Jewish Holidays during the Academic Year at Bard

Jewish Year 5787 (2026–27)

For specific timing on Jewish services and celebrations at Bard, please contact Rabbi Joshua Boettiger at [email protected].

Major Jewish Holidays 5787

(While School Is in Session)

Rosh Hashanah*
Jewish New Year
Evening of September 11 through September 13, 2026

Yom Kippur*
Day of Atonement
Evening of September 20 (Kol Nidrei) till sundown on September 21, 2026

Sukkot*
Festival of Tabernacles
Evening of September 25 through October 2, 2026

Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah*
Festival of Rejoicing with the Torah
Evening of October 2 through October 4, 2026

Hanukkah
Festival of Lights
Evening of December 4 through December 11, 2026

Tu BiShvat
New Year of the Trees
January 23, 2027

Purim
Carnivalesque holiday celebrating survival
Evening of March 22 through March 23, 2027

Pesach*
Passover, feast of freedom
Evening of April 21 (first seder) through April 29, 2027

Holidays marked with * (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, first two days of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, and first two days and last day of Pesach) are days when work is traditionally forbidden and observant students’ schedules will be affected.