Tu B'Shevat
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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Feb 6, 2023
Feb 20, 2023
Presidents' Day
Feb
2 2023
Adult Ed: Filmshul Presents "World War II & Hollywood's Jewish Question"
8:30PM - 10:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
The Production Code in 1934, the Great Depression, the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and a general growth in anti…
Feb
4 2023
Tu B'Shevat Ice Cream Seder!
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation
37 Main Street
Southington, CT, CT 06489
Join Rabbi Alana Wasserman and the Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation families as we celebrate the birthday of the tr…
Feb
5 2023
Monthly activities for youth of all ages
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Beth David Synagogue
20 Dover Road
West Hartford, CT 06119
• February 5: Planting joy for Tu B’Shevat • March 5: Purim fun • April 2: Ready for Passover • May 7:…
Feb
5 2023
Friendship Circle - Cirque De FC
2:30PM - 5:00PM
Cirque De FC
Back by popular demand - this time skill building! Juggling, tight rope, and teamwork. There will be 2 …
Feb
5 2023
Generations of Jewish Farming
4:00PM - 5:00PM
CT
Join us for an illustrated Zoom talk with Frank Himmelstein, whose family has been farming in Lebanon for 110 years.…
Feb
5 2023
Stop the Bleed Training--Training for Everyone
5:30PM - 7:00PM
Beth David Synagogue
20 Dover Road
West Hartford, CT 06119
Come learn techniques that anyone can use to help save a life in the case of severe injury. Stop the Bleed was…
Feb
5 2023
THE 5th Annual Margot Jeremias Memorial Kristallnacht Commemoration Lecture
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Young Israel of West Hartford
2240 Albany Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Children During the Shoah: A Personal Odyssey Presented by Dr. Leon Chameides.
Sponsored by Helen & Les Loew in memor…
Feb
6 2023
Wexner Heritage Program Seminar
5:30PM - 9:30PM
Wexner Heritage Program New England 21 Cohort will meet for their seminar.
Feb
7 2023
Feb
8 2023
CBI's Adult Ed: Jewish Film Series "Promised Lands"
8:00PM - 9:30PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
This is a virtual only program offered in partnership with Highland Park Conservative Temple-Congregation Anshe Emeth…
Feb
11 2023
Pink Shabbat
7:00PM - 9:30PM
Veteran's Memorial Rink
56 Buena Vista Road
West Hartford, CT 06107
Pink shabbat Havdallah and skate at Veteran's Memorial Rink to benefit breast cancer research.
Feb
12 2023
Love Stories from the Torah
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Temple Beth Hillel
20 Baker Lane
South Windsor, CT 06074
Love Stories From the Torah
Feb
12 2023
Annual Super Bowl Party and Raffle
6:00PM - 10:00PM
Beth David Synagogue
20 Dover Road
West Hartford, CT 06119
Join us on February 12 for our annual Super Bowl Party and Raffle to support numerous programs at Beth David and to…
Feb
13 2023
Kindergarten Preview Day
9:00AM - 12:00PM
Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford
26 Buena Vista Road
West Hartford, CT 06107
A fun program for kindergarten-bound children involving activities with current K students, and the chance to…
Feb
15 2023
Robert Siegel (NPR) interviews: David Ignatius (Washington Post), Kori Schake (American Enterprise Institute), Amb.…
Feb
15 2023
CLI - Creating Community: Belonging?
5:30PM - 7:30PM
TBD
Therefore Hillel said: ‘Separate not thyself from the community.’” [Tauhauma B. and Nizzahim 25A]Focus on loca…
Feb
15 2023
JHS Board meeting
7:30PM - 8:30PM
Board meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
Feb
16 2023
CBI's Adult Ed: "Blood Libel: On the Trail of the Anti-Semitic Myth"
8:30PM - 10:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Magda Teter, Professor of Jewish History and the Shvidler Chair of Jewish Studies, Fordham University, presents
“Bl…
Feb
17 2023
Shabbat in Southington
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation
37 Main Street
Southington, CT 06489
Join Rabbi Alana Wasserman and the Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation families as we celebrate Shabbat!! For more inf…
Feb
21 2023
M(ensch).V.P.
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Doron Sheffer, Israeli basketball player and former UConn basketball player, speaks about his new book "Mensch.V.P.: …
Feb
21 2023
Voices of Hope Board Meeting
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Kathy Fishman
20 Waterside Drive, Suite 100
Farmington, CT 06032
Voices of Hope Board Meeting
Feb
22 2023
Feb
22 2023
Feb
23 2023
RED LETTER: Women in Leadership
6:30PM - 9:00PM
TBD
This joint program between JLA and Women's Philanthropy will feature ways for women to make a difference.
Feb
25 2023
Tot Tefillah (ages 0-5) Shabbat mornings at Beth David Synagogue
11:30AM - 12:00PM
Beth David Synagogue
20 Dover Road
West Hartford, CT 06119
Singing and storytelling for parent and child.
Feb
26 2023
Breakfast Program with Former Basketball Player Doron Sheffer
9:15AM - 11:30AM
Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join us for a breakfast program with Doron Sheffer, Israeli Retired Professional Basketball Player!
Sheffer is a fat…
Feb
26 2023
Destination Mitzvah
9:30AM - 11:30AM
The Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117
5th, 6th, & 7th Graders and their parents from across the Greater Hartford Jewish community are invited to this speci…
Feb
26 2023
Author Oren Kessler discusses his new book, Palestine 1936:The Great Revolt
10:30AM - 12:00PM
Zoom
sign-up link: https://www.jewishnewhaven.org/israeli-breakfast-a-sunday-morning-book-talk-with-oren-kessler.
Join us on Sunday, February 26 at 10:30 a.m. for a conversation with Israeli author Oren Kessler on his newly release…
Feb
26 2023
Continuing the Momentum
12:30PM - 2:30PM
Learn, write, share, and explore your power and voice as Terry Wolfisch Cole helps our Momentum moms continue their j…
Feb
26 2023
Raising Jewish Disability Inclusive Children - Educating through Puppetry
1:00PM - 3:00PM
Mandell JCC of Greater Hartford
CT
In honor of Jewish Disability Awareness Inclusion Month, Friendship Circle of Greater Hartford will be hosting NYC Ki…
Feb
26 2023
Technology and Screen Time: How Much is Too Much?
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford
26 Buena Vista Road
West Hartford, CT 06107
Hear from experts in the field about this hot topic for parents. Light refreshments will be served. rsvp to sraymond@…
Feb
27 2023
Wexner Heritage Program Seminar
5:30PM - 9:30PM
Wexner Heritage Program New England 21 Cohort will meet for their seminar.
Feb
27 2023
Beth David Synagogue Board of Directors
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Beth David Syagogue
20 Dover Road
West Hartford, CT 06119
Monthly Board Meeting
Feb
28 2023
JLA Presidents' Circle
6:30PM - 8:00PM
Community Services Building
333 Bloomfield Ave
Suite c
West Hartford, CT 06117
“Always choose influence rather than power. It helps change people into people who can change the world.” ― Rab…