Your Year in Israel

June 30 - July 4 - General Orientation and Opening of Summer Session
July 2 - Kabbalat Shabbat Service and Dinner
July 5 - Classes Begin
August 13 - Summer Session Examinations
August 15 - 19 - Introductory Colloquium for the Academic Year
August 20 - 28 - Recess

Fall Semester

August 29 - Fall Semester Begins
September 11 - 12 - Rosh Hashana - no classes
September 13 - Classes resume
September 19 - Erev Yom Kippur - no classes
September 20 - Yom Kippur
September 21 - October 2 - Succot Recess
October 3 - Classes resume

December 2 - 4 - Haifa Reform Judaism Weekend (subject to change)
December 5-11 - Chanukah Recess
December 12 - Classes resume
January 2-3 - Reading Days
January 4-7 - Fall Semester Examinations
January 8-15 - Semester Recess

Spring Semester

January 16 - Spring Semester begins
March 21-23 - Purim and Shushan Purim - no classes
April 13 - 16 - Negev Study Tour
April 17 - 29 - Pesach Recess
April 30 - Classes resume
May 2 - Yom HaShoah
May 9 - Yom HaZikaron
May 10 - Yom Ha'atzmaut - no classes
May 18 - 21 - Reading Days
May 22 - 25 Final Examinations
May 29 - End of Year Evaluations