Academic Calendar
Spring Semester 2020: Feb. 3-May 15
| Date | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2 | Campus Reopens | |
| Jan. 20 | Martin Luther King Jr., Day | Campus closed |
| Jan. 21-24 | Seminar on Pluralism for Mekorot Introduction to Christianity Seminar for Shanah Aleph History and Practice of Islam Seminar for Shanah Bet | |
| Jan. 24-25 | Rabbinical and Cantorial School Winter Shabbaton | |
| Jan. 27- 28 | Rabbinical and Cantorial School Winter Seminar | |
| Feb. 3 | First day of spring classes | |
| Feb. 10 | Add/drop period ends | |
| Feb. 17 | President's Day | Campus closed |
| Feb. 26 | Yom Iyyun-Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| March 9 | Erev Purim | Campus closes at 5 PM |
| March 10 | Purim | Campus closed |
| March 26 | Yom Iyyun-Rosh Chodesh Nisan | |
| March 27 | Yom Iyyun at Temple Beth Zion, Brookline | 8:30 am - Noon |
| April 8 | Erev Pesach; no classes | Campus closes at 1 PM |
| April 9-10 | Pesach; no classes | Campus closed |
| April 13 | No classes | Campus open |
| April 14 | Erev end of Pesach; no classes | Campus closes at 1 PM |
| April 15-16 | Last two days of Pesach | Campus closed |
| April 17 | No classes | Campus closed |
| April 21 | Yom HaShoah | |
| April 28 | Yom HaZikaron | |
| April 29 | Yom Iyyun - Yom HaAtzma'ut half day campus-wide day of learning | |
| May 15 | Last day of spring classes | |
| May 22 | Yom Yerushalayim | |
| May 25 | Memorial Day | Campus closed |
| May 27 | JTFGB Grant Ceremony | |
| May 28 | Erev Shavuot | Campus closes at 1 PM |
| May 29-30 | Shavuot | Campus closed |
| June 4 | Project/Thesis Presentation Day | |
| June 7 | Graduation & Ordination |
Summer 2020: June 9-Aug. 21
| Date | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| June 9-July 31 | Prayer Leader Summer Institute | |
| June 15 | First day of summer classes | |
| July 4 | Fourth of July Holiday | Campus closed |
| July 29 | Erev Tish'a B'av | Campus closes at 1 PM |
| July 30 | Tish'a B'av | Campus closed |
| Aug. 21 | Last day of summer classes | |
| Aug. 24-Sept. 4 | Rabbinical School & COSEL Elul Minimester and Orientation | |
| Sept. 2-3 | Jewish Education and Jewish Studies Orientation | |
| Sept. 7 | Labor Day | Campus closed |