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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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Oct

30 2018

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Nov

13 2018

TBH Tour of Israel in "Twenty Chai"

10:00PM - 5:15AM  

Temple Beth Hillel
20 Baker Lane
South Windsor, CT 06074

Temple Beth Hillel heads to Israel. Designed for first timers as well as those who have visited Israel previously,…

Nov

4 2018

Craft and Vendor Fair

9:00AM - 1:00PM  

FVJC
55 Bushy Hill Road
Simsbury, CT 06070

Craft fair featuring vendors

Nov

4 2018

Men's Club Kickoff Breakfast with Art Shamsky

9:15AM - 11:15AM  

Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Please join us for the Men’s Club kickoff breakfast featuring Art Shamsky who was a professional baseball player fo…

Nov

4 2018

“They said WHAT?” Creating Poetic Midrash

10:30AM - 12:00PM  

Maria daCunha
180 Still Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002

“They said WHAT?” Creating Poetic Midrash - Sunday, November 4 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon at B’nai Tikvoh-Sh…

Nov

4 2018

Red Letter: The Emanuel Players - Staged Reading of Ben Engel's Newest Play

7:00PM - 10:00PM  

Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117

The Emanuel Players return to the stage with a staged reading of Ben Engel's newest play for the entire community. Re…

Nov

5 2018

Launch of JLI - Wrestling with G-d Series

7:30AM - 9:30AM  

chabad house
2352 albany ave
w hartford, CT 06117

Where is the evidence for G-d? Is Jewish practice primitive? Are science and religion in conflict? Wrestling
with Fai…

Nov

5 2018

JHER Project - Adult Ed Series

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Jewish Hartford - European Roots Adult Ed miniseries - rediscovering Jewish life in Eastern Europe with Professor Sam…

Nov

6 2018

Read Hebrew America

7:00AM - 8:00AM  

fvjc
55 bushy hill rd
simsbury, CT

WANT TO LEARN HEBREW?

Join Congregations across America as they learn to read Hebrew

Tuesdays:
Nov 6th, 13th, 20th,…

Nov

6 2018

Music University with Cantor Joseph Ness

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

On Tuesday evening, join us for minyan and music. Cantor Ness will deliver an evocative, educational and inspirationa…

Nov

7 2018

Antisemitism in Contemporary America

5:00PM - 6:30PM  

Thomas J. Dodd Research Center Konover Auditorium
University of Connecticut
405 Babbidge Rd.
Storrs, CT 06269

In remembrance of Kristallnacht, Professor Tom W. Smith will present "Antisemitism in Contemporary America."

Antisem…

Nov

7 2018

Hebrew Senior Care Board Meeting

5:00PM - 6:30PM  

Hebrew Senior Care
1 Abrahms Boulevard
West Hartford, CT 06117

Hebrew Senior Care Board Meeting at Hebrew Senior Care

Nov

7 2018

Hebrew Center Bereavement Support Group

5:30PM - 7:00PM  

Hebrew Center for Health and Rehabilitation
1 Abrahms Blvd.
West Hartford, CT 06117

Bereavement Support Group
Finding Comfort in Our Time of Loss
Coping with a loss of a loved one has no set time frame…

Nov

7 2018

HHNE Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

HHNE
300 Bloomfield Avenue
WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117

HHNE Board Meeting

Nov

7 2018

Singer Jewish Humor Event

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Gilman Theater
Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford,, CT 06117

Lilliam Margulies Singer Jewish Humor lecture with Benji Lovitt at the JCC. For TIcket information, please contact…

Nov

7 2018

Essays for the Ear: Recording Jewish Memories

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Essays for the Ear: Recording Jewish Memories – Tema Silk, Commentary Editor for WFCR, New England Public Radio, wi…

Nov

8 2018

Spill the Tea: Managing Holiday Stress

10:30AM - 12:00PM  


59 Old Oak Road
West Hartford, CT 06117

"Spill the Tea" Women's Discussion on Managing Stress around the Holidays

The winter holidays are a stressful time f…

Nov

8 2018

"Faces of Afula" Israel Lunch & Learn

12:00PM - 1:30PM  

Community Services Building Board Room
333 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

"Faces of Afula" lunch and learn with residents of Afula-Gilboa, Greater Hartford's sister region in Israel.

Present…

Nov

8 2018

Children's Reading Partners Fall Kickoff

6:30PM - 8:30PM  

Elmwood Community Center
1106 New Britain Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06110

Please join us for Children’s Reading Partners’ Fall 2018 Kickoff
with Guest Speaker Tish Rabe, Bestselling Chil…

Nov

8 2018

Emanuel Sisterhood membership dinner

6:30PM - 8:30PM  

Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117

Emanuel Synagogue Sisterhood will have their annual paid-up membership dinner in Silverman Auditorium. This year we w…

Nov

8 2018

Embracing Judaism

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Beth El
2626 Albany Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

Whether you want to reboot your Judaism, satisfy your intellectual curiosity or consider Judaism as a new faith, you…

Nov

8 2018

JHSGH board meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Jewish Historical Society
333 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite B
West Hartford, CT 06117

Meeting of the board of directors of the JHSGH.

Nov

8 2018

JTConnect Board Meeting

7:00PM - 8:00PM  

Community Service Building
333 Bloomfield Avenue

JTConnect Board Meeting

Nov

8 2018

Schechter Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

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

 

Meeting of the Schechter Board of Trustees