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Holidays

2013 Holiday List

The U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem will be closed in observance of the following United States and Jerusalem holidays:

 

        HOLIDAY                                                            DAY OBSERVED

New Year’s Day 2012/2013                              Tuesday, January 1

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday                       Monday, January 21

Presidents’ Day                                                Monday, February 18

*Passover (First Day)                                       Tuesday, March 26

*Passover (Last Day)                                       Monday, April 1

*Israeli Independence Day                              Tuesday, April 16

*Shavuot (Pentecost)                                      Wednesday, May 15

Memorial Day                                                   Monday, May 27

U.S. Independence Day                                   Thursday, July 4

**‘Id Al Fitr                                          To be announced (see below)

Labor Day                                                       Monday, September 2

*Rosh Hashana (New Year, First Day)           Thursday, September 5

*Rosh Hashana (New Year, Last Day)           Friday, September 6

*Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)                  Saturday, September 14

*Succot (Feast of Tabernacles)                    Thursday, September 19   

*Simhat Torah (Rejoicing of the Law)           Thursday, September 26

 Columbus Day                                              Monday, October 14

**‘Id Al Adha                                         To be announced (see below)

Veteran’s Day                                               Monday, November 11

Thanksgiving Day                                         Thursday, November 28

Christmas Day                                             Wednesday, December 25

New Year’s Day 2013/2014                         Wednesday, January 1, 2014

 

*       Local Israeli holidays.

**     Locally-observed Islamic holidays:  Dates for these holidays are based on the lunar calendar and currently estimated to be on/about August 6, 2013 for ‘Id Al Fitr and October 15, 2013 for ‘Id Al Adha.