Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
Observed the 3rd Monday in January
Ash Wednesday - Lent
- 2011 March 9
- 2012 February 22
- 2013 February 13
Easter Holidays
- 2011 April 24
- 2012 April 8
- 2013 March 31
- 2014 April 20
- 2015 April 5
- 2016 March 27
- 2017 April 16
- 2018 April 1
- 2019 April 21
- 2020 April 12
- 2021 April 4
- 2022 April 17
- 2023 April 9
- 2024 March 31
Purim
Celebrates defeat of plot to destroy the Jews of Persia.
- March 20, 2011
- March 8, 2012
- February 24, 2013
- March 16, 2014
Pesach / Passover followed by the Feast of Unleavened Bread
Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. Jews eat no normal bread but only the flat, unleavened, cracker-like bread called Matzah.
Passover
(Jewish Holiday Pesach)
Holiday begins at Sundown on night before.
April 19, 2011; April 7, 2012; March 26, 2013; April 15, 2014; April 4, 2015; April 23, 2016; April 11, 2017; March 31, 2018; April 20, 2019; April 9, 2020; March 28, 2021; April 16, 2022; April 6, 2023; April 23, 2024; April 13, 2025, April 2, 2026; April 22, 2027; April 11, 2028; March 31, 2029
Rosh Hashanah / Feast of Trumpets / Jewish New Year
1st Day Jewish High Holy Days - Start of the 10 days of penitence.
- September 29, 2011
- September 17, 2012
- September 5, 2013
- September 25, 2014
Yom Kippur / Day of Atonement
10th Day of the Jewish High Holy Days
a solemn day devoted to fasting, prayer and repentance.
- October 8, 2011
- September 26, 2012
- September 14, 2013
- October 4, 2014
Sukkot / Feast of Tabernacles
commemorating the dwelling of the Israelites in booths in the wilderness.
- October 12 - 19, 2011
- September 30 - October 7, 2012
- September 18 - 25, 2013
- October 8 - 15, 2014
Thanksgiving
4th Thursday in November
Chanukah/Hanukkah
Feast of Dedication / Feast of Lights
8 day celebration of religious freedom
- December 20 - 28, 2011
- December 8 - 16, 2012
- November 27 - December 5, 2013
- December 16 - 24, 2014
Kwanzaa
Dec 26th thru Jan 1st - African American Heritage