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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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Jun 19, 2023
Juneteenth
Jun

1 2023

Lion of Judah gratitude event

Jun

2 2023

CBI Pride Flag Raising

7:00PM - 7:30PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

 

Join us in person or over Facebook Live for the raising of our Jewish Pride Flag which will fly for the entirety of P…

Jun

2 2023

CBI's Boomer Simcha Shabbat Service

7:30PM - 8:30PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Boomer Shabbat is back after a 3 year hiatus!!! Please join us as we connect our Friday evening liturgy to music of t…

Jun

3 2023

CBI's Tot Shabbat

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…

Jun

3 2023

CBI's Tot Shabbat

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…

Jun

4 2023

Robert Fechtor Memorial Tennis Tournament- JCC Swim and Tennis Club

8:00AM - 4:00PM  

Annie Keith
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

The Mandell JCC invites you to participate in the 1st Annual Robert Fechtor Memorial Tennis Tournament to support the…

Jun

4 2023

Swords to Plowshares Northeast Event at CBI

10:00AM - 1:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Join us for this hands on experience of taking guns from police buy back programs and turning them into garden tools.…

Jun

4 2023

Allegra Levy Family Concert

11:00AM - 1:30PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

 

Allegra Levy is a jazz singer-songwriter, and was named one of the top 10 ten rising stars among jazz vocalists.
A fa…

Jun

4 2023

RED LETTER: Jewish Historical Society 50th Anniversary Gala

4:30PM - 9:00PM  

Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117

Celebrate the Jewish Historical Society's 50th anniversary with a dinner and concert.

Jun

5 2023

PASC Meeting to create funding recommendations for FY24

Jun

5 2023

Wexner Heritage Program Seminar

5:30PM - 9:30PM  

 

The Wexner Heritage Program New England 21 Cohort will meet for their seminar.

Jun

6 2023

 

Celebrate the Year Two successes of Life & Legacy with donors and community partners.

Jun

6 2023

Schechter Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Schechter Day School
26 Buena Vista Road
West Hartford, CT 06117

 

Final Schechter Board Meeting with Vote on New Trustees

Jun

7 2023

CLI - Bringing It Home

5:30PM - 7:30PM  

TBD

 

 

Jun

8 2023

Solomon Schechter Graduation

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford
26 Buena Vista Road
West Hartford, CT 06107

 

Graduation ceremony for Schechter's 8th grade students

Jun

11 2023

CBI's Adult Ed: A Live Walking Tour of Jewish Amsterdam

12:00PM - 1:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Virtual tour of Amsterdam's former Jewish neighborhood, the holocaust in Amsterdam and the story of Ian’s own famil…

Jun

12 2023

Lunch & Learn with Emunah

12:00PM - 1:00PM  

Community Services Building - Board Room
333 Bloomfield Ave
Suite c
West Hartford, CT 06117

Detail coming soon!

Learn more about Emunah at https://www.emunahafula.org/en/

Jun

12 2023

Annual Membership Meeting followed by Board of Directors Meeting

6:00PM - 8:00PM  

Beth David Syagogue

West Hartford, CT 06119

Beth David Synagogue Annual Membership Meeting followed by Board of Directors Meeting

Jun

12 2023

In-person joint program with authors Weina Dai Randel and Michael Frank.

Jun

13 2023

CBI's SAGE: Playhouse on Park with Faith Fuerst

11:00AM - 12:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Playhouse on Park is an award-winning regional theater founded in 2009 in West Hartford. Faith Fuerst serves as the C…

Jun

13 2023

JLA's Presidents' Circle

6:00PM - 8:00PM  

Presidents and chairs of area synagogue and Jewish agency boards are welcome to join us for a light dinner, networkin…

Jun

14 2023

Global Connections with Robert Siegel: Changing Times in Real Estate

4:00PM - 5:00PM  

Halie Shost
Central Park West, New York, NY, USA
Zoom
New York, NY 10012

 

Robert Siegel (NPR) interviews: Scott Rechler & Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh

Jun

14 2023

RED LETTER: JCC Annual Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

JCC Annual Meeting

Jun

15 2023

JFS Annual Meeting

6:00PM - 8:00PM  

JFS Annual Meeting

Jun

16 2023

CBI's Pride Shabbat Service

7:30PM - 8:30PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

 

Join us for our annual Pride Shabbat to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride month and CBI's commitment to be a spiritual home for …

Jun

17 2023

CBI's Tot Shabbat

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…

Jun

17 2023

CBI's Tot Shabbat

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…

Jun

19 2023

 

At the Howard J. Siegal Leadership Institute, participants learn the skills to engage donors in meaningful dialogue a…

Jun

20 2023

The Prodigal Son: A Jewish Story

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Beth David Synagogue
20 Dover Road
West Hartford, CT 06119

Annual Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Lecture by Prof. Amy-Jill Levine, Hartford International University:
The Prodigal Son…

Jun

21 2023

JFGH Board Meeting

5:00PM - 7:00PM  

JFGH Board Room
333 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117

Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford Board Meeting

Jun

21 2023

The Frank Stavis Impact + Influence Fellowship is designed for emerging leaders who aim to leave a lasting impact on …

Jun

22 2023

Tap & Talk at Urban Lodge Brewing Co. | Men's Engagement Event

6:00PM - 7:30PM  

Urban Lodge Brewing Co.
47 Purnell Place
Manchester, CT 06040

Join us at Urban Lodge Brewing Co. in Manchester for JFGH's next Men's Engagement gathering. Our Men's Engagement…

Jun

24 2023

Shabbat Playgroup in the Park

3:00PM - 5:00PM  

Eisenhower park
13 Sheep Hill Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117

Calling all 0-5 year olds and their grown-ups: come find your people at the park! Join Rabbi Zerin, Dr. Eliyahu, and …

Jun

25 2023

Adult Ed - The 100 Most Jewish Foods

2:00PM - 3:30PM  

Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation
37 Main Street
Southington, CT 06489

In Judaism, food is more than just nourishment for our bodies; it's sustenance for our souls. At the Passover seder, …

Jun

25 2023

Jewish National Fund-USA From Blue Box to Netflix

6:30PM - 8:30PM  

Mark Twain House & Museum
351 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105

 

When Mark Twain visited Israel, he said, “there was hardly a tree or a shrub anywhere” and described it as dreary…

Jun

27 2023

CBI's SAGE: "Birdcage" with Jeff Smith

10:00AM - 12:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

 

What happens when you combine the comic genius of Robin Williams with the acting chops of Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, …

Jun

27 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