Erev Passover
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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Apr 12, 2025
Apr 13, 2025
Passover
Apr 14, 2025
Passover
Apr 15, 2025
Passover
Apr 16, 2025
Passover
Apr 17, 2025
Passover
Apr 18, 2025
Passover
Apr 19, 2025
Passover
Apr 20, 2025
Passover
Apr 24, 2025
Yom HaShoah
Apr 30, 2025
Yom HaZikaron
Apr
1 2025
Understanding Swords of Iron - with IDF Col (ret.) Kobi Marom
12:00PM - 2:00PM
Mandell JCC Innovation Center
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join us for an exciting and informative lunch & learn with IDF Colonel (ret) Kobi Marom. Hear an insider view of th…
Apr
1 2025
RED LETTER: Guy Mintus Trio
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Guy Mintus Presents Rhapsody in Blue and White - A concert inspired by the synergy between the cultures of America and Israel
Apr
3 2025
Good. Great. Greater Hartford Event
6:00PM - 7:30PM
Stay tuned for more information regarding this Good. Great. Greater Hartford Event!
Apr
3 2025
Midas Man | Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival Screening
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002
Celebrate Opening Night of the 19th Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival with MIDAS MAN at the Yiddish Book Center!
Se…
Apr
3 2025
Friends, Fun & Fashion - Special Needs Fashion Show
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join JCC member and WFSB Channel 3’s Kara Sundlun as she emcees this special evening. Over 40 models will showcase …
Apr
4 2025
Shabbat Shebang! With the ECC
3:00PM - 3:30PM
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.
Apr
5 2025
RED LETTER EVENT: Spring Fling at CBI
5:30PM - 9:30PM
Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119
Join us for our annual fundraiser featuring the fabulous dueling pianos by Savage Piano, Havdalah followed by Hors d'…
Apr
6 2025
Emanuel Synagogue: Matzah Factory
10:30AM - 12:00PM
Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Dr
West Hartford, CT 06117
Come to our Matzah Factory where you will learn more about matzah and Passover! Enjoy a morning making matzah and cra…
Apr
6 2025
Friends of Yiddish Shmooze
10:30AM - 12:00PM
Zoom
CT
Friends of Yiddish is an informal social group that meets monthly on Sunday mornings via Zoom to shmooze, hear some…
Apr
6 2025
Welcome to Yiddishland | Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival Screening
11:00AM - 1:00PM
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002
This captivating documentary offers an upbeat, witty, and timely exploration of a global community of artists who are…
Apr
6 2025
Emanuel Synagogue: Sisterhood Movie (“Barbie”) and Discussion
2:00PM - 5:00PM
Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Dr
West Hartford, CT 06117
It’s Barbie Time with the Sisterhood!
We will be viewing the BARBIE movie and discussing its themes in a very part…
Apr
6 2025
The Glory of Life | Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival Screening
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002
Set against the picturesque Baltic Sea coast in 1923, this tender drama captures Franz Kafka’s final year, transfor…
Apr
6 2025
Apr
6 2025
RED LETTER: NEJA pop up restaurant
5:00PM - 9:00PM
New England Jewish Academy
Escape Passover cleaning and enjoy a meal at New England Jewish Academy. There will be a fixed menu and pricing avail…
Apr
6 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…
Apr
8 2025
Charoset Around the World
6:00AM - 8:00PM
JT Connect and Yaysh partner to explore the tastes and textures of Charoset around the world. JTConnect eligible teen…
Apr
8 2025
HJFF: Here Lived
6:30PM - 9:00PM
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06119
Join the Phyllis Hoffman Hartford Jewish Film Festival and Voices of Hope for HERE LIVED, The story of hidden childre…
Apr
8 2025
Apr
8 2025
Virtual Lecture: Antisemitism, Old & New with Dr. Shale Horowitz
7:00PM - 8:00PM
About lecture: After defining antisemitism, we survey important ideological and political sources of antisemitism.…
Apr
9 2025
Apr
10 2025
Zachs Hillel Center Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
5:30PM - 7:30PM
UH University Commons Ground Floor
Zachs Hillel Center Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Apr
11 2025
Shabbat Shebang! With the ECC
3:00PM - 3:30PM
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.
Apr
12 2025
Apr
14 2025
Apr
13 2025
Emanuel Synagogue: Second Seder
5:00PM - 9:00PM
Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Dr
West Hartford, CT 06117
Celebrate Passover with family and friends- and participate in the Seder, co-lead by Rabbi David Small and Hazzan Dan…
Apr
18 2025
Shabbat Shebang! With the ECC
3:00PM - 3:30PM
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.
Apr
18 2025
Apr
20 2025
Apr
20 2025
Friends of Yiddish Shmooze
10:30AM - 12:00PM
Zoom
CT
Friends of Yiddish is an informal social group that meets monthly on Sunday mornings via Zoom to shmooze, hear some…
Apr
21 2025
Apr
21 2025
The Future We Make
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Temple Beth David
3 Main Street
Cheshire, CT 06410
Join Temple Beth David on April 21 at 7:00pm for The Future We Make, where speakers will share lessons learned from t…
Apr
22 2025
Jewish Community Foundation Board Meeting
4:30PM - 6:30PM
Community Service Building
333 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117
Jewish Community Foundation Board Meeting
Apr
22 2025
Live Virtual Lecture - The Dynamics of Israel-US Relations
7:00PM - 8:00PM
Scholars Circle is co-created by Chai Mitzvah and Simon Lichter. This is our 33rd lecture with nearly 3,000 people…
Apr
23 2025
Mandell JCC - Board Meeting
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Sandy Goldstein
335 Bloomfield Avenue
Innovation Center
West Hartford, CT 06117
Mandell JCC - Board Meeting
Apr
24 2025
Apr
25 2025
Apr
24 2025
Never Forget: Lee Oskar’s Story Through Music and Art
6:00PM - 6:30PM
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave
Innovation Room
West Hartford, CT 06117
All ticket sales support our community partner Voices of Hope - a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization…
Apr
24 2025
Schechter Monthly Board Meeting
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Solomon Schechter Day School
26 Buena Vista Road
West Hartford, CT 06117
9th Schechter Monthly Board Meeting
Apr
24 2025
Yom HaShoah Speaker: Leon Chameides
7:30PM - 9:30PM
Beth Sholom B'nai Israel
400 Middle Turnpike East
Manchester, CT 06040
Leon Chameides, MD will be joining us to tell his story of his childhood years spent in the Lwów ghetto with his par…
Apr
25 2025
Annual Holocaust Commemoration at The Capitol
10:00AM - 11:30AM
State Capitol
Annual Holocaust Commemoration
Apr
25 2025
Shabbat Shebang! With the ECC
3:00PM - 3:30PM
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.
Apr
27 2025
Treasured Tchotchkes: A Round Table of Heirloom Stories
1:30PM - 3:30PM
Temple Sinai
4 West Hartford Rd
Newington, CT 06111
Join the Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut (JGSCT) for a special hybrid event where you are the program!…
Apr
27 2025
Exhibit Opening | Albert Chasan: Painting His Parents’ Lives
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Growing up in 1930s New York City, Albert Chasan would listen to his parents talk in Yiddish about their harsh childh…
Apr
27 2025
Apr
29 2025
Yom Hazikaron Ceremony
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
A ceremony for Israel Remembrance Day.
We will gather to remember Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror, tho…
Apr
29 2025
Apr
30 2025
Apr
29 2025
Apr
30 2025
Apr
29 2025
Apr
30 2025
Apr
29 2025
Apr
30 2025
Apr
30 2025
Community Tekes Ma'avar: Yom HaZikaron & Yom HaAtzmaut Celebration
6:30PM - 9:30PM
New England Jewish Academy
300 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
Together, mark the transition between the commemoration of Yom HaZikaron, Israel's Remembrance Day, and the…
Apr
30 2025
Glastonbury Holocaust Remembrance Evening
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Glastonbury First Church of Christ
2183 Main Street
Glastonbury, CT 06033
2nd Annual Holocaust Remembrance Evening. The entire community is invited to attend and join us to as we commemorate …
Apr
30 2025
Kol Zahav Yom HaAtzmaut Concert
8:00PM - 9:30PM
Beth David Synagogue
20 Dover Road
West Hartford, CT 06119
The concert will commemorate Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut with music and readings.