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Academic schedule for year

First day of academic year

Wednesday, 30.10.2024

Hanukkah

Sunday, 29.12.2024 - Monday, 30.12.2024

Tenth of Tevet fast

Friday, 10.1.2025

Last day of first semester

Monday, 3.2.2025

Final exams

Tuesday, 4.2.2025 - Wednesday, 12.3.2025

Purim

Thursday, 13.3.2025 -  Friday, 14.3.2025

First day of second semester

Sunday, 16.3.2025

Passover

Wednesday, 9.4.2025 - Sunday, 20.4.2025

Memorial Day and Independence Day

Wednesday, 30.4.2025 - Thursday, 1.5.2025

Jerusalem Day

Monday, 26.5.2025

Shavuot

Sunday, 1.6.2025 - Tuesday, 3.6.5025

Last day of second semester

Thursday, 3.7.2025

Final exams

Friday, 4.7.2025 - Tuesday, 5.8.2025

17th of Tammuz fast

Sunday, 13.7.2025

Tish'a B'Av fast

Sunday, 3.8.2025

Summer semester

Wednesday 6.8.2025 - Friday, 19.9.2025

First day of academic year

Thursday, 23.10.2026

  • .Classes will end at 4:00 pm during Hanukkah

  • Libraries will be closed during memorial ceremonies.
  • Classes will end at 6:00 pm on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day and Memorial Day.
  • On Holocaust Remembrance Day, 24.4.2025, a memorial ceremony will be held between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm. No classes will be held during these hours.
  • On Sunday, 27.4.25, a memorial ceremony for Israel's fallen soldiers will be held between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm. No classes will be held during these hours.
  • On the eve of Memorial Day for Israel's fallen soldiers, Tuesday, 29.4.2025, classes will end at 6:00 PM.
  • On the eve of Jerusalem Day, Tuesday, 25.5.2025, classes will end at 6:00 pm.
  • On Sunday, 16.3.2025, Jerusalem residents are exempt from attendance from 12:00.
  • Academic Year Opening event will be held on November 6, between 12:00-14:00. No classes will be held. 
  • On Wednesday, 12th of November 2024, between 11:00-12:00, a memorial assembly for Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will be held. There will be no classes during this hour.