Summer 2008
Fall 2008
Spring 2009
SUMMER 2008
Friday, July 4
Independence Day, campus closed
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FALL 2008
Monday, August 25
Advisement and registration begin
Monday–Friday, August 25–29
Rabbinical School orientation week
Monday, September 1
Labor Day, campus closed
Tuesday–Friday, September 2–5
Rabbinical School Elul programming
Wednesday, September 3
Student orientation
Monday, September 8
First day of fall semester classes
Students may add or drop a class within a one-week period of the first class session.
Monday, September 29–Wednesday, October 15
No classes held
Monday, September 29
Erev Rosh Hashanah, building closes at 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday–Wednesday, September 30–October 1
Rosh Hashanah, campus closed
Wednesday, October 8
Erev Yom Kippur, building closes at 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 9
Yom Kippur, campus closed
Monday, October 13
Erev Sukkot, building closes at 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday–Wednesday, October 14–15
Sukkot, campus closed
Thursday, October 16
Classes resume
Monday, October 20
Hoshanah Rabbah and
Erev Shmini Atzeret, building closes at 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday–Wednesday, October 21–22
Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, campus closed
Wednesday, November 26
Pre-Thanksgiving holiday; no classes after 5:00 p.m.
Thursday–Friday, November 27–28
Thanksgiving recess, campus closed
Monday, December 1
Spring semester advisement and registration opens
Tuesday, December 23
Last day of classes for Rabbinical School (non-Mekorot classes)
Wednesday, December 24–Friday, January 2
Winter break; no classes in session
Monday, January 5
Classes resume
Friday, January 16
Last day of fall semester
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SPRING 2009
Monday, January 19
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, campus closed
Monday, February 2
First day of spring semester classes
Students may add or drop a class within a one-week period of the first class session.
Monday, February 16
President’s Day, campus closed
Tuesday, March 10
Purim, no classes
Wednesday, April 8
Erev Passover, no classes held and building closes at 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 9–Friday, April 17
Passover, no classes
Monday, April 20
Classes resume
Friday, May 22
Last day of spring semester, College and Rabbinical School
Monday, May 25
Memorial Day, campus closed
Friday–Saturday, May 29–30
Shavuot, campus closed
Sunday, May 31
84th Commencement Exercises
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