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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

15 2018

Meaningful Conversation in Turbulent Times - Part 1

9:00AM - 4:00PM  



CT

Meaningful Conversations in Turbulent Times: Facilitating Dialogue Across Divides
A Two-Part Facilitated Workshop wit…

Apr

15 2018

Good Deeds Day at the J

11:00AM - 4:00PM  

Elana MacGilpin
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Good Deeds Day is a global day that unites people from over 90 countries to do good
deeds for the benefit of others a…

Apr

15 2018

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Apr

22 2018

2018 Israel Festival

12:00PM - 4:00PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

The 2018 Israel Festival will focus on celebrating Israel @ 70 and will include community wide events for children, f…

Apr

15 2018

Planning a Future for Your Family’s Past

1:30PM - 3:30PM  

Temple Sinai
41 West Hartford Road
Newington, CT 06111

Learn how to organize your family documents.

Apr

15 2018

Red Letter: Yom Hashoah Commemoration

6:00PM - 10:00PM  

TBD

Community wide commemoration to honor the memory of the martyred six million.
Candle lighting and procession at 6:00 …

Apr

16 2018

Symposium 75th Anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
 

University of Hartford
Harry Jack Gray Center
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Samantha Baskind, Cleveland State University "The Warsaw Ghetto in American Art and Culture" and Avinoam Patt, …

Apr

16 2018

Reading of the Names

8:00AM - 8:00PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT

Reading of the Names

Apr

16 2018

In Our Hands - The Battle For Jerusalem

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

In Our Hands tells the
story of Israel’s 55th
Paratrooper Brigade
and how Israel Defense
Forces risked everything
f…

Apr

16 2018

An Insider’s View of Israel

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT

In honor of Israel@70, Israelis and friends of Israel
in the Greater Hartford community will be holding
monthly discu…

Apr

17 2018

Dine 4 JCL @ Effie's

4:00PM - 8:00PM  

Effie's Place Family Restaurant
91 Park Road
West Hartford, CT 06119

The Jewish Association for Community Living is collaborating with Effie's Place Family Restaurant to support our neig…

Apr

17 2018

Red Letter: Yom Hazikaron Ceremony

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

Mandell Jewish Community Center
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

The annual ceremony for Israel's Memorial Day honoring fallen soldiers and victims of terror.

“The greatest honor …

Apr

18 2018

Israel @ 70: Yom HaZikaron to Yom Ha'atzmaut Transition Ceremony

6:45PM - 9:00PM  

Hebrew High School of New England
300 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Join us for an evening of reflection and celebration to mark the transition between Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha'atzmaut,…

Apr

19 2018

JFACT: Yom Ha'atzmaut Celebration at the State Capitol

10:00AM - 12:00PM  

State Capitol
210 Capitol Ave.
Hartford, 06106

Come celebrate Israel's 70th Birthday at the State Capitol as the Israeli flag flies high over the State Capitol that…

Apr

19 2018

Yom Ha'atzmaut Food Fest & Karaoke

7:00PM - 9:30PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Celebrate Israel's Independence Day with great food and music!

Bulgarians, Moroccans, Russians, Americans and many m…

Apr

20 2018

Israeli-Style RELISH at Schechter

8:30AM - 9:30AM  

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

Every Friday morning the Schechter school community - joined by parents, community members and leaders - comes togeth…

Apr

20 2018

Red Letter: Annual Holocaust Commemoration

11:30AM - 1:00PM  

State Capitol
210 Capitol Ave
Hartford, CT 06106

Annual Holocaust Commemoration

Apr

20 2018

Klezmer Shabbat at FVJC

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

FVJC
55 Bushy Hill Road
Simsbury, CT CT

Join FVJC for a rousing Klezmer Shabbat with the Klezshpillers @ 7:00pm on April 20th at Farmington Valley Jewish…

Apr

21 2018

Shabbat Service for Special Needs

10:30AM - 12:30PM  

JCL hosts a Shabbat Interactive Service​, led by Nancy Rosen, with storyteller Sara deBeer.

Apr

21 2018

Israel@70 Through the Lens of Poetry

11:30AM - 1:30PM  

Maria daCunha
180 Still Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002

Israel@70 Through the Lens of Poetry – Lunch & Learn following 9:30 a.m. Services Saturday, April 21 @ 11:30 a.m. a…

Apr

21 2018

Penny Lane - A Beatle's Tribute Band fundraiser

6:00PM - 9:30PM  

Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation
37 Main Street
Southington, CT CT 06489

Family-friendly Beatles tribute concert is a fundraiser for Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation.