Jewish
Holidays

Jewish festivals occur on the Hebrew calendar, which is based on both the sun and moon’s cycles—vs. the Gregorian calendar, which is based solely on the sun’s. Jewish holidays encompass biblical festivals, seasonal milestones, historical celebrations, and rabbinic observations.

There are multiple terms in the Hebrew language to distinguish between holidays—Festival Days refer to the six Biblically-mandated festival dates, while High Holy Days refer to Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, and the Three Pilgrimage Festivals commemorate historical Jewish migrations.

It is also important to note that Jewish “holidays” begin and end at sunset, rather than at midnight—as in the Gregorian calendar.

Date Holiday Category Tags
Jan 27 Tuesday
Auschwitz Liberation Day , ,
Holocaust Memorial Day , ,
International Holocaust Remembrance Day , ,
Feb 6 Thursday
Tu BiShvat , ,
Feb 8 Saturday
Scout Sabbath ,
Feb 9 Sunday
National Bagel and Lox Day ,
Mar 2 Sunday
Jewish Book Week , ,
Mar 13 Thursday
Erev Purim ,
Esther Fast ,
Mar 14 Friday
Purim , ,
Apr 12 Saturday
Pesach , ,
Apr 13 Sunday
Passover , ,
Apr 20 Sunday
Last day of Passover ,
Apr 24 Thursday
Yom HaShoah , ,
May 1 Thursday
Jewish American Heritage Month , ,
May 2 Friday
Israel Independence Day , ,
Yom HaAtzmaut , ,
May 11 Sunday
Pesach Sheni ,
May 16 Friday
Lag BaOmer , ,
May 26 Monday
Jerusalem Day
Jun 1 Sunday
Erev Shavuot
Shavuot
Jul 5 Saturday
Ashura ,
Jul 13 Sunday
Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz , ,
Fast of Tammuz , ,
Aug 2 Saturday
Tisha B'Av ,
Aug 3 Sunday
Fast of Ninth of Av , ,
Aug 8 Friday
Tu B'Av ,
Sep 22 Monday
Rosh Hashanah
Sep 25 Thursday
Gedaliah Fast
Oct 2 Thursday
Yom Kippur
Oct 6 Monday
Sukkot ,
Oct 12 Sunday
Hoshana Rabbah
Oct 14 Tuesday
Shemini Atzeret
Oct 15 Wednesday
Simchat Torah
Nov 19 Wednesday
Sigd Day , ,
Dec 7 Saturday
Hanukkah , ,