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.

May

17 2021

Shavuot Festival & Yizkor Service

11:00AM - 1:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Join us for our Festival Service as we celebrate the holiday of Shavuot, hear the Ten Commandments, and remember our …

May

17 2021

Monday Night Shavuot

6:45PM - 10:00PM  

Young Israel of West Hartford

Did you know Jews invented the all-nighter?!
There is an ancient Jewish custom to stay up late on Shavuot! Join us fo…

May

17 2021

Did you know Jews invented the all-nighter?!
There is an ancient Jewish custom to stay up late on Shavuot! Join us fo…

May

18 2021

Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Andi Fliegel: Leaning into Liturgy

12:00PM - 1:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Join us via Zoom.
Do you sit through services and wonder what it is you're really saying? Do you opt out of worship b…

May

18 2021

Shavuot BBQ

12:00PM - 4:00PM  

Shavuot BBQ

May

18 2021

Emanuel Synagogue Board of Trustees Meeting

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117

The Emanuel Synagogue Board of Trustees meet monthly, on the third Tuesday of the month

May

19 2021

JCC Board of Directors meeting

5:30PM - 7:00PM  

JCC Board of Directors meeting

May

19 2021

http://bit.ly/CCInfoSession519

Community Conversations on Racial Inequity
Info Session & Launch of First Book
 


A…

May

19 2021

JHSGH Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

JHSGH virtual meeting of the board of directors

May

20 2021

More information to follow

May

20 2021

May

20 2021

Discussion: The Importance of the Babylonian Exile

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

This is a Zoom event.
How did the Babylonian exile affect the evolution of Jewish religious practice?
How are Deutero…

May

20 2021

Schechter Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Meeting of the Trustees of the Board

May

21 2021

PJ Library Virtual Shabbat Club

11:00AM - 11:30AM  

Susan Lentini
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

Enjoy a preview of Shabbat with other parents and grandparents raising Jewish children!

May

21 2021

Outdoor Family Shabbat Club

3:00PM - 4:00PM  

Susan Lentini
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

Join other families with young children to the Mandell JCC to welcome Shabbat outdoors. We will sing songs, enjoy a P…

May

21 2021

Shavuot and Shabbat

6:30PM - 8:00PM  

This will be on Zoom OR at a location to be determined
37 Main St ( not the actual location)
Southington, CT 06489

Join Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation for a combination Shavuot/Shabbat service led by Rabbi Alana Wasserman. We ho…