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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 [email protected].

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Apr 12, 2025
Erev Passover
Apr

6 2025

Emanuel Synagogue: Matzah Factory

10:30AM - 12:00PM  

Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Dr
West Hartford, CT 06117

Come to our Matzah Factory where you will learn more about matzah and Passover! Enjoy a morning making matzah and cra…

Apr

6 2025

Friends of Yiddish Shmooze

10:30AM - 12:00PM  

Zoom

CT

 

Friends of Yiddish is an informal social group that meets monthly on Sunday mornings via Zoom to shmooze, hear some…

Apr

6 2025

Welcome to Yiddishland | Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival Screening

11:00AM - 1:00PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

 

This captivating documentary offers an upbeat, witty, and timely exploration of a global community of artists who are…

Apr

6 2025

Emanuel Synagogue: Sisterhood Movie (“Barbie”) and Discussion

2:00PM - 5:00PM  

Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Dr
West Hartford, CT 06117

It’s Barbie Time with the Sisterhood!

We will be viewing the BARBIE movie and discussing its themes in a very part…

Apr

6 2025

The Glory of Life | Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival Screening

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

 

Set against the picturesque Baltic Sea coast in 1923, this tender drama captures Franz Kafka’s final year, transfor…

Apr

6 2025

Family Matza Bake!

3:00PM - 5:00PM  

 

Authentic matzo baking , Passover crafts and learning station

Apr

6 2025

RED LETTER: NEJA pop up restaurant

5:00PM - 9:00PM  

New England Jewish Academy

 

Escape Passover cleaning and enjoy a meal at New England Jewish Academy. There will be a fixed menu and pricing avail…

Apr

6 2025

Community Leadership Initiative

5:30PM - 8:30PM  

Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
333 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite C
West Hartford, CT 06117

The Community Leadership Initiative (CLI) is a 10-month program designed for senior level lay leaders from Greater Ha…

Apr

8 2025

Charoset Around the World

6:00AM - 8:00PM  

 

JT Connect and Yaysh partner to explore the tastes and textures of Charoset around the world. JTConnect eligible teen…

Apr

8 2025

HJFF: Here Lived

6:30PM - 9:00PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06119

 

Join the Phyllis Hoffman Hartford Jewish Film Festival and Voices of Hope for HERE LIVED, The story of hidden childre…

Apr

8 2025

Beth El Temple - Board Meeting

6:45PM - 8:45PM  

Board Meeting

Apr

8 2025

 

About lecture: After defining antisemitism, we survey important ideological and political sources of antisemitism.…

Apr

9 2025

Federation Event

Apr

10 2025

Zachs Hillel Center Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

5:30PM - 7:30PM  

UH University Commons Ground Floor

 

Zachs Hillel Center Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Apr

11 2025

Shabbat Shebang! With the ECC

3:00PM - 3:30PM  

New England Jewish Academy
300 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

 

Join NEJA for Shabbat Shebang! Parents bring your children ages 4 and under for some fun music, shabbat songs and prayers.

Apr

12 2025

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Apr

14 2025

Pesach (Passover)

5:00PM  

 

Holiday