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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 15 - Apr 23, 2022
Passover
Apr 28, 2022
Yom HaShoah
Mar

24 2022

to
Apr

10 2022

Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival

7:00PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117

26th annual Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival. This year's festival includes 22 films, from 12 countries, wit…

Mar

30 2022

to
Apr

6 2022

50th Anniversary Mosaic Art Project

7:00AM - 8:00PM  

Mandell JCC
Bloomfield Ave
Zachs Campus
West Hartford, CT 06117

The Jewish Community Foundation Kicks Off Year-long 50th Anniversary Celebration with Mosaic Art Project
Join Us Marc…

Apr

1 2022

CBI Kol Shabbat Dinner

6:30PM - 7:30PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Join us for a community dinner at CBI immediately following our Kol Shabbat Service! All are welcome, registration re…

Apr

2 2022

CBI's Tot Shabbat

10:30AM - 11:00AM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Children under 5, siblings, parents, grandparents - the whole mishpocha - are invited to join us for an in person Tot…

Apr

3 2022

Virtual only. The ancient Jewish ghetto in Venice is in the Cannaregio district, one of the most authentic Venetian a…

Apr

3 2022

Apr

5 2022

Glass Fusion Mezuza Art Woman’s Circle

Apr

6 2022

Robert Siegel (NPR) interviews Amb. Ivo Daalder (Chicago Council on Global Affairs), Robin Wright (Wilson Center,…

Apr

9 2022

CBI's Shabbark Shalom

4:00PM - 5:00PM  

MDC Reservoir
1420 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT

Congregation Beth Israel invites everyone to join them for Shabbark Shalom! Join us for a walk and a short Havdalah s…

Apr

10 2022

CBI's Micro WHTY Tot Seder

4:00PM - 5:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Get ready for Passover as a family! Children under 5 (older siblings are welcome) and their grown ups are invited for…

Apr

11 2022

JFGH Board Meeting

5:00PM - 6:30PM  

Zoom

Monthly Board Meeting Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford

Apr

11 2022

Join JCRC of Greater Hartford and the Archdiocese of Hartford to explore the ethical dimensions of climate change and…

Apr

12 2022

Virtual only. Join us for an enjoyable and uplifting hour of musical and spiritual entertainment welcoming the arriva…

Apr

12 2022

JCRC Board Meeting

5:30PM - 7:00PM  

Zoom call

JCRC Board Meeting

Apr

12 2022

Apr

12 2022

Schechter Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Schechter Board of Trustees Meeting

Apr

13 2022

JHSGH Board Meeting

7:30PM - 8:30PM  

Jewish Historical Society board meeting

Apr

14 2022

Apr

14 2022

Voices of Hope Board Meeting

6:00PM - 8:00PM  

Monthly Board Meeting

Apr

15 2022

Passover Seder for Seniors 3pm

3:00PM - 4:15PM  

Hoffman/SummerWood
160 Simsbury rd
West hartford, CT 06117

Jewish Seniors in need of a place to have a Passover Seder and dinner are welcome at Hoffman/SummerWood. Our Seder is…

Apr

15 2022

Passover seder for Seniors 5pm

5:00PM - 6:15PM  

Hoffman/SummerWood
160 Simsbury rd
West hartford, CT 06117

Jewish Seniors in need of a place to have a Passover Seder and dinner are welcome at Hoffman/SummerWood. Our Seder is…

Apr

18 2022

CBI Adult Ed Program: A Conversation with Lisa Scottoline

8:30PM - 10:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

This program will be presented in conjunction with CBI’s “Friends of the Library” and is virtual only.
Lisa Sco…

Apr

19 2022

CBI Board of Trustees meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

April, 2022 Board of Trustees meeting

Apr

20 2022

JCC Board of Directors Meeting

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

JCC Board of Directors Meeting

Apr

22 2022

Beth Israel Organ Sounds Concert

6:30PM - 7:30PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Join us at CBI for this concert featuring Virginius Barkauskas on our historic Austin organ. Virginius is a Lithuania…

Apr

24 2022

CBI Adult Ed Program: A Virtual Walking Tour of Jewish Prague

12:30PM - 2:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Virtual only. Top guides, Bonita Rhoads and Vadim Erent, will take us on a live stream tour through Prague's ancient …

Apr

24 2022

 

RED LETTER: Community Wide Yom Hashoah Commemoration
More information is coming soon.

Apr

25 2022

RED LETTER: Community-Wide Reading of the Names

8:00AM - 8:00PM  

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

 

Join us to light a candle to honor the memory of the six million Holocaust victims

Apr

26 2022

Virtual only. During this program, Rabbi Donna Berman, Executive Director of the Charter Oak Cultural Center, will di…

Apr

26 2022

Ethiopian Concert with Gili Yalo

7:00PM - 9:55PM  

Jane Pasternak
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

The Ethiopian Israeli International musician, Gili Yalo, combines an Ethiopian musical legacy with genres such as fun…

Apr

26 2022

Pearl Society Event

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Connecticut Historical Society
1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105

In-Person Pearl Society event

Apr

27 2022

CBI's Annual Yom HaShoah Reading of Names

4:00PM - 7:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

We invite you to take part in a simple but powerful tradition of the reading of names of those lost to The Holocaust.…

Apr

27 2022

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Board Meeting

4:00PM - 6:00PM  

Goldy Singh
333 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite D
West Hartford, CT 06117

Jewish Community Foundation Board Meeting

Apr

27 2022

UConn Hillel Board Meeting

7:00PM - 8:00PM  

UConn Hillel Board Meeting

Apr

28 2022

HOLD: Wallenberg Society Event

6:00PM - 8:00PM  

Wallenberg Society Spring Event

Apr

28 2022

Scholar-in-Residence

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

The Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford
CT, CT 06117

Dr. Keren McGinity will address the Conservative movement and inclusion of members of Jewish families who are of…

Apr

29 2022

Shabbat Service and Yom HaShoah remembrance

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation
37 South Main Street
Southington, CT 06789

Please join us as Rabbi Alana Wasserman leads us in a moving service as we welcome Shabbat with the memories of those…