Calendar of Major* Jewish Holidays for Academic Year 2015-2016 Day Evening Jewish holidays begin at sundown on Fall Holidays the evening before the first day. 9/13/15 Rosh HaShanah begins 9/14/15 Rosh HaShanah (1st Day) 2nd day festival begins Days higlighted in yellow are "fes9val" 9/15/15 Rosh HaShanah (2nd Day) or "holy" days during which many Jews refrain from all types of work, (and 9/22/15 Yom Kippur begins many do not write, travel, or use 9/23/15 Yom Kippur electronics on such days). 9/27/15 Sukkot begins Not all Jews observe these fes9val days 9/28/15 Sukkot Festival (1st Day) 2nd day festival begins in the same way, and some individuals 9/29/15 Sukkot Festival (2nd Day) may be more strict in their observance 9/30/15 Sukkot - intermediate day of one holiday, and less strict for 10/1/15 Sukkot - intermediate day another. 10/2/15 Sukkot - intermediate day 10/3/15 Sukkot - intermediate day ACending class or taking exams on any 10/4/15 Sukkot - last day Shemini Atzeret begins of the fes9val/holy days may present a 10/5/15 Shemini Atzeret Simchat Torah begins problem for Jewish students, but the 10/6/15 Simchat Torah most widely observed days include: Hanukkah Rosh HaShanah, 12/6/15 1st night of Hanukkah 12/7/15 Hanukkah - 1st Day 2nd night of Hanukkah Yom Kippur, and the first days of 12/8/15 Hanukkah - 2nd Day 3rd night of Hanukkah Passover. 12/9/15 Hanukkah - 3rd Day 4th night of Hanukkah 12/10/15 Hanukkah - 4th Day 5th night of Hanukkah Efforts to avoid scheduling exams or 12/11/15 Hanukkah - 5th Day 6th night of Hanukkah major projects on those days help to 12/12/15 Hanukkah - 6th Day 7th night of Hanukkah avoid conflicts of religious observance 12/13/15 Hanukkah - 7th Day 8th night of Hanukkah and conscience. 12/14/15 Hanukkah - 8th Day Purim 3/23/16 Purim begins 3/24/16 Purim Passover 4/22/16 Passover begins *This calendar does NOT include all 4/23/16 Passover (1st Day) 2nd day festival begins Jewish holidays and observances. The 4/24/16 Passover (2nd Day) Jewish/Hebrew calendar includes 4/25/16 Passover - intermediate day numerous minor fes9vals, as well as 4/26/16 Passover - intermediate day several modern commemorave days. 4/27/16 Passover - intermediate day The holidays included on this list are 4/28/16 Passover - intermediate day 7th Day begins those that are most likely to present 4/29/16 Passover (7th day) 8th Day begins scheduling conflicts, as well as holidays 4/30/16 Passover (8th day) that it may be helpful to simply be aware of, even if they do not present Shavuot such conflicts. For a full lis9ng of Jewish 6/11/16 Shavuot begins holidays and observances, visit 6/12/16 Shavuot (1st day) 2nd day festival begins hp://www.hebcal.com/holidays/ 6/13/16 Shavuot (2nd day) Tisha b'Av 8/13/16 Fast of the 9th of Av begins 8/14/16 Fast of the 9th of Av.