Academic Calendar
Academic Calendar 2024-2025
Fall 2024
Fall Semester 2024: Aug. 26-Dec. 20
| Date | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, August 26 – Friday, August 30 | Ordination students’ orientation and Elul programs | |
| Monday, September 2 | Labor Day | Campus closed |
| Tuesday, September 3 | First day of fall semester classes (including Jewish education module 1 classes) | |
| Monday, September 9 | Last day of add/drop period for Jewish education module 1 classes | |
| Sunday, September 22 | JTFGB Kick-Off | |
| Monday, September 16 | Last day of add/drop period for ordination students | |
| Wednesday, October 2 | Erev Rosh Hashanah | Campus closed |
| Thursday-Friday, October 3-4 | Rosh Hashanah | Campus closed |
| Monday-Thursday, October 7-10 | No RABBINIC in-person classes held | Campus open |
| Friday, October 11 | Erev Yom Kippur, no classes held | Campus closed |
| Saturday, October 12 | Yom Kippur | Campus closed |
| Monday, October 14 | Columbus Day/Indigenous People’s Day, classes held | Campus open |
| Wednesday, October 16 | Erev Sukkot | Campus closes at 1 pm |
| Thursday-Friday, October 17-18 | Sukkot | Campus closed |
| Monday-Tuesday, October 21-22 | Intermediate days of Sukkot, classes held | Campus open |
| Wednesday, October 23 | Hoshana Rabbah, no ordination classes held, and last day of Jewish Education Module 1 classes | |
| Thursday-Friday, October 24-25 | Shmini Atzeret & Simchat Torah | Campus closed |
| Tuesday, October 29 | First day of Jewish education module 2 classes | |
| Monday, November 4 | Last day of add/drop period for Jewish education module 2 classes | |
| Tuesday, November 5 | Election Day, no ordination classes | Campus open |
| Friday, November 11 | Veterans Day, classes held | Campus open |
| Monday, November 18 | Ta Sh’ma Open House for prospective ordination students, no regular ordination classes held | |
| Wednesday, November 27 | Day before Thanksgiving, classes held | Campus closes at 1 pm |
| Thursday & Friday, November 28-29 | Thanksgiving holiday | Campus closed |
| Friday, December 13 | Last day of instruction, fall semester classes | |
| Monday-Friday, December 16-20 | Final exam period; all work must be turned in by 1:00 pm on Friday | |
| Tuesday, December 17 | Last day for Jewish education module 2 classes | |
| Friday, December 20 | Last day of fall semester | |
| Monday, December 23, 2024 – Wednesday, January 1, 2025 | Winter break | Campus closed |
| Thursday, January 2, 2025 | Hebrew College reopens | |
| Friday, January 3, 2025 | Fall semester grades due |
Winter/Spring 2025
Winter/Spring Semester 2025: Jan. 2 -May 16
| Date | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, January 2 | Hebrew College reopens | |
| Friday, January 3 | Fall semester grades due | |
| Monday, January 20 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Campus closed |
| Tuesday – Friday, January 21-24 | Ordination programs’ January Intensive Seminars | |
| Monday – Friday, January 27-31 | Ordination programs’ Winter Seminar | |
| Monday, February 3 | First day of spring semester classes | |
| Friday, February 7 | Last day of add/drop period for Jewish education module 3 classes | |
| Monday, February 17 | President's Day | Campus closed |
| Tuesday, February 18 | Last day of add/drop period | |
| Thursday, March 13 | Erev Purim | Campus closes at 1 pm |
| Friday, March 14 | Purim | Campus closed |
| Wednesday, March 19 | Last day of Jewish Education Module 3 classes | |
| Monday, March 24 | First day of Jewish education module 4 classes | |
| Friday, March 28 | Last day of add/drop period for Jewish education module 4 classes | |
| Monday, April 14 | Pesach | Campus closed |
| Tuesday-Friday, April 15-18 | Intermediate days of Pesach, no classes held | Campus open |
| Monday, April 21 | Patriot’s Day, no classes held | Campus closed |
| Tuesday, April 22 | Classes resume | |
| Thursday, April 24 | Yom HaShoah, classes held | Campus open |
| Wednesday, April 30 | Yom HaZikaron, classes held | Campus open |
| Thursday, May 1 | Yom HaAtzma’ut, no morning classes held | Campus open |
| Wednesday, May 7 | Ordination programs' capstones and blessings, no morning classes held | |
| Friday, May 9 | Last day of instruction, spring semester classes | |
| Monday-Friday, May 12-16 | Final exam period; all work must be turned in by 1:00 pm on Friday | |
| Friday, May 16 | Last day of spring semester | |
| Sunday, May 18 | JTFGB Grant Ceremony | |
| Friday, May 23 | Spring semester grades due | |
| Sunday, May 25 | Graduation and Ordination | |
| Monday, May 26 | Memorial Day | Campus closed |
| Monday-Tuesday, June 2-3 | Shavuot | Campus closed |