Calendar 2019-2020
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Please Note:
*All dates are inclusive and subject to change based on weather and security considerations.
* The starred activities are optional – for all other programs we expect full participation of all students.
Date Day Event
September 2019
Sept 3 Tuesday Dorms open at 8am
Sept 3 Tuesday Orientation at 3pm
Sept 3-5 Tue – Thurs Orientation & Kotel
Sept 6-7 Shabbat Shabbaton On Campus
Sept 12 Thursday Afternoon Volunteering
Sept 19 Thursday Tiyul
Sept 21 Motzei Shabbat Selichot
Sept 26 Thursday Special Program: Rosh Hashana
Sept 27-28 Shabbat Staff Shabbat On Campus*
October
Sept 29-Oct 1 Sun – Tue Rosh Hashana
Oct 2 Wednesday Tzom Gedalia – Morning classes only
Oct 7 Monday Special Program: Yom Kippur
Oct 8-9 Tue – Wed Yom Kippur
Oct 10 Thursday Special Program: Succot
Oct 11-12 Shabbat Staff Shabbat on Campus*
Oct 13-22 Sun – Tue Succot
Oct 17 Thursday Optional Outing*
Oct 19 Motzei Shabbat Hoshana Rabba Program
Oct 25-26 Shabbat Shabbaton Off Campus
November
Nov 6-7 Wed – Thurs Tiyul – Eilat overnight
Nov 15-16 Shabbat Shabbaton – Tzfat
December
Dec 9 Monday Tiyul
Dec 22-30 Sun – Mon Chanuka
Dec 22 Sunday Chanuka Chagiga
Dec 22-25 Sun – Wed Morning classes
Dec 26-28 Thurs – Shabbat Vacation
Dec 29 Sunday Tiyul
January 2020
Jan 3-4 Shabbat Staff Shabbat On Campus*
Jan 5-9 Sun – Thurs Midterms
Jan 10-12 Fri – Sunday Mid-Winter Break
Jan 12 Sunday Blind/ Deaf Museum*
Jan 13 Monday Second Semester begins
Jan 17-18 Shabbat Staff Shabbat On Campus*
Jan 18 Motzei Shabbat YU Choir Competition (Kedma)
Jan 22 Wednesday Tiyul
February
Jan 31-Feb 1 Shabbat Shabbaton – Old City
Feb 10 Monday Special Program: Tu Bishvat
Feb 12 Wednesday Tiyul
Feb 28-29 Shabbat Shabbaton – Bnei Brak
March
March 9 Monday Ta’anit Esther – Morning classes only
March 10 Tuesday Purim and Purim Chagiga at night
March 11 Wednesday Shushan Purim and Purim Seudah with all students
March 15-19 Sun – Thurs Discover Jerusalem Seminar \ Poland Tour
March 20-21 Shabbat Shabbaton On Campus
March 25-April 20 Wed – Mon Pesach Vacation
April
April 3-4 Shabbat Shabbat Hagadol – Shabbat On Campus*
April 8-16 Wed – Thurs Pesach
April 21 Tuesday Yom HaShoah – Classes resume at 2pm
April 24-25 Shabbat Shabbaton
April 27-28 Mon – Tue Special Program: Yom HaZikaron
April 28-29 Tue – Wed Special Program: Yom Ha’Atzmaut
May
May 12 Tuesday Lag B’Omer
May 19-20 Tue – Wed Tiyul – Golan overnight
May 22 Friday Yom Yerushalayim
May 28-30 Thurs – Shabbat Shavuot & Staff Shabbat
June
May 31-June 7 Sun – Sun Finals \ Farewell classes
June 5-6 Shabbat Shabbaton On Campus
June 8 Monday Banquet
June 10 Wednesday Dorm closes at 6pm