Rosh Hashanah
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.
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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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Sep 26 - Sep 27, 2022
Sep
1 2022
Celebrate CBI!
6:00PM - 7:30PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Join us for some fun and CONNECT with Congregation Beth Israel! We’ll have the TOASTED food truck, Mr. Softee Ice C…
Sep
3 2022
Tot Shabbat at CBI
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Children under 6, siblings, parents, grandparents - the whole mishpocha - are invited to join us. We will sing and da…
Sep
5 2022
Labor day Weekend Concert
1:00PM - 3:00PM
Rabbi Jaffee
160 Simsbury Rd
West Hartford, CT 06117
Labor day concert, Live Music, Kosher food and Drink. Come Reconnect with family and friends before Rosh Hashanah
Sep
6 2022
"Inside the Middle East: Entering a New Era" with Avi Melamed
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Zoom
Noted Middle East analyst Avi Melamed returns to our community via Zoom for a webinar examining why the region is ent…
Sep
7 2022
RED LETTER: JFGH Annual Meeting
5:00PM - 5:30PM
Zoom
Please join Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford on Zoom for our 2022 Annual Meeting, where we will elect new volunt…
Sep
7 2022
JFGH Board Meeting
6:00PM - 7:30PM
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
333 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford will hold their Board Meeting immediately after the Annual Meeting.
Sep
7 2022
Lay Led Minyan
6:00PM - 7:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Join us for an informal evening service with Deborah Savage. It is a great way to mark the end of your day in a quiet…
Sep
8 2022
JLA Community Board Orientation with Nanette Fridman
6:30PM - 8:00PM
Mandell JCC Innovation Center
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Anyone in our community who is a board member is invited to attend Community Board Member Orientation
This single-ev…
Sep
9 2022
Kol Shabbat Community Dinner & Service
5:45PM - 7:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Join us for a traditional Kosher meal prior to our Kol Shabbat Service at 6:30pm.
Sep
11 2022
RED LETTER: Descendants of the Shoah Conference
11:00AM - 4:00PM
, CT
2nd Descendants of the Shoah Conference
Sep
11 2022
Sep
11 2022
RED LETTER: Distinguished Service Award Banquet
5:30PM - 8:30PM
Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
The Beth El Temple Men's Club cordially invites you to attend our Distinguished Service Award Banquet honoring Sharon…
Sep
12 2022
CLI - Jewish Leadership: Making an Impact Together
5:30PM - 7:30PM
Mandell JCC Innovation Center
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
CLI Session #1
Sep
12 2022
Wexner Heritage Program Seminar
5:30PM - 9:30PM
Wexner Heritage Program New England 21 Cohort will meet for their seminar.
Sep
13 2022
Sep
13 2022
Proudly Jewish: LGBTQ Jews in Greater Hartford
7:30PM - 8:30PM
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue,
West Hartford, CT 06117
This panel will examine how LGBTQ Jews in the Hartford area have made a place for themselves in the Jewish community…
Sep
14 2022
Robert Siegel (NPR) interviews Dr. Robert Satloff (Washington Institute), Dr. Aaron David Miller (Carnegie…
Sep
14 2022
Sep
14 2022
Crazy to Leave You: Evening Book Discussion with Marilyn Simon Rothstein
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Women's Network of Beth El Temple & The Emanuel Sisterhood invite you to a book discussion with author & Beth El…
Sep
14 2022
Sep
15 2022
Mandell JCC Book Festival Event with Michael Twitty
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Join us for a virtual event with Michael W. Twitty, a noted culinary and cultural historian and autho…
Sep
15 2022
Adult Ed: In Search of Ancient Israel
8:30PM - 9:30PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
“In Search of Ancient Israel: Historical Roots of the Biblical Narrative” with Gary Rendsburg, Distinguished Prof…
Sep
17 2022
Tot Shabbat at CBI
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Children under 6, siblings, parents, grandparents - the whole mishpocha - are invited to join us. We will sing and da…
Sep
17 2022
Community Selichot Celebration at Temple Beth Hillel
6:00PM - 8:30PM
Temple Beth Hillel
20 Baker Lane
South Windsor, CT
Join us as we prepare for the High Holy Days with a co-sponsored community Selichot Study and Service at Temple Beth …
Sep
17 2022
Community Selichot Service
6:00PM - 9:00PM
Temple Beth HIllel
20 Baker Lane
South Windsor, CT 06074
Community Selichot
Sep
17 2022
Saturday Night Selichot
9:30PM - 10:30PM
NEJA
300 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Remembering Rosh HaShana in the Shtetl
Remarks by Mr. Bumi Gelb...........9:30 PM
Slow Shira Selichot................…
Sep
18 2022
Back to Beth El Carnival & Community Celebration
11:30AM - 1:30PM
Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
This event is free and open to the public! Prospective members encouraged to join us!
Enjoy an inflatable obstacle c…
Sep
18 2022
Friendship Circle Young Adult Pre-Rosh Hashanah Social
2:00PM - 3:30PM
Friendship Circle Young Adults will have an opportunity to reconnect with friends while participating in pre -Rosh Ha…
Sep
18 2022
Houses of Worship: Tour of Congregation Beth Israel
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
The first in a series featuring area synagogues, this tour will highlight the history and architecture of…
Sep
19 2022
Wexner Heritage Program Seminar
5:30PM - 9:30PM
Wexner Heritage Program New England 21 Cohort will meet for their seminar.
Sep
19 2022
Jewish Historical Society board meeting
7:30PM - 8:30PM
Mandell JCC
Board meeting of the Jewish Historical Society
Sep
21 2022
Men’s Philanthropy Golf Outing
3:00PM - 6:00PM
Men’s Philanthropy Golf Outing at Tumble Brook Country Club
Sep
21 2022
JLA Advisory Board Meeting
6:00PM - 7:30PM
Zoom
Welcome to the JLA 2022/2023 Program Year! We look forward to gathering with our Advisory Board via zoom.
Sep
21 2022
Lay Led Minyan
6:00PM - 7:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Join us for an informal evening service with Deborah Savage. It is a great way to mark the end of your day in a quiet…
Sep
22 2022
RED LETTER: Rescuers - Community Screening
7:30PM - 9:30PM
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117
The Rescuers, a film from Executive Producer Joyce D. Mandell and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Michael King, uncovers…
Sep
25 2022
Sep
26 2022
Rosh Hashanah in Southington
7:00PM - 12:00AM
Laura Minor
Services for Rosh Hashanah live and on Zoom.
Sep
28 2022
Sep
29 2022
Friendship Circle Challagrams
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Friendship Circle Members will participate in Shabbat activities-including challah braiding.
Sep
29 2022
Emerging Leadership Division Tash & Nosh
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Federation's Emerging Leadership Division presents Tash & Nosh
Thursday, September 29 @ 6:00pm
At a private home in W…
Sep
30 2022
I'd Like To Say Sorry, But There's No One to Say Sorry To
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Virtual conversation with the author Mikolaj Grynberg.