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Community Calendar
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 [email protected].
To download a four-year Jewish Holiday Calendar, click here.
Oct 10, 2016
Oct
6 2016
Happy Hour @ Vito’s by the Park in Hartford, CT.
5:00PM - 8:00PM
Vito's By the Park
Happy Hour @ Vito’s by the Park in Hartford, CT.
Oct
6 2016
Oct
9 2016
Visiting Day - Federation Jewish Cemeteries
9:00AM - 12:00PM
High Holiday visiting hours for Federation-run cemeteries under the Association of Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Hartf…
Oct
9 2016
Annual High Holiday Memorial Service for Holocaust Victims
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Mandell Jewish Community Center
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
The annual High Holiday Memorial Service for the Six Million Jewish Victims of the Holocaust will be at the Mandell J…
Oct
13 2016
Emanuel Sisterhood Board Meeting
10:00AM - 7:30PM
The Emanuel Synagogue
West Hartford, CT
Monthly board meeting
Oct
13 2016
Remembering Vilna: Excavation Summer Update
7:30PM - 9:30PM
University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT
A summer update on the University of Hartford's Vilna Excavations Project. Free and open to the public. Seating is li…
Oct
16 2016
Minyan on the Mountain & Breakfast
9:00AM - 12:00PM
Beth El Temple of West Hartford
2626 Albany Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117
Beth El Men’s Club and Emanuel Synagogue Brotherhood invite the entire community to join us at an Avon mountain sce…
Oct
19 2016
Emanuel Sisterhood Member Recognition in the Sukkah
10:00AM - 12:00PM
The Emanuel Synagogue
West Hartford, CT
We welcome new Sisterhood members and spend time giving them so that old and new can mingle and learn about our events.
Oct
19 2016
Women’s Network 2nd Annual Lunch & Book Talk in the Sukkah
12:00PM - 2:00PM
Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Join us in Beth El's Sukkah for lunch and a discussion with Lynda Cohen Loigman on her novel The Two-Family House. Pl…
Oct
19 2016
Comedy Event with Jessica Kirson
3:30PM - 4:30PM
University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT
An afternoon with nationally known comedian Jessica Kirson. Reservations required. Made possible in part by the Mauri…
Oct
19 2016
Children's Reading Partners Annual Kick-Off
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Mandell JCC
West Hartford, CT
Kickoff meeting for Children's Reading Partners returning volunteers.
Oct
19 2016
Oct
20 2016
Beth El Men’s Club 6th Annual Sukkahfest
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Eat, Drink and be Merry! Come and socialize with the Beth El Community. It’s a Mitzvah to eat in the Sukkah. We wil…
Oct
20 2016
Oct
20 2016
JHSGH Board Meeting
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Board Room, Community Services Building
West Hartford, CT
JHSGH Board Meeting
Oct
20 2016
Oct
22 2016
Shabbat Yoga
10:30AM - 12:00PM
Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Wear yoga clothes (yes, to synagogue) and bring a mat if you have one. Join Adriana Matozzo from West Hartford Yoga a…
Oct
22 2016
Shabbat Club
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
The all-new Shabbat Club is coming to our Synagogue! Join Beth El dads Jason Kay & Alan Tuvin for games, trivia, stor…
Oct
23 2016
Friendship Circle Sukkot Party
12:00PM - 2:00PM
Chabad House of Greater Hartford
West Hartford, CT
Celebrate Sukkot with Friendship Circle! We connect children, teens and young adults, with and without special needs,…
Oct
23 2016
Red Letter: Mandell JCC Jewish Book Festival Opening with Jennifer Weiner
1:00PM - 4:00PM
Mandell Jewish Community Center
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Hungry Heart by Jennifer Weiner
The opening author event for Mandell JCC Jewish Book Festival.
In her first work of…
Oct
23 2016
Simchat Torah Celebration
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Congregation Kol Haverim
1079 Hebron Avenue
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Sunday, October 23. 6:30 PM Simchat Torah Services
Join in the fun! On Simchat Torah join in worship and we'll dance …
Oct
26 2016
Israel Festival Committee Meeting
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Mandell Jewish Community Center
335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
We would like to invite any and all community members to join us for this years first Israel Festival committee meeti…
Oct
26 2016
Grandparents Circle
6:00PM - 7:30PM
Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Grandparents love to share family traditions and holiday customs, but what happens when the grandkids are being raise…
Oct
26 2016
Federation Board Meeting
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Community Services Building
West Hartford, CT
Federation Board Meeting
Oct
27 2016
RED LETTER: JCF donor reception/Aim Chai community celebration
5:00PM - 8:00PM
TBD
CT
RED LETTER: JCF donor reception/Aim Chai community celebration.
Oct
28 2016
Heal Us Now: Cancer Awareness Shabbat
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation - Emek Shalom
55 Bushy Hill Road
Simsbury, CT 06070
Heal Us Now
Cancer Awareness Shabbat
2016 Recipient: Martha Lott
Friday, October 28, 2016
7:00 pm
Come join us for…
Oct
30 2016
Oct
31 2016
RED LETTER: JHSGH 45th Anniversary Celebration
12:00AM
TBD
CT
RED LETTER: JHSGH 45th Anniversary Celebration
Oct
30 2016
Oct
31 2016
Teach for the Future: Holocaust Education in the 21st Century
8:30AM - 3:00PM
1877 Club
University of Hartford Gray Conference Center
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
For teachers of middle and high school English, Language Arts, History, Art and Social Studies. Workshop cost is $40; r…
Oct
31 2016
Hartford Remembers the Holocaust: Opening Lecture by Oren Baruch Stier
7:00PM - 8:30PM
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Oren Baruch Stier, Director of the Holocaust Studies Initiative at Florida International University, will lecture pri…