Calendar of Jewish Holidays

The Jewish day begins and ends at sundown. Thus, all holidays begin at sundown of the day preceding the date shown and end at nightfall of the last day shown in the calendar.

Descriptions of these holidays can be found by clicking on About the Jewish Holidays.

Academic Year	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Jewish Year	5772	5773	5774	5775
Shabbat	Weekly Sabbath from Friday evening to Saturday evening
Rosh Hashanah	Thu-Fri Sept 29-30 2011	Mon-Tue Sept 17-18 2012	Thu-Fri Sept 5-6 2013	Thu-Fri Sept 25-26 2014
Yom Kippur	Sat Oct 8 2011	Wed Sept 26 2012	Sat Sept 14 2013	Sat Oct 4 2014
Sukkot	Thu-Wed Oct 13-19 2011	Mon-Sun Oct 1-7 2012	Thu-Wed Sept 19-25 2013	Thu-Wed Oct 9-15 2014
Shemini Atzeret Simchat Torah	Thu-Fri Oct 20-21 2011	Mon-Tue Oct 8-9 2012	Thu-Fri Sept 26-27 2013	Thu-Fri Oct 16-17 2014
Hanukkah	Wed-Wed Dec 21-28 2011	Sun-Sun Dec 9-16 2012	Thu-Thu Nov28-Dec5 2013	Wed-Wed Dec 17-24 2014
Purim	Thu March 8 2012	Sun Feb 24 2013	Sun Mar 16 2014	Thu Mar 5 2015
Passover*	Sat-Sat April 7-14 2012	Tue-Tue Mar 26-Apr 2 2013	Tue-Tue Apr 15-22 2014	Sat-Sat Apr 4-11 2015
Shavuot	Sun-Mon May 27-28 2012	Wed-Thu May 15-16 2013	Wed-Thu June 4-5 2014	Mon-Tue May 24-25 2015

* Only the first two and last two days of Passover are observed as full holy days, with restrictions on work and travel. However, many extended Jewish families gather for the holiday, and consequently some Jewish students may miss other days as well, and possibly the entire week of classes. Also note that some Jewish denominations (Orthodox and Conservative) observe the full eight days, while others (Reform and Reconstructionist) observe only seven days. Consequently, some Jews will still be observing Passover dietary restrictions on the eighth day, while others will not.

Dates beyond those shown above may be found at:
Hebcal Interactive Jewish Calendar

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Calendar of Jewish Holidays