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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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Jan 1, 2025
Jan 1, 2025
New Year's Day
Jan 2, 2025
Chanukah
Jan 20, 2025
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan
1 2025
LATKES AND LIGHTS
4:30PM - 6:30PM
Beth Sholom B'nai Israel
400 Middle Turnpike East
Manchester, CT 06040
Latkes and Lights
Wednesday, January 1st at 4:30pm
Celebrate the Last Night of Hanukkah with Us! Gather your family a…
Jan
2 2025
CBI's Baby Talk: For Parents of Infants Aged 0-12 Months
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
FOR PARENTS OF 0-12 MONTHS CHILDREN! Bring yourself and your 0-12 month old baby (if you'd like!). Please bring a bla…
Jan
3 2025
Shabbat Shebang! With the ECC
9:40AM - 10:10AM
New England Jewish Academy
300 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join NEJA for Shabbat Shebang! Parents bring your children ages 4 and under for some fun music, shabbat songs and prayers.
Jan
4 2025
CBI's Superhero Tot Shabbat
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Dress in your favorite superhero costume! Super snacks and drinks will be served. Children under 6 and their families…
Jan
8 2025
Board meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
Jan
8 2025
Community Leadership Initiative
5:30PM - 8:30PM
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
333 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite C
West Hartford, CT 06117
The Community Leadership Initiative (CLI) is a 10-month program designed for senior level lay leaders from Greater Ha…
Jan
8 2025
The Book of Tanya: The Bible of Chassidism
7:30PM - 9:00PM
The Book of Tanya, authored by the legendary Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, first “Rebbe” of the Chabad dynasty, …
Jan
9 2025
Inside the Middle East with Avi Melamed
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join us on January 9 at 7 PM for an enlightening evening with renowned geopolitical expert and educator, Avi…
Jan
9 2025
The Art of Jewish Papercutting with Deborah Ugoretz
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Zoom
Artist Deborah Ugoretz first discovered Jewish papercutting forty-seven years ago. Since then she has worked with tex…
Jan
10 2025
Shabbat Shebang! With the ECC
9:40AM - 10:10AM
New England Jewish Academy
300 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join NEJA for Shabbat Shebang! Parents bring your children ages 4 and under for some fun music, shabbat songs and prayers.
Jan
10 2025
CBI's Kol Shabbat Service & Community Dinner
6:00PM - 7:45PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Kol Shabbat is a camp-style service with a song-leader playing guitar, perfect for all ages! Join us following our se…
Jan
10 2025
Shabbat Services in Southington
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congegation
37 Main Street
Southington,, CT 06489
Shabbat services in a Reform congregation.
Jan
11 2025
CBI's Musical Morning Shabbat Service & Lunch
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Join us for a music-filled participatory Shabbat Morning Service with our cantorial soloist Adam Blotner followed by …
Jan
11 2025
Opening Weekend: Hartford Jewish Film Festival
7:00PM - 10:00PM
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join us for the first film of the 2025 Phyllis Hoffman Hartford Jewish Film Festival! BLISS (original title HEMDA) st…
Jan
12 2025
Jewish Book Festival - Lynne Azarchi
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Mandell Jewish Community Center
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Lynne Azarchi, author of " Countering Antisemitism & Hate: A How-To-Guide for Youth (8-18), Family and Educators" wil…
Jan
12 2025
Opening Weekend: Hartford Jewish Film Festival
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117
Opening weekend of the Phyllis Hoffman Hartford Jewish Film Festival continues with CENTERED: JOE LIEBERMAN, a docume…
Jan
14 2025
CBI's Speaker Program: American Politics, Elections, and Governing
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
This is a virtual only program, please visit www.cbict.org/calendar for the Zoom information.
The last decade has see…
Jan
14 2025
Treasurer’s Circle
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
333 Bloomfield Ave, Suite C
West Hartford, CT 06117
Treasurer’s Circle brings together finance leaders of all synagogues and Jewish organizations with the goals to bre…
Jan
15 2025
JFS Board of Directors Meeting
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Community Services Building
333 BLOOMFIELD AVE STE A
West Hartford, CT 06117
Regular meeting of the JFS Board of Directors
Jan
16 2025
Israel & Overseas FY25 Recommendation Committee Meeting
5:30PM - 7:30PM
Jewish Federation Board Room
333 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Israel & Overseas committee meeting to develop recommendations for the Board of Directors.
Jan
16 2025
CBI's Adult Ed: "Changes in Israeli Politics & Society"
8:30PM - 9:30PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
This is a virtual only program, please register at www.cbict.org. Ilai Saltzman, Director of the Gildenhorn Institute…
Jan
17 2025
Shabbat Shebang! With the ECC
9:40AM - 10:10AM
New England Jewish Academy
300 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join NEJA for Shabbat Shebang! Parents bring your children ages 4 and under for some fun music, shabbat songs and prayers.
Jan
18 2025
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…
Jan
19 2025
HJFF: Ain't No Back to a Merry Go Round
3:00PM - 5:00PM
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join us for the documentary AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY GO ROUND, documenting Jews partnering with Blacks to end desegre…
Jan
20 2025
HJFF: AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY GO ROUND
11:00AM - 1:00PM
Hartford, CT
Join us for a viewing of the film AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY GO ROUND, documenting a desegregation effort in suburban W…
Jan
20 2025
Beth David Movie Night
5:00PM - 8:30PM
Beth David Synogogue
20 Dover Road
WEST HARTFORD, CT 06119
movie night at Beth David - snacks and drinks will be provided!
Jan
21 2025
Jan
22 2025
Mandell JCC - Board Meeting
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Sandy Goldstein
335 Bloomfield Avenue
Innovation Center
West Hartford, CT 06117
Mandell JCC - Board Meeting
Jan
23 2025
Conversation with professor Samuel Kassow, translator of Warsaw Testament
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Zoom
Join us for an evening in conversation with renowned scholar Samuel Kassow (Trinity College) about his new translatio…
Jan
23 2025
Schechter Monthly Board Meeting
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Schechter Day School
26 Buena Vista Road
West Hartford, CT 06117
6th Schechter Monthly Board Meeting
Jan
24 2025
Shabbat Shebang! With the ECC
9:40AM - 10:10AM
New England Jewish Academy
300 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join NEJA for Shabbat Shebang! Parents bring your children ages 4 and under for some fun music, shabbat songs and prayers.
Jan
24 2025
CBI's Shabbat LIVE! Service & Community Dinner
6:30PM - 8:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Lift your spirits and inspire your soul at this Shabbat Service with contemporary and Jewish tunes by our amazing Sha…
Jan
25 2025
Beth El Temple Trivia Throwdown
8:00PM - 10:00PM
Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117
Come one, come all to our annual trivia night with professional trivia master Rob Guilmette.
Jan
26 2025
TUBE'shvat - celebrate Tu B'shvat with snow tubing at Powder Ridge!
1:00PM - 3:30PM
Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort
99 Powder Hill Rd
Middlefield, CT 06455
Tu BiShvat is a festive opportunity to honor the natural world — and what better way to celebrate “the birthday o…
Jan
26 2025
HJFF: Avenue of the Giants
3:00PM - 5:00PM
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join us for AVENUE OF THE GIANTS. Starring Stephen Lang (Avatar) and Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade), AVENUE OF THE GIANT…
Jan
28 2025
CBI's Speaker Program: The State of Anti-Semitism with Stacey Sobel
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
The State of Anti-Semitism with Stacey Sobel, a virtual only program. Visit www.cbict.org/calendar for the Zoom infor…
Jan
28 2025
HJFF: Unspoken
7:00PM
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
The Phyllis Hoffman Hartford Jewish Film Festival continues with UNSPOKEN. When a closeted, religious teenager finds …
Jan
30 2025
JFGH Board Meeting
5:00PM - 7:00PM
Community Services Building
333 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
JFGH Board Meeting
Jan
30 2025
CBI's Adult Ed: "Jewish Mexico"
8:30PM - 9:30PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
A virtual only program, register at www.cbict.org. “Jewish Mexico” with Monica Unikel-Fasja will be a visual tour…
Jan
31 2025
Shabbat Shebang! With the ECC
9:40AM - 10:10AM
New England Jewish Academy
300 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join NEJA for Shabbat Shebang! Parents bring your children ages 4 and under for some fun music, shabbat songs and prayers.