Community Calendar

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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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Nov

17 2019

Playhouse on Park, Shayna Maidel

12:30PM - 4:30PM  

Playhouse on Park
244 Park Road
West Hartford, CT 06119

Pre-show reception, play, and talk back with the cast

Nov

17 2019

How to Design and Construct a Family History Book Entirely by Yourself

1:30PM - 3:30PM  

Temple Sinai
41 West Hartford Road
Newington, CT 06111

The presentation covers, in detail, how to design and construct a book for self-publishing, including aesthetic…

Nov

17 2019

Aleph: The Israel We Rarely See

4:00PM - 6:00PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

The Israel We Rarely See: An Anthropologist’s Window onto the Lives of Migrant Workers in South Tel Aviv
Why should…

Nov

17 2019

Friendship Circle Music and Cooking Club

4:00PM - 5:30PM  

HHNE
300 bloomfield ave 06117

Friendship Circle Music and Cooking Club

Nov

17 2019

RED LETTER: Emanuel Synagogue Cantor's Concert

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Lisa Lenkiewicz
Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117

Cantor's Concert in honor of Emanuel Synagogue's Centennial

Nov

18 2019

Voices of Hope Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Kathy Fishman

Voices of Hope Board Meeting

Nov

19 2019

Nov

19 2019

Lunch & Learn with Benay Lappe

12:00PM - 1:00PM  

CSB Room 203
333 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Benay Lappe by invitation only

Nov

19 2019

Red Letter: Community Forum: "CRASH Theory: How Change Happens"

6:30PM - 8:30PM  

The Mark Twain House and Museum
385 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105

Learn about “crash theory”: a simple but elegant model of how all change happens.

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Nov

20 2019

Johannes Heil (Heidelberg) on pre-Rabbinic Western Jewish Textual Tradition

1:15PM - 2:15PM  

UConn Humanitites Institute Conference Room, 4th-Floor Babbidge Library
369 Fairfield Way
Storrs Campus
Storrs, Mansfield, CT CT 06269

Talk by Prof. Johannes Heil: Patrologia Judaica? Exploring the pre-Rabbinic Western Jewish Textual Tradition

Wednesd…

Nov

20 2019

JCC Board of Directors meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

JCC Board of Directors meeting

Nov

20 2019

Jewish Family Services Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Community Services Building
333 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Jewish Family Services.
To be held in the Community Services Building large confe…

Nov

20 2019

Woman Warrior Dina Hurwitz on Pain, Faith, Humor, Strength

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Chabad House of Greater Hartford
2353 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Dina & Yitzi Hurwitz’ story is a love story.
The parents of 7 beautiful children, Dina is the proud, loving wife of…

Nov

21 2019

ADL - Never is Now

9:00AM - 5:00PM  

Jacob K. Javits Center

New York, NY

ADL’s Summit on Anti-Semitism and Hate

Register now at www.neverisnow.org

Nov

21 2019

Ensuring Safety for All Jews

5:00PM - 8:00PM  

Tumblebrook Country Club
376 Simsbury Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002

Ensuring Safety for all Jews
A special briefing with Arielle DiPorto, Director of Aliyah and Absorption, The Jewish …

Nov

21 2019

JTConnect Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Zachs Campus
333 Bloomfield Ave
Room 203
West Hartford , CT 06117

JTConnect Board Meeting

Nov

22 2019

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Nov

24 2019

BBYO Connecticut Valley Region Fall Convention 2019

4:00PM - 2:00PM  

Danbury Crowne Plaza Hotel

All 9th - 12th grader members, get ready to join CVR for our annual Fall Spirit Competition!

 

Early Registration:…

Nov

23 2019

Mix it up Shabbat

9:30AM - 2:20PM  

Beth David Synagogue
20 Dover Rd
West Hartford, CT 06119

Get to know your fellow congregants - and visitors - with good food, great company, and the help of some Talking Stic…

Nov

23 2019

Join us for an hour of study with your child/ren or grandchild/ren! Bring something to learn on your own or explore…