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.

To download a four-year Jewish Holiday Calendar, click here.

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, 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

 

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…