A list of Chanukah celebrations, events and activities throughout Connecticut

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22

Trumbull – Home Depot Chanukah Menorah Workshop for children and families; participants receive worker’s hats and craft their own menorahs from wood and other supplies; refreshments and giveaways; please bring canned goods to donate to Operation Hope food pantry; coordinated by Chabad of Fairfield, hosted by Home Depot, 90 Monroe Tpke. 12:45 – 2 p.m.; (203) 373-7551, www.chabadff.com. FREE, reservations required

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28

Simsbury – Simsbury Celebrates Chanukah; crafts, edible dreidel making, dreidel games and card decorating; hosted by the Mandell JCC; 5:30 – 7 p.m.; at Simsbury Public Library, 725 Hopmeadow St.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2

West Hartford – Latkes & Laughter; entertainment by Linda Belt; co-hosted by Hoffman SummerWood Community and West Hartford Senior Center; 2 p.m.; at the Senior Center in Bishops Corner, (860) 561-7583. $3 members; $4/non-members. Advance registration a must.

West Hartford – DIY Chanukah with Rita Brownstein, hands-on holiday workshop creating decorative paper dreidels; 7 p.m.; Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave., (860) 236-4571. $10/adults

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5

West Hartford – Manginah A Cappella Choir of Brandeis University in a pre-Chanukah Holiday Concert; singers will accompany Shabbat morning services and present a concert at Kiddush, following services; services at 9 a.m.; Beth David Synagogue, 20 Dover Rd., (860) 236-1241. FREE

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6

Chester – Community Chanukah Celebration; crafts; latkes and jelly donuts; dreidel games; 11 a.m.; Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, 55 East Kings Hwy., (860) 526-8920. FREE

Orange – Chanukah arts and crafts and singing; chocolate “gelt” and dreidels; for children ages 3,4 and 5 and their parents; 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.; Congregation Or Shalom, 205 Old Grassy Hill Rd., (203) 799-2341.

West Hartford – Chanukah Fair; latkes, paint Chanukah pottery with the Claypen, create wooden menorahs, PJ Library story telling, make holiday cards, and more; 3 – 4:30 p.m.; FREE ($10 fee for Claypen)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7

Guilford – 11th Annual Shoreline Chanukah Celebration; reading of Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Rabbi Hesch Sommer; song stylist Julie Harris; treats, craft activity, and a surprise gift; hosted by Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven Shoreline office and PJ Library of Greater New Haven; 4 – 5:30 p.m.; at Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., (203) 738-0033, jwlesage@jewishnewhaven.org.

West Hartford – Chanukah Celebration featuring a screening of the Israeli film “Cupcakes” and a dreidel spinning contest; sponsored by the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies and Hartford Hillel of the University of Hartford; screening 7 p.m.; at the University of Hartford, (860) 768-4964.

West Hartford – Israel Defense Force Ensemble in Concert; hosted by Friends of Israel Defense Forces; Mandell JCC, 335 Bloomfield Ave., (860) 231-6333, mabramoff@mandelljcc.org.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8

Canton – Chanukah Story Times at Barnes & Noble, Shoppes at Farmington Valley, 11 a.m., hosted by PJ Library; (860) 231-6342

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9

Stamford – Family Chanukah Party; candle lighting, crafts, music and treats; 6 – 7:30 p.m.; Stamford JCC, 1035 Newfield Ave., (203) 487-0973, eeisen@stamfordjcc.org, www.stamfordjcc.org.

West Hartford – Intergenerational Chanukah Fun! Songs, PJ Library stories, craft; 4 p.m.; co-hosted by PJ Library and Hoffman SummerWood Community; at Summerwood, 160 Simsbury Rd., (860) 231-6342.

West Hartford – Chanukah Story Times at Blue Back Square, 9 – 10:30 a.m., hosted by PJ Library; (860) 231-6342

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10

Glastonbury – Chanukah Story Times at Somerset Square, 10 – 10:30 a.m., hosted by PJ Library; (860) 231-6342

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11

Chester – Chanukah Shabbat Celebration; non-dairy pot luck dinner; brisket, latkes and beverages will be provided; guests should bring a meat dish (no pork or shellfish) or other non-dairy side dishes (salads, latkes, vegetables, rice or dessert); bring your menorah for candle-lighting; dinner at 5:45 p.m., followed by services at 7 p.m. and then Oneg and dessert; Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, 55 East Kings Hwy., (860) 526-8920, www.cbsrz.org.

Orange – Latkes and Magic; light the menorah in the lobby at 7 p.m., followed by brief service and then Oneg Shabbat featuring a magic show, latkes and gelt; Congregation Or Shalom, 205 Old Grassy Hill Rd., (203) 799-2341.

Ridgefield – Ruach Shabbat Chanukah Celebration; prayer, music, refreshments; 5:30 p.m. Temple Shearith Israel/Jewish Family Congregation, 46 Peaceable St., (203) 438-6589, www.tsiridgefield.org.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13

Milford – “Hands on Hanukkah,” the JCC of Greater New Haven and PJ Library host a celebration with activities, games, dreidel spin-off, live music, food, crafts, giveaways and more; 12 – 3 p.m.; at the Westfield Connecticut Post Mall, (lower level, outside Macy’s), 1201 Boston Post Rd., (203) 387-2522. FREE

Stamford – Chanukah Day of Learning with Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva University; 9 a.m. donuts and coffee after minyan; 9:15 a.m.: “The Laws of Lighting Chanukah Candles When One is Not Home”; 10:15 a.m., “The Authority of Our Rabbis to Institute New Mitzvot”; 11:15 a.m., “The Laws Relating to Shabbat and Winter Issues”; latkes served throughout; Congregation Agudath Sholom, www.agudathsholom.org.