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
14
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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
1 2022
Feb
1 2022
Jews in the American Theater: A Legacy Like No Other
8:00PM - 10:00PM
Believe it or not, there was a time when there were no Jews in the American theater. What changed that? And how did J…
Feb
2 2022
Navigating Difficult Conversations with Confidence
Difficult conversations are inevitable in any workplace.…
Feb
3 2022
Cultivating Resilience
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Beth El Temple -- Online Event
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
How can moments of crisis – whether a communal challenge such as a pandemic or a personal challenge such as illness…
Feb
4 2022
Shining Lights with Rabbi Fleigel
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Join Rabbi Fliegel for a Shining Lights Reboot every Friday in January and February at 11:00am to shine a little ligh…
Feb
4 2022
Feb
6 2022
The Young Israel of West Hartford Youth Shabbat
7:30PM - 5:45PM
The Young Israel of West Hartford
2240 Albany Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Friday February 4, 2022: Teen One Shabbat For Grades 8-12 from 7:30 PM- 9:30 PM
Shabbat February 5, 2022:
1. Shabbat…
Feb
5 2022
Young Israel of West Hartford Shabbat Hang Out
2:30PM - 3:30PM
The Young Israel of West Hartford
2240 Albany Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Shabbat Hang Out For Grades 1- 3 @ The Young Israel of West Hartford
*Program is COVID & weather dependent. Please st…
Feb
6 2022
The Golden Age of Jewish Life in Sepharad, Spain
1:00PM - 3:00PM
For centuries, the Jewish community of Spain was one the world’s most significant. It’s creative achievements in …
Feb
6 2022
Feb
6 2022
Drive -In Dor L' Dor Finale
5:00PM - 5:45PM
The Young Israel Parking Lot
2240 Albany Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Drive-In To Our Dor L' Dor Family Learning Program Finale
Enjoy Torah, Pizza, Fun & A Grand Prize Raffle
Feb
7 2022
Meditation from Sinai
7:20PM - 9:20PM
Mindful Awareness and Divine Spirituality to Help You Think, Feel, and Live More Deeply
The Torah was given at Sinai…
Feb
8 2022
A Scholarly Symposium on the Art of Maurice Sendak
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
405 Babbidge Road - U-1205
Room 158
Storrs, CT 06269
Joining us on Zoom will be three distinguished speakers: Profs. Marah Gubar (MIT), Martha Helfer (Rutgers), and…
Feb
8 2022
Feb
8 2022
Feb
10 2022
Friendship Circle Challahgrams
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Multi generational challah bake- one to keep and one to share with a friend in need.
Feb
10 2022
Feb
10 2022
On the first day of spring in 1911, a terrible fire broke out in Manhattan’s Garment District. When it ended, half …
Feb
11 2022
Shining Lights with Rabbi Fleigel
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Join Rabbi Fliegel for a Shining Lights Reboot every Friday in January and February at 11:00am to shine a little ligh…
Feb
11 2022
Beth Israel Organ Sounds Concerts
6:30PM - 7:15PM
A Winter to Spring series of organ performances featuring Music Director Natasha Ulyanovsky on CBI’s historic Austi…
Feb
11 2022
Shabbat Service - on Zoom
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation
37 Main Street
Southington, CT 06789
Join Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation in our chapel at the First Congregational Church in Southington. We have…
Feb
12 2022
Shabbark Shalom at Rockledge Golf Club
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Rockledge Golf Club
289 S Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06107
Join us for a walk on the trails at the golf course and a short Havdalah service. This activity is open to all; dogs …
Feb
12 2022
JTConnect Pink Shabbat On Ice
7:00PM - 9:00PM
South Windsor Arena
585 John Fitch Blvd
South Windsor, CT
Join us for JTConnect’s annual Pink Shabbat this year ON ICE! We will make havdallah as a community led by JTConnec…
Feb
12 2022
Community-Wide Adult Education Program
7:30PM - 10:00PM
TBD
CT
Community-wide havdalah and adult education celebration.
Feb
13 2022
Morning Minyan & the World Wide Wrap with Men's Club
8:45AM - 10:45AM
Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
8:45am - Morning Minyan (Clergy available to assist with tefillin)
9:30am - Tefillin Program with Rabbi Rachel Zerin
Feb
13 2022
Tales From The Road With Africa's Only Traveling Rabbi
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Zoom Event
Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft, widely known as ‘The Travelling Rabbi’, is the spiritual leader and National Director of …
Feb
13 2022
SNEC-JCRC Shared Society in Afula-Gilboa Series
12:00PM - 2:00PM
Zoom
CT
SNEC-JCRC Shared Society in Afula-Gilboa Series
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Feb
13 2022
Feb
15 2022
Feb
16 2022
Feb
17 2022
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Board Meeting
4:30PM - 6:30PM
Jewish Community Foundation Board Meeting 4:30 pm
Feb
17 2022
Feb
17 2022
Book talk with author of Asylum: A Memoir of Family Secrets (virtual)
7:30PM - 8:30PM
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
333 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite B
West Hartford, CT 06117
Book talk with author Judy Bolton-Fasman about her memoir of growing up in West Hartford and exploring her family secrets.
Feb
18 2022
Shining Lights with Rabbi Fleigel
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Join Rabbi Fliegel for a Shining Lights Reboot every Friday in January and February at 11:00am to shine a little ligh…
Feb
22 2022
Voices of Hope Power of Words Speaker Series
7:00PM - 8:00PM
kathy fishman
, CT
Join Voices of Hope for their February Power of Words Speaker Series to commemorate Black History Month. We will host…
Feb
23 2022
Feb
23 2022
Feb
24 2022
Feb
25 2022
Shining Lights with Rabbi Fleigel
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Join Rabbi Fliegel for a Shining Lights Reboot every Friday in January and February at 11:00am to shine a little ligh…
Feb
26 2022
Frank London and the Klezmer Brass All Star
7:30PM - 9:30PM
Jane Pasternak
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
this event is free for all students $20 for community
Feb
26 2022
Beth El Trivia Throwdown
8:00PM - 10:00PM
Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117
All are invited to participate to Beth El's annual (it's back) trivia night. Teams of 6-8 can register at tiny…
Feb
27 2022
Mazel Makers -- INVENTION CONVENTION: Innovatively Jewish, Part One
9:00AM - 11:30AM
Hands-on fun for ALL Jewish 4th-5th graders in Greater Hartford
times TBD
Feb
27 2022
Outdoor Jewish Inclusion Community Art Event with Artist Yitzchok Moully
11:00AM - 1:00PM
Starbucks Bishops Corner -Outdoor Patio
2475 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join our live interactive pop-up community art event celebrating Jewish Disability Awareness Acceptance Inclusion Mon…
Feb
27 2022
Ladino Culture from Yesterday to Today: A Musical Journey
5:00PM - 6:30PM
Ladino Culture from Yesterday to Today: A Musical Journey with Sarah Aroeste
Sarah is an international Ladino singer/…
Feb
28 2022
Building Bridges: LGBTQ Life in Israel
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Zoom progeam
Building Bridges: LGBTQ Life in Israel