Week of Events
25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | Latter Day Jew
Documentary | 2019 | Israel – United States | 85 minutes | English Directed by Aliza Rosen How does a gay, former-Mormon, cancer-survivor who converted to Judaism at the age of 34 prepare for his bar mitzvah? Determined to be “the best Jew he can be” before becoming a man in the eyes of Jewish […]
25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | Mossad
Comedy | 2019 | Israel | 95 minutes English and Hebrew with English subtitles Directed by Alon Gur Arye A box office smash in its native Israel Mossad follows the tradition of The Naked Gun series with a riotous laugh-a-minute sendup of the Mossad, Israel’s revered national intelligence agency. Tsahi Halevi (Fauda, Bethlehem) stars as […]
25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | Shiva Baby
Comedy | 2020 | USA | 77 minutes | English Directed by Emma Seligman When Danielle joins her family at a shiva, the last person she expects to run into is Max, the ‘sugar daddy’ she said goodbye to just a few hours earlier. With this unexpected clash of her worlds, Danielle is forced into […]
25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | The Crossing
Drama | 2020 | Norway | 90 minutes Norwegian, English Subtitles Directed by Johanne Helgeland The Crossing tells the story of the adventurous 10-year-old Gerda and her brother Otto, whose parents are in the Norwegian resistance movement during the Second World War. One day, just before Christmas in 1942, Gerda and Otto’s parents are arrested, […]
Music from the Sole: Percussive Dancers in Conversation
Music from the Sole: Percussive Dancers in Conversation
Leo, Artistic Director of Music from the Sole, in conversation with flamenco, step, hoop, Irish, kathak, and tap dancers. Leonardo Sandoval Artistic Director, Choreographer, Dancer, Composer Brazilian tap dancer and choreographer Leonardo Sandoval has become renowned in the dance world for blending America’s great tap tradition with Brazil’s rich rhythmic and musical heritage. He helped […]
Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room | The Beauty of Living Twice
Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room | The Beauty of Living Twice
In partnership with the JCC Literary Consortium, the Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room is a virtual series of author Zoom talks and Q&As. "The Beauty of Living Twice" by Sharon Stone | April 1 | 8:00 p.m. In conversation with International Superstar Gloria Estefan Sharon Stone tells her own story: a journey […]
Drive-through Easter Egg Hunt
Drive-through Easter Egg Hunt
Free drive-through Easter Egg Hunt in the parking lot of First Baptist Church of West Hartford. Each child will receive a goodie bag with candy, stickers, and a craft to complete.