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.

Feb

26 2023

Breakfast Program with Former Basketball Player Doron Sheffer

9:15AM - 11:30AM  

Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Join us for a breakfast program with Doron Sheffer, Israeli Retired Professional Basketball Player!

Sheffer is a fat…

Feb

26 2023

Destination Mitzvah

9:30AM - 11:30AM  

The Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117

5th, 6th, & 7th Graders and their parents from across the Greater Hartford Jewish community are invited to this speci…

Feb

26 2023

Author Oren Kessler discusses his new book, Palestine 1936:The Great Revolt

10:30AM - 12:00PM  

Zoom
sign-up link: https://www.jewishnewhaven.org/israeli-breakfast-a-sunday-morning-book-talk-with-oren-kessler.

Join us on Sunday, February 26 at 10:30 a.m. for a conversation with Israeli author Oren Kessler on his newly release…

Feb

26 2023

Continuing the Momentum

12:30PM - 2:30PM  

Learn, write, share, and explore your power and voice as Terry Wolfisch Cole helps our Momentum moms continue their j…

Feb

26 2023

Raising Jewish Disability Inclusive Children - Educating through Puppetry

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Mandell JCC of Greater Hartford

CT

In honor of Jewish Disability Awareness Inclusion Month, Friendship Circle of Greater Hartford will be hosting NYC Ki…

Feb

26 2023

Technology and Screen Time: How Much is Too Much?

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

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

 

Hear from experts in the field about this hot topic for parents. Light refreshments will be served. rsvp to sraymond@…

Feb

27 2023

Wexner Heritage Program Seminar

5:30PM - 9:30PM  

 

Wexner Heritage Program New England 21 Cohort will meet for their seminar.

Feb

27 2023

Beth David Synagogue Board of Directors

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

Beth David Syagogue
20 Dover Road
West Hartford, CT 06119

Monthly Board Meeting

Feb

28 2023

JLA Presidents' Circle

6:30PM - 8:00PM  

Community Services Building
333 Bloomfield Ave
Suite c
West Hartford, CT 06117

 

“Always choose influence rather than power. It helps change people into people who can change the world.” ― Rab…

Mar

1 2023

T-L-C: The Lunch Club--Guest Speaker Dr. Sam Kassow

12:00PM - 1:00PM  

Beth David Synagogue
20 Dover Road
West Hartford, CT 06119

Light lunch, and presentation by Dr. Kassow.

Mar

1 2023

RED LETTER: New England Jewish Academy 5th Annual Fundraiser

6:00PM - 9:00PM  

Beth El
2626 Albany

 

Join us for a cocktail reception and dinner as we celebrate our first year under one roof. Come schmooze with friends…

Mar

1 2023

CBI's Adult Ed: Jewish Film Series "Shalom Taiwan"

8:00PM - 9:30PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

The financial problems of a Jewish Community Center, in a small neighborhood in the city of Buenos Aires, are a night…

Mar

2 2023

Virtual Exhibition Tour: The Jewish Deli

7:00PM - 8:00PM  

Virtual

CT

Join us for a virtual exhibition tour with the New York Historical Society! Through a presentation from their…

Mar

2 2023

CBI's Adult Ed: "Who Wrote The Torah?"

8:30PM - 10:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Dr. Richard Elliott Friedman, Ann & Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies Emeritus, University of Georgia, Katzin Pro…

Mar

4 2023

CBI's Tot Shabbat

10:30AM - 11:00AM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Children under 6, siblings, parents, grandparents - the whole mishpocha - are invited to join us. We will sing and da…

Mar

4 2023

CBI's Tot Shabbat

10:30AM - 11:00AM  

Congregation Beth Israel
701 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06119

Children under 6, siblings, parents, grandparents - the whole mishpocha - are invited to join us. We will sing and da…