 2021

Young Israel Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

 

Young Israel Board Meeting

Apr

6 2021

Emanuel Synagogue Executive Committee Meeting

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

Emanuel Synagogue
78 Parsons Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117

The Emanuel Executive Committee Meeting (meets first Tuesday of every month)

Apr

7 2021

NEJA General Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  



CT

NEJA General Board Meeting - Zoom Meeting

Apr

7 2021

RED LETTER: Yom Hashoah Commemoration

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

Kathy Fishman
20 Waterside Drive, Suite 100
Farmington, CT 06032

The Mandell JCC and Voices of Hope will host the Annual Yom Hashoah Commentation

Apr

8 2021

Annual Reading of the Names to honor the victims of the Holocaust

Apr

8 2021

Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies Lecture in cooperation with the JDC. Avinoam Patt will speak via Zoom on …

Apr

8 2021

The Story of the Danish Jews and their Rescue During WWII

1:00PM - 2:00PM  

Beth El Temple -- Online Event
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Men's Club of Beth El Temple is proud to invite you to an afternoon of important history to mark Yom HaShoah.

For al…

Apr

8 2021

Destination Hartford virtual session for Realtors

Apr

9 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…

Apr

9 2021

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Apr

13 2021

Organ Sounds Concert Series

6:30PM - 7:15PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Organ Sounds is our popular concert series featuring our own Musical Director Natasha Ullyanovsky on our historic Aus…

Apr

11 2021

Super Sunday Virtual Phone-a-thon

9:45AM - 12:00PM  

Zoom

This will be an opportunity for our Major Gifts Committee alongside other solicitors to close gifts. The JCRC Board a…

Apr

11 2021

Budapest & Vienna: In the Footsteps of Theodor Herzl Part 2

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

These two capitals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire boasted thriving, creative, successful, and influential Jewish comm…

Apr

12 2021

 
Managing Minefields: The Lay/Professional Edition
April 12th 6:30pm | Register at https://bit.ly/JLAManagingMinef…
Apr

13 2021

Apr

14 2021

Global Connections: People vs Technology: Who’s Winning?

4:00PM - 5:00PM  

Zoom (virtual event)

Robert Siegel (former Senior Host of NPR’s All Things Considered for 31 years) interviews Sherry Turkle (MIT),…

Apr

14 2021

Community Yom HaZikaron - Yom HaAtzmaut Tekes Maavar

Apr

14 2021

"Movie Club"

7:00PM - 9:00PM  


On April 14 at 7 PM, Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel Independence Day) TBH members, their friends and families are invited to …

Apr

15 2021

Apr

15 2021

Yom HaAtzmaut Celebration

8:00PM - 9:00PM  

Cantor Talya Smilowitz and a concert of Israeli music

Apr

16 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…

Apr

16 2021

Shabbat Zoom evening service

7:00PM - 8:00PM  

Join Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation for a Zoom Shabbat led by Rabbi Alana Wasserman. For link, contact rabbi@gsjc.org.

Apr

17 2021

Yom Haatzmaut Celebration

12:00PM - 4:00PM  

Yom Haatzmaut Celebration

Apr

19 2021

Hartford Theater During the Time of COVID

8:00PM - 9:00PM  

Beth El Temple -- Online Event
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Please join the leaders of our three Hartford theaters for a panel discussion on challenges each has faced in produci…

Apr

20 2021

JCRC Board Meeting

5:30PM - 7:00PM  

Zoom call

JCRC Monthly Board Meeting

Apr

20 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

Apr

21 2021

Voices of Hope Board Meeting

6:00PM - 7:30PM  

Voices of Hope Board Meeting

Apr

21 2021

JHSGH Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

JHSGH virtual meeting of the board of directors

Apr

21 2021

Wallant Award

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Please join us for the Wallant Award - details to follow

Apr

22 2021

Life & Legacy Training #2

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

zoom

The Legacy Conversation - for Life & Legacy Community Partners

Apr

22 2021

Schechter Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Meeting of the Trustees of the Board

Apr

23 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…

Apr

25 2021

JTConnect Fundraiser

Apr

26 2021

Jeffrey Cymbler will discuss how to research your family's genealogy, with a particular focus on Poland.

Apr

26 2021

"The Biden Administration – One Hundred Days | Perspectives from the Middle East"
Lunch & Learn presented by Avi Me…

Apr

27 2021

Amy Weiss, Director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies will speak. For additional information contact…

Apr

28 2021

JCC Board of Directors meeting

5:30PM - 7:00PM  

JCC Board of Directors meeting

Apr

28 2021

"Dialogue across Divides" with Zach Schaffer

Apr

29 2021

Solomon Society

5:30PM - 6:45PM  


333 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite C
West Hartford, CT 06117

Solomon Society Gratitude Event

Apr

29 2021

Rabbi Dr. David Ellenson, Chancellor Emeritus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, will have a dialo…

Apr

30 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…