All Jewish religious
festivals and holidays (like Shabbat) are 24 hours long, starting
the previous evening at nightfall and ending at nightfall on the
date shown. As with the Muslim festival of Ramadan, Jewish religious
festivals fall on a different date every year.
Some yearly events may be cancelled due to the security situation.
February 13 2006: Tu b’Shvat (‘New
Year of Trees’), an annual celebration of nature, throughout
Jerusalem.
End of March: Jerusalem half
marathon
16 April to 24 April: Pesach
(Passover), nothing with yeast or which is ‘leavened’
is allowed all week, that includes bread and beer, the 1st and last
days are public holidays (starts with ‘Seder Night’
festive meal on the evening of 24 April), throughout the city.
May 5 2005: Yom HaShoah, a memorial day for victims of
the Holocaust, throughout Jerusalem
May 7:
Israel Independence Day, celebrations of the declaration of the
State of Israel in 1948, throughout Jerusalem.
May
to June: The Israel Festival, various city venues.
June: Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), celebrations
of the reunification of Jerusalem and the return to Jewish rule
in 1967, throughout Jerusalem.
July: Shavuot
(Pentecost), festival of 1st fruits and of the giving of the Torah
to the Jews, throughout Jerusalem.
Abu Gosh Music Festival, it happens each year at Shavuot and Sukkot,
in Crusader Church, Abu Gosh, west of Jerusalem.
July:
Jerusalem Film Festival, Cinematheque.
August: Tisha b’Av (9th of the Hebrew
month Av), a religious fast day commemorating the destruction of
the Temple, throughout Jerusalem.
October 4 2005:
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year), throughout Jerusalem.
October 4 to November 11 2005: Ramadan, the Ramadan
nights are lively and colourful with coffee shops open until late
and several rooftop parties.
October 13 2005:
Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement), religious fast day, throughout
Jerusalem.
October 18 2005: Sukkot (Feast
of Tabernacles), throughout Jerusalem.
Abu Gosh Music Festival, it happens each year at Shavuot and Sukkot,
in Crusader Church, Abu Gosh, west of Jerusalem
December
24: Christmas Eve, at Christian locations throughout Jerusalem.
December 25: Christmas Day, at Christian locations
throughout Jerusalem. |
