The UK Holocaust Memorial Day was first held in January 2001. The date was chosen as the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Saturday 3 February
Tu B'Shevat
The Jewish New Year for trees - For religious accounting purposes all trees have their anniversaries on this festival, regardless of when they were planted.
Sunday 4 March
Purim
Purim commemorates the time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination by the courage of a young Jewish woman called Esther.
Tuesday 3 April
Passover
The start of the season of Passover when Jews commemorate the liberation of the Children of Israel who were led out of Egypt by Moses.
Sunday 15 April
Yom Hashoah
The Jewish Holocaust Memorial Day. The date is chosen as the closest date (in the Jewish calendar) to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Wednesday 23 May
Shavuot
Shavuot marks the time when the first harvest was taken to the Temple. Also known as the Festival of Weeks.
Tuesday 3 July
17th Tammuz
An important Jewish fast day.
Tuesday 24 July
Tisha B'Av
A solemn day that commemorates a series of tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people over the years, many of which have coincidentally happened on this day.
Thursday 13 September
Rosh Hashanah
Jewish New Year
Saturday 22 September
Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement - the most solemn day of the Jewish year.
Thursday 27 September
Sukkot
Sukkot or The Feast of Tabernacles, commemorates the years that the Jews spent in the desert on their way to the Promised Land, and celebrates the way in which God took special care of them under impossible conditions.
Thursday 4 October
Shemini Atzeret
Shemini Atzeret can be translated as "the assembly of the eighth (day)." In Israel the festival is combined with Simchat Torah.
Friday 5 October
Simchat Torah
Simchat Torah means "Rejoicing in the Torah." This holiday marks the completion of the yearly cycle of weekly Torah readings.
Wednesday 5 December
Hanukkah
Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights and marks the restoration of the temple by the Maccabees in 164 BCE. Hanukkah is celebrated at roughly the same time as Christmas, but there is no connection at all between the festivals.
Wednesday 19 December
10th Tevet
An important Jewish fast day. (Please note that there is no fast in 2008.)
Jewish calendar for 2008
Tuesday 22 January
Tu B'Shevat
The Jewish New Year for trees - For religious accounting purposes all trees have their anniversaries on this festival, regardless of when they were planted.
Sunday 27 January
National Holocaust Memorial Day
The UK Holocaust Memorial Day was first held in January 2001. The date was chosen as the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Friday 21 March
Purim
Purim commemorates the time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination by the courage of a young Jewish woman called Esther.
Sunday 20 April
Passover
The start of the season of Passover when Jews commemorate the liberation of the Children of Israel who were led out of Egypt by Moses.
Friday 2 May
Yom Hashoah
The Jewish Holocaust Memorial Day. The date is chosen as the closest date (in the Jewish calendar) to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Monday 9 June
Shavuot
Shavuot marks the time when the first harvest was taken to the Temple. Also known as the Festival of Weeks.
Sunday 20 July
17th Tammuz
An important Jewish fast day.
Sunday 10 August
Tisha B'Av
A solemn day that commemorates a series of tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people over the years, many of which have coincidentally happened on this day.
Tuesday 30 September
Rosh Hashanah
Jewish New Year
Thursday 9 October
Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement - the most solemn day of the Jewish year.
Tuesday 14 October
Sukkot
Sukkot or The Feast of Tabernacles, commemorates the years that the Jews spent in the desert on their way to the Promised Land, and celebrates the way in which God took special care of them under impossible conditions.
Tuesday 21 October
Simchat Torah
Simchat Torah means "Rejoicing in the Torah." This holiday marks the completion of the yearly cycle of weekly Torah readings.
Shemini Atzeret
Shemini Atzeret can be translated as "the assembly of the eighth (day)." In Israel the festival is combined with Simchat Torah.
Monday 22 December
Hanukkah
Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights and marks the restoration of the temple by the Maccabees in 164 BCE. Hanukkah is celebrated at roughly the same time as Christmas, but there is no connection at all between the festivals.
Jewish calendar for 2009
Tuesday 6 January
10th Tevet
An important Jewish fast day. (Please note that there is no fast in 2008.)
Tuesday 27 January
National Holocaust Memorial Day
The UK Holocaust Memorial Day was first held in January 2001. The date was chosen as the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Monday 9 February
Tu B'Shevat
The Jewish New Year for trees - For religious accounting purposes all trees have their anniversaries on this festival, regardless of when they were planted.
Tuesday 10 March
Purim
Purim commemorates the time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination by the courage of a young Jewish woman called Esther.
Thursday 9 April
Passover
The start of the season of Passover when Jews commemorate the liberation of the Children of Israel who were led out of Egypt by Moses.
Tuesday 21 April
Yom Hashoah
The Jewish Holocaust Memorial Day. The date is chosen as the closest date (in the Jewish calendar) to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Friday 29 May
Shavuot
Shavuot marks the time when the first harvest was taken to the Temple. Also known as the Festival of Weeks.
Thursday 9 July
17th Tammuz
An important Jewish fast day.
Thursday 30 July
Tisha B'Av
A solemn day that commemorates a series of tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people over the years, many of which have coincidentally happened on this day.
Saturday 19 September
Rosh Hashanah
Jewish New Year
Monday 28 September
Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement - the most solemn day of the Jewish year.
Saturday 3 October
Sukkot
Sukkot or The Feast of Tabernacles, commemorates the years that the Jews spent in the desert on their way to the Promised Land, and celebrates the way in which God took special care of them under impossible conditions.
Saturday 10 October
Shemini Atzeret
Shemini Atzeret can be translated as "the assembly of the eighth (day)." In Israel the festival is combined with Simchat Torah.
Sunday 11 October
Simchat Torah
Simchat Torah means "Rejoicing in the Torah." This holiday marks the completion of the yearly cycle of weekly Torah readings.
Saturday 12 December
Hanukkah
Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights and marks the restoration of the temple by the Maccabees in 164 BCE. Hanukkah is celebrated at roughly the same time as Christmas, but there is no connection at all between the festivals.
Jewish calendar for 2010
Wednesday 27 January
National Holocaust Memorial Day
The UK Holocaust Memorial Day was first held in January 2001. The date was chosen as the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Saturday 30 January
Tu B'Shevat
The Jewish New Year for trees - For religious accounting purposes all trees have their anniversaries on this festival, regardless of when they were planted.
Sunday 28 February
Purim
Purim commemorates the time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination by the courage of a young Jewish woman called Esther.
Tuesday 30 March
Passover
The start of the season of Passover when Jews commemorate the liberation of the Children of Israel who were led out of Egypt by Moses.
Sunday 11 April
Yom Hashoah
The Jewish Holocaust Memorial Day. The date is chosen as the closest date (in the Jewish calendar) to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
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