Academic Calendar

FALL 2010

Sunday, August 22
Orientation for new Rabbinical students

Monday–Tuesday, August 23–24
Rabbinical School Orientation

Wednesday–Friday, August 25–27
Elul Minimester

Friday–Saturday, August 27–28
Shabbaton at Camp Ramah, Palmer, MA

Monday, August 30–Thursday, September 2
Elul Minimester

Monday, September 6
Labor Day, campus closed

Tuesday, September 7–Friday, September 17
No classes, but campus open (see exceptions below)

Wednesday, September 8
Erev Rosh Hashanah, campus closes at 1:00 p.m.

Thursday–Friday, September 9–10
Rosh Hashanah, campus closed

Friday, September 17
Erev Yom Kippur, campus closes at 1:00 p.m.

Monday, September 20
Fall semester classes begin (Monday classes held)

Tuesday, September 21
Tuesday classes held

Wednesday, September 22
Erev Sukkot, campus closes at 1:00 p.m. (Friday classes held)

Thursday–Friday, September 23–24
Sukkot, campus closed

Monday, September 27
Wednesday classes held

Tuesday, September 28
Thursday classes held

Wednesday, September 29
Hoshanah Rabbah, no Rabbinical School classes held, but attendance required until campus closes at 1:00 p.m.

Thursday, September 30–Friday, October 1
Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, campus closed

Wednesday, November 24
Pre-Thanksgiving, no classes after 5:00 p.m.

Thursday–Friday, November 25–26
Thanksgiving, campus closed

Wednesday, December 1
Chanukah

Thursday, December 23
Last day of fall semester for Rabbinical School and Mekorot

Friday, December 24–Sunday, January 2
Winter recess, campus closed

Monday, January 3
College classes resume

Friday, January 14
Last day of fall semester

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SPRING 2011

Monday, January 17
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, campus closed

Wednesday, January 19–Thursday, January 27
Winter Seminar (Rabbinical School and Cantorial School)

Monday, January 31
Spring semester begins

Monday, February 21
Presidents’ Day, campus closed

Sunday, March 20
Purim

Monday, April 18–Tuesday, April 26
Passover, campus closed

Wednesday, April 27
Classes resume

Friday, May 13
Last day of spring semester for Rabbinical School and Mekorot

Monday–Thursday, May 16–19
Reading week and final exams for Rabbinical School and Mekorot

Thursday, May 19
Closing picnic and celebration for Rabbinical School and Mekorot

Friday, May 20
Last day of spring semester
Required end-of-year Community Day for Rabbinical School and Mekorot

Monday, May 30
Memorial Day, campus closed

Sunday, June 5
Commencement

Monday, June 6
Rabbinical School Alumni Reunion

Tuesday, June 7
Erev Shavuot, campus closes at 1:00 p.m.

Wednesday–Thursday, June 8–9
Shavuot, campus closed