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01January
- New Year's Day1 Jan
- Catholic/Protestant Epiphany Eve5 Jan
- Orthodox Christmas Eve6 Jan
- Catholic/Protestant Epiphany6 Jan
- Orthodox Christmas Day7 Jan
- Orthodox Christmas Holiday8 Jan
- Orthodox New Year’s Eve13 Jan
- Orthodox New Year14 Jan
- Al Isra' wal Miraj16 Jan
- Armenian Christmas Eve18 Jan
- Orthodox Epiphany Eve18 Jan
- Armenian Christmas Day19 Jan
- Orthodox Epiphany Day19 Jan
- Armenian Christmas Holiday20 Jan
- Eid al-Khader Eve24 Jan
- Eid al-Khader25 Jan
02February
- Ramadan begins18 Feb
03March
- Purim Eve2 Mar
- Fast of Esther2 Mar
- Purim3 Mar
- Shushan Purim4 Mar
- International Women's Day8 Mar
- Eid al-Fitr Eve19 Mar
- Eid al-Fitr20 Mar
- Eid al-Fitr Holiday21 Mar
- Eid al-Fitr Holiday22 Mar
- Catholic/Protestant Feast of the Annunciation25 Mar
- Catholic/Protestant Palm Sunday29 Mar
04April
- Passover Eve1 Apr
- Passover (Day 1)2 Apr
- Catholic/Protestant Maundy Thursday2 Apr
- Passover (Day 2)3 Apr
- Catholic/Protestant Good Friday3 Apr
- Passover (Day 3)4 Apr
- Catholic/Protestant Holy Saturday4 Apr
- Passover (Day 4)5 Apr
- Armenian/Orthodox Palm Sunday5 Apr
- Catholic/Protestant Easter Sunday5 Apr
- Passover (Day 5)6 Apr
- Catholic/Protestant Easter Monday6 Apr
- Passover (Day 6)7 Apr
- Orthodox Feast of the Annunciation7 Apr
- Passover (Day 7)8 Apr
- Mimouna Day9 Apr
- Armenian/Orthodox Maundy Thursday9 Apr
- Armenian/Orthodox Good Friday10 Apr
- Armenian/Orthodox Holy Saturday11 Apr
- Armenian/Orthodox Easter Sunday12 Apr
- Armenian/Orthodox Easter Monday13 Apr
- Yom HaShoah14 Apr
- Armenian Feast of the Annunciation20 Apr
- Yom HaZikaron21 Apr
- Yom HaAtzmaut22 Apr
- Prophet Shuaib's Feast Eve24 Apr
- Prophet Shuaib's Feast25 Apr
- Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday26 Apr
- Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday27 Apr
- Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday28 Apr
05May
- May Day1 May
- Lag BaOmer5 May
- Victory Day over Nazi Germany10 May
- Catholic/Protestant Ascension Eve13 May
- Catholic/Protestant Ascension Day14 May
- Jerusalem Day15 May
- Memorial Day for Ethiopian Jews15 May
- Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Eve20 May
- Shavuot Eve21 May
- Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Day21 May
- Shavuot22 May
- Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Eve23 May
- Catholic/Protestant Pentecost24 May
- Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Monday25 May
- Eid al-Adha Eve26 May
- Eid al-Adha27 May
- Eid al-Adha Holiday28 May
- Eid al-Adha Holiday29 May
- Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Eve30 May
- Eid al-Adha Holiday30 May
- Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost31 May
06June
- Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Monday1 Jun
- Muharram Eve15 Jun
- Muharram16 Jun
07July
- 17th of Tammuz2 Jul
- Tisha B'Av Eve22 Jul
- Tisha B'Av23 Jul
08August
- Prophet's Birthday Eve24 Aug
- Prophet's Birthday25 Aug
09September
- First Day of School Year1 Sept
- Feast of Prophet Sabalan Eve9 Sept
- Feast of Prophet Sabalan10 Sept
- Rosh Hashana Eve11 Sept
- Rosh Hashana12 Sept
- Rosh Hashana (Day 2)13 Sept
- Gedaliah Fast14 Sept
- Yom Kippur Eve20 Sept
- Yom Kippur21 Sept
- Sukkot Eve25 Sept
- Sukkot (Day 1)26 Sept
- Sukkot (Day 2)27 Sept
- Sukkot (Day 3)28 Sept
- Sukkot (Day 4)29 Sept
- Sukkot (Day 5)30 Sept
10October
- Sukkot (Day 6)1 Oct
- Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah2 Oct
- Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah3 Oct
- Aliyah Day School Observance18 Oct
- Election Day27 Oct
11November
- Sigd9 Nov
12December
- Hanukkah (Day 1)5 Dec
- Hanukkah (Day 2)6 Dec
- Hanukkah (Day 3)7 Dec
- Hanukkah (Day 4)8 Dec
- Hanukkah (Day 5)9 Dec
- Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet10 Dec
- Hanukkah (Day 7)11 Dec
- Hanukkah (Day 8)12 Dec
- Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet)20 Dec
- Catholic/Protestant Christmas Eve24 Dec
- Catholic/Protestant Christmas Day25 Dec
- Catholic/Protestant Boxing Day26 Dec
- New Year's Eve31 Dec