Veterans Day
Community Calendar
A calendar of events hosted and sponsored by agencies and members of the Greater New Haven & Shoreline communities.
To submit changes or updates to an event, email marketing@jewishnewhaven.org.
Nov 11, 2018
Nov 12, 2018
Veterans Day (Observed)
Nov 22, 2018
Thanksgiving Day
Nov 27, 2018
Giving Tuesday
Nov
1 2018
[CANCELED] Wheels & Wine Partners Pottery
6:00PM - 8:00PM
The Clay Date
146 Amity Rd.
New Haven, CT 06515
This event has been canceled. Please visit jccnh.org/rsvp for a list of other upcoming programs.
Nov
2 2018
Jacob 'Spike' Kraus returns to Temple Emanuel for Shir Magic Weekend
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Temple Emanuel
150 Derby Avenue
Orange, CT 06477
Jacob 'Spike' Kraus returns to Temple Emanuel with his new album "Cornerstones"for the annual musical weekend in…
Nov
3 2018
Shir Magic Shabbat Morning Minyan Service at Temple Emanuel
10:00AM - 12:00PM
Temple Emanuel
150 Derby Avenue
Orange, CT 06477
Temple Emanuel will feature Jacob 'Spike' Kraus at its Shabbat Morning Minyan as part of Temple Emanuel's Shir…
Nov
3 2018
Roots - Shorashim - Judur : Painful Hope
12:45PM - 2:00PM
BEKI
85 Harrison St
NEW HAVEN, CT 06515
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 12:45 pm
Roots / Shorashim / Judur : Painful Hope
Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger, one of the founders…
Nov
3 2018
"Shir Magic" Concert, featuring Jacob 'Spike' Kraus as guest musician
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Orange, CT 06477
Annual "Shir Magic" Concert in memory of Rabbi Jerry Brieger z"l will feature Jacob 'Spike' Kraus and the Temple…
Nov
4 2018
Pirkei Avot Lev Shalem
10:00AM - 12:00PM
BEKI
85 Harrison St
New Haven, CT 06515
Celebrating the publication of Pirkei Avot Lev Shalem with Rabbi Martin Cohen, editor, plus panel discussion with Rab…
Nov
4 2018
Westville Synagogue Gala
5:00PM - 9:00PM
The Westville Synagogue
74 W. Prospect St.
New Haven, CT 06515
The Westville Synagogue will hold its annual fund-raising dinner, honoring members of the community and the synagogue (TBA).
Nov
5 2018
“Notes on Freedom from the South Hebron Hills”
5:00PM - 6:30PM
Whitney Humanities Center
53 Wall Street
Rm. 208
New Haven, CT 06511
David Shulman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Nov
5 2018
Sizzling Soups Cooking Series
7:00PM - 9:00PM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Cozy up with a warm bowl of soup and small sides created through Revi's cooking class. Explore new ways to bring vege…
Nov
5 2018
Reading the Talmud with Rabbi Shapiro
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Congregation B'nai Jacob
75 Rimmon Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
The Babylonian Talmud is a core text of the Jewish people. Yet it is unknown to many of us. Explore some of its bread…
Nov
6 2018
Kidding around Yoga
4:30PM - 5:30PM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Taught by certified children’s yoga instructor, Sherri Sosensky, every Kidding Around Yoga class offers a complete,…
Nov
6 2018
JTE: For Teens. By Teens.
7:00PM - 9:00PM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Jewish Teen Education meets every Tuesday from 7-9. Providing teens with further Jewish Education. This is a program …
Nov
7 2018
Nov
7 2018
HHNE Board Meeting
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Andrea Boyle
300 Bloomfield Avenue
WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117
HHNE Board Meeting
Nov
7 2018
HHNE Board Meeting
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Andrea Boyle
300 Bloomfield Avenue
WEST HARTFORD, CT 06117
HHNE Board Meeting
Nov
7 2018
Westville Synagogue's First Annual Dr. Mark Schwartz Tribute Lecture
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Westville Synagogue
74 West Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06515
First Annual Dr. Mark Schwartz Tribute Lecture
presented by Westville Synagogue's "Westville University" Adult Educat…
Nov
8 2018
Sticky Fingers
10:00AM - 11:00AM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Dress for a mess! Join us for hands on food fun with your toddler!
Recommended ages: 2-5
$5 per session/$15 for ful…
Nov
8 2018
Senior Day: Richard Gelb
11:30AM - 1:30PM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
All seniors are invited to a Senior Day seminar.
Richard Gelb, Cancer Survivor, Advocate, and Lecturer will…
Nov
8 2018
AUTHOR: Dan Oren, "The Wedding Photo"
7:00PM - 8:30PM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Rd
Woodbridge, CT 06525
When a bishop, a minister, and a rabbi meet in a cemetery, it is not the set-up for a joke. Rather, New Haven local…
Nov
10 2018
Westville Synagogue Film Night presents Israeli TV show "Prisoners of War"
7:30PM - 10:00PM
CT
the romantic Israeli comedy released in 2017, The Wedding Plan, a charming, humorous, witty, and enjoyable film i…
Nov
11 2018
Challah Baking
9:30AM - 11:30AM
Congregation B'nai Jacob
75 Rimmon Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Dana Schwartz and Leslie Zackin will demonstrate two ways to prepare challah dough. Home baked challah is a real tre…
Nov
11 2018
S'mores & Tours: Camp Laurelwood Open House
1:00PM - 3:00PM
jennifer gelband
463 Summer Hill Rd
Madison, CT 06443
Meet with friendly staff, see our newly renovated campus, and enjoy an afternoon at camp during our S'mores & Tours…
Nov
11 2018
Sibling Art Gallery Opening and Books & Bagels at CBSRZ
4:00PM - 6:00PM
Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek
55 East Kings Highway
Chester, CT 06412
Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek – Chester, CT
CBSRZ Art Gallery and Books & Bagels
Siblings Vlad Smolkin (art…
Nov
11 2018
ADL VOICES-A Concert for Unity
5:00PM - 7:00PM
Klein Auditorium
910 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06605
Bridgeport, CT 06605
ADL is proud to present VOICES-A Concert for Unity with the goal of bringing our community together both that night, …
Nov
12 2018
No Place On Earth
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street
Engleman Hall Room A120
New Haven, CT 06515
Please join us as explorer Christos Nicola recounts the remarkable story of finding the cave in which a group of Ukra…
Nov
12 2018
Sizzling Soups Cooking Series
7:00PM - 9:00PM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Cozy up with a warm bowl of soup and small sides created through Revi's cooking class. Explore new ways to bring vege…
Nov
12 2018
Reading the Talmud with Rabbi Shapiro
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Congregation B'nai Jacob
75 Rimmon Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
The Babylonian Talmud is a core text of the Jewish people. Yet it is unknown to many of us. Explore some of its bread…
Nov
13 2018
Deborah Levison, author of The Crate: A Story of War, a Murder and Justice
7:00PM - 9:00PM
JCC Library
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Award winning Journalist, publicist, storyteller and author Deborah Vadas Levison, talks about her book based on a tr…
Nov
13 2018
Federation Board of Directors Meeting
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Beckerman Lender Jewish Community Center
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Federation Board of Directors Meeting
Nov
13 2018
JTE: For Teens. By Teens.
7:00PM - 9:00PM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Jewish Teen Education meets every Tuesday from 7-9. Providing teens with further Jewish Education. This is a program …
Nov
15 2018
Wheels & Wine Partners Pottery
6:00PM - 8:00PM
The Clay Date
146 Amity Rd.
New Haven, CT 06515
Back by popular demand! Sip and nosh as you and your partner or friend learn to "drive" the potter's wheel. Two-sessi…
Nov
17 2018
Chapter One, Pirkei Avot Lev Shalem
1:00PM - 3:00PM
BEKI
85 Harrison St
New Haven, CT 06515
Discussion of Chapter One, Pirkei Avot Lev Shalem with Rabbi Alan Lovins; 1:00 p.m. Sabbath rules will be observed. C…
Nov
17 2018
Poet of Yehuda Amichai
1:00PM - 2:30PM
Congregation B'nai Jacob
75 Rimmon Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Amichai is Israel's poet laureate. He captures the paradoxes of faith and love and "Israelness" in familiar language …
Nov
17 2018
A Taste of Honey
7:00PM - 10:00PM
A Taste of Honey is the JCC's annual evening of community Jewish learning. Now in its 23rd year, the program brings t…
Nov
17 2018
Senior Day: A Taste of Honey
7:00PM - 10:00PM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Savor this sweet deal! Seniors will receive discounted admission to A Taste of Honey. Stay tuned for more details!
Nov
18 2018
Community-Wide Kristallnacht Commemoration
9:00AM - 11:00AM
Congregation Or-Shalom
205 Old Grassy Hil Road
Orange, CT 06477
This year, our 11th annual Kristallnacht Commemoration, we'll honor the life-saving and courageous deeds of Marion Pritchard
Nov
18 2018
Chapter Three, Pirkei Avot Lev Shalem
11:00AM - 1:00PM
BEKI
85 Harrison St
New Haven, CT 06515
Discussion of Chapter Three, Pirkei Avot Lev Shalem, with Rabbi Eric Silver; 11:00 a.m. Congregation Beth El - Keser …
Nov
18 2018
Senior Game Day
11:30AM - 1:30PM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
All seniors are invited to join us for Game Day at the J! We'll have a variety of games for seniors to enjoy with fri…
Nov
18 2018
Author Fran Hawthorne, "The Heirs"
12:00PM - 2:00PM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
After a serious injury, Eleanor Ritter’s mother, Rose, begins divulging secrets she has held…
Nov
18 2018
BEKI Youth Thanksgiving Pies Tzedakah Project
12:30PM - 2:00PM
Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel, downstairs kitchen
85 Harrison St.
New Haven, CT 06515
All 5th-12th graders, their parents, and other volunteers are invited to help prepare pies for our fall tzedakah proj…
Nov
19 2018
Nov
19 2018
Sizzling Soups Cooking Series
7:00PM - 9:00PM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Cozy up with a warm bowl of soup and small sides created through Revi's cooking class. Explore new ways to bring vege…
Nov
19 2018
Reading the Talmud with Rabbi Shapiro
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Congregation B'nai Jacob
75 Rimmon Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
The Babylonian Talmud is a core text of the Jewish people. Yet it is unknown to many of us. Explore some of its bread…
Nov
20 2018
Kidding around Yoga
4:30PM - 5:30PM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Taught by certified children’s yoga instructor, Sherri Sosensky, every Kidding Around Yoga class offers a complete,…
Nov
20 2018
JTE: For Teens. By Teens.
7:00PM - 9:00PM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Jewish Teen Education meets every Tuesday from 7-9. Providing teens with further Jewish Education. This is a program …
Nov
21 2018
Westville Synagogue University presents Rabbi Zalman Alpert
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Westville Synagogue
74 West Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06515
Lecture sponsored by Westville Synagogue's Adult Education Program.
Rabbi Zalman Alpert will discuss "New York Choose…
Nov
22 2018
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November. …
Nov
25 2018
PJ Library presents Hanukkah at Barnes & Noble
3:00PM - 6:15PM
Barnes & Noble Milford
1375 Boston Post Rd, Milford, CT 06460
Milford, 06460
Join Rabbi Farbman, Rabbi Wilhelm, Rabbi Wainhaus and area clergy and educators for Hanukkah stories & Sing-along at …
Nov
25 2018
Hanukkah Palooza & Reading of Herschel & Hanukkah Goblins
4:00PM - 4:30PM
Mitchell Library
37 Harrison St, New Haven, CT 06515
New Haven
CT, CT 06515
Join PJ Library at Mitchell Library to spin dreidels, hear a great interactive story of Herschel & the Hanukkah…
Nov
26 2018
Sizzling Soups Cooking Series
7:00PM - 9:00PM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Cozy up with a warm bowl of soup and small sides created through Revi's cooking class. Explore new ways to bring vege…
Nov
26 2018
Reading the Talmud with Rabbi Shapiro
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Congregation B'nai Jacob
75 Rimmon Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
The Babylonian Talmud is a core text of the Jewish people. Yet it is unknown to many of us. Explore some of its bread…
Nov
27 2018
JTE: For Teens. By Teens.
7:00PM - 9:00PM
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Jewish Teen Education meets every Tuesday from 7-9. Providing teens with further Jewish Education. This is a program …
Nov
28 2018
Hanukkah Decor and Candle Making with Women's Philanthropy
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Beckerman Lender Jewish Community Center
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Join Women's Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven for an evening of Hanukkah decor and candle m…
Nov
29 2018
Symposium: Remembering Dori Laub
1:00PM - 5:00PM
Sterling Memorial Library, Lecture Hall
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Dr. Laub made important contributions to the development of videotestimony as a means of documenting survivor…
Nov
29 2018
Nov
29 2018
Author Mike Reiss, "Springfield Confidential"
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Best Video Film and Cultural Center
1842 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, CT 06517
In celebration of The Simpsons' thirtieth anniversary, four-time Emmy winner Mike Reiss, who has worked on The Simpso…