Jewish Calendar 2014 - 2015
Jewish holidays start in the evening before the “first day” of the holiday. Example: if you want to celebrate Hanukkah, you would start on the evening of the 16 December, even though the holiday “day” is the 17December 2014
Rededicating the Temple. Menora, latkes and dreidels
New Years for Trees
Jewish Mardi Gras. Dressing in costumes etc
Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Seders, no bread-y stuff other than matzah
Holocaust Memorial Day - in Israel
Israeli Memorial Day - in Israel
Israeli Independence Day - in Israel
33rd day of counting the Omer. Bonfires and singing
Jerusalem Day - in Israel
Commemorates us receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai
The Ninth of Av, fast commemorating the destruction of the two Temples
Rosh Hashanah marks the start of the Jewish near year
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a day of fasting and repentance
The Festival of Booths - with Lulav and Etrog in hand