Public Holidays in Israel
2017 Holidays
March:
- Purim
Start date: March 12, 2017
April:
- Pesach (Passover)
Start date: April 11, 2017
End date: April 18, 2017
- Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day)
Start date: April 24, 2017
May
- Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day)
Start date: May 1, 2017
- Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day)
Start date: May 2, 2017
- Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day)
State date: May 24, 2017
- Shavuot (Pentecost)
Start date: May 31, 2017
End date: June 1, 2017
August
- Tish’a B’Av (The ninth day of Av, with a fast commemorating the destruction of the two Temples)
Start date: August 1, 2017
September
- Rosh Hashanah (New Year)
Start date: September 21, 2017
End date: September 22, 2017
- Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
Start date: September 30, 2017
October
- Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
Start date: October 5, 2017
End date: October 11, 2017
- Shmini Atzeret (Eighth Day of Assembly)
Start date: October 12, 2017
- Simchat Torah
Start date: October 13, 2017
- Yom HaAliyah (Israeli Immigrants Day)
Start date: October 27, 2017
November
- Sigd (Ethiopian Jewish holiday)
Start date: Nov. 18, 2017
December
- Hanukkah (Known as the Festival of Lights)
Start date: December 13, 2017
End date: December 20, 2017
2018 HOLIDAYS
March:
- Purim
Start date: March 1, 2018
- Pesach (Passover)
Start date: March 31, 2018
April:
- Pesach (Passover)
Start date: March 31, 2018End date: April 7, 2018
- Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day)
Start date: April 12, 2018
- Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day)
Start date: April 18, 2018
- Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day)
Start date: April 19, 2018
May
- Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day)
State date: May 13, 2018
- Shavuot (Pentecost)
Start date: May 20, 2018
End date: May 21, 2018
July
- Tish’a B’Av (The ninth day of Av, with a fast commemorating the destruction of the two Temples)
Start date: July 22, 2018
September
- Rosh Hashanah (New Year)
Start date: September 10, 2018
End date: September 11, 2018
- Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
Start date: September 19, 2018
- Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
Start date: September 24, 2018
End date: September 30, 2018
October
- Shmini Atzeret (Eighth Day of Assembly)
Start date: October 1, 2018
- Simchat Torah
Start date: October 2, 2018
- Yom HaAliyah (Israeli Immigrants Day)
Start date: October 16, 2018
November
- Sigd (Ethiopian Jewish holiday)
Start date: November 7, 2018
December
- Hanukkah (Known as the Festival of Lights)
Start date: December 3, 2018
End date: December 10, 2018