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

6 2017

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May

7 2017

Teen After Dark: Israel Edition

9:00PM - 9:00AM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117

Spend the night at the JCC with other teens from the community! We will welcome the week with Havdalah, enjoy differe…

May

7 2017

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May

9 2017

ADL Leadership Conference

8:00AM - 5:00PM  

ADL Leadership Conference

May

7 2017

A Physician's Experiences in the 6 Day and Yom Kippur Wars

9:15AM - 11:15AM  

Beth El Temple
2626 Albany Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117

Join Beth El Temple Men's Club for:
"A Breakfast with Dr. Itzhak Brook: A Physician’s Personal Experiences of the 6…

May

7 2017

S'mores and Tours @ Camp Laurelwood!

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Evelyn Cohen
Camp Laurelwood
463 Summer Hill Road
Madison, CT 06443

Join us for a campus tour, followed by camp fire s'mores! RSVP to evelyn@camplaurelwood.org.

May

7 2017

Friendship Circle Day of Celebration

3:00PM - 5:00PM  

TBD

CT

Honor the friendships made! Join us as we recognize the Friendship Circle's work to make our Jewish community the bes…
May

7 2017

RED LETTER: Yom Ha'Atzmaut Community Wide Celebration

4:00PM - 6:00PM  

Mandell JCC
335 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117

Celebrate Israel's Independence Day with a large community wide festival and party! Enjoy games, crafts, a photo boot…

May

7 2017

2017 AIPAC New England Leadership Dinner

5:30PM - 9:00PM  

Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
415 Summer St
Boston, MA 02210

Please join community leaders, members of Congress, state officials, and students for AIPAC’S largest gathering of …

May

8 2017

RED LETTER: Awards Evening - Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Stdies

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, , CT 06117

 

Annual Greenberg Center Awards including Holocaust Educators Awards, Scholarships, and Fishman Family Fund
awards

May

9 2017

HHNE Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Hebrew High School of New England

West Hartford, CT

HHNE Board Meeting
May

9 2017

Emanuel Sisterhood Board Meeting

7:30PM - 8:30PM  

The Emanuel Synagogue

West Hartford, CT

Monthly Board Meeting
May

9 2017

Executive Board Meeting at HAGH

8:00PM - 9:00PM  

Regularly Scheduled Committee Meetings at 8:00 p.m. at The Hebrew Academy

May

10 2017

Federation Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Community Services Building

West Hartford, CT

Federation Board Meeting
May

10 2017

Mandell JCC Board Meeting

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Mandell JCC

West Hartford, CT

Mandell JCC Board Meeting

May

11 2017

PASC Education and Heritage Subcommittee Meeting for Allocations process.

May

11 2017

RED LETTER: Embracing Possibility for Mental Health Awareness - JFS

6:00PM - 9:00PM  

Kingswood Oxford School
170 Kingswood Road
West Hartford, CT 06119

To mark Mental Health Awareness Month this coming May, Jewish Family Services and Tara's Closet will host a compassio…

May

13 2017

Beit Mordechai Lag B'Omer Celebration

9:00PM - 11:00PM  

Beit Mordechai (Former Young Israel of Hartford)
1137 Trout Brook Dr.
West Hartford, CT

Family Picnic Barbecue with Hot Dogs, Potatoes and Bonfire In memory of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
Free and Open to the …