GUIDE TO JEWISH LIVING IN TIDEWATER
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JEWISH HOLIDAYS 5780
Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
All holidays begin at sundown.
Arts and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 25
RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS 5782
Beth Sholom Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Rosh Hashanah September 6–8, 2021, Jewish New Year
Camps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 17
Yom Kippur September 15–16, 2021, Day of Atonement
Cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 16 Community Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Congregations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Disabilities and Inclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 20 Financial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Fitness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Freda A. Gordon Hospice + Palliative Care of Tidewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Strelitz International Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Holiday Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Jewish Family Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Jewish Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus . . . . . . 17
Sukkot September 20–22, 2021, Feast of Tabernacles Shmini Atzeret September 27–28, 2021, Eighth Day of Assembly Simchat Torah September 28–29, 2021, Celebration of the Torah Hanukkah November 28–December 6, 2021, Festival of Rededication, also Festival of Lights Tu BiShvat January 16–17, 2022, New Year for Trees Purim March 16–17, 2022, Story of Esther Pesach April 15–22, 2022, Passover Days of the Omer April 16–June 4, 2022, Seven weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot Lag BaOmer May 18–June 4, 2022, 33rd day of counting the Omer Shavuot June 4–7, 2022, Festival of Weeks, commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai
Rehabilitation Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tish’a B’Av August 6–7, 2022, The Ninth of Av, Commemorates destruction of the two Temples
Senior Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tu B’Av August 11–12, 2022, Jewish holiday of love
Services and Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Simon Family JCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Social Services and Health Care . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
MODERN HOLIDAYS 5780 Yom HaShoah April 28, 2022, Holocaust Memorial Day
Tidewater Jewish Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Yom HaZikaron May 4, 2022, Israeli Memorial Day
United Jewish Federation of Tidewater . . . . . . . 14
Yom HaAtzma’ut May 6, 2022, Israeli Independence Day
Young Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Young Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Youth Programming and Organizations . . . . 17, 28
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