Judaism

"The holidays are the jewels on the crown of Judaism." (Karp, The Jewish Way of Life)

The calendar below contains the 2009-2010 Gregorian calendar dates for all Jewish and Israeli holidays, festivals and days of mourning.

The Jewish calendar begins with Rosh Hashana (New Years), which usually occurs in September or October. Thus, the Jewish Year straddles two years of the civil calendar.

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

In addition to providing civil dates for the Jewish holidays, this calendar provides links to information about each individual holy day. To learn more about the origin, meaning and observance of each Jewish holiday, click on the name of that day.

Holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the date listed.

Jewish Holidays	Dates in 5772 2011-2012
Rosh HaShana New Year	September 29-30, 2011 Thurs-Fri
Yom Kippur Day of Atonement	October 8, 2011 Sat
Sukkot Feast of Tabernacles	October 13-14, 2011 Thurs.-Fri.
Shemini Atzeret	October 20, 2011 Thurs
Simchat Torah	October 21, 2011 Fri Israel: October 20, 2011 Thurs
Hanukkah	December 21-28, 2011 Wed-Wed
Tu B'Shvat New Year for Trees	February 08, 2011 Wed
Purim	March 8, 2011 Sun
Pesach Passover	April 07-14, 2011 Sat-Sat Israel: April 07-13, 2011 Sat-Fri
Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day	April 19, 2011 Thurs
Yom HaZikaron Israel's Memorial Day	April 25, 2011 Wed
Yom HaAtzmaut Israel's Independence Day	April 26, 2011 Thurs
Lag B'Omer	May 10, 2011 Thurs
Shavuot Pentecost	May 27-28, 2011 Sun-Mon Israel: May 27, 2011 Sun
Tisha B'Av Ninth of Av	July 29, 2011 Sun