Holidays
JEWISH HOLIDAYS 2024-2025
The Religious Holiday Policy reads: The college (offices and departments) should not schedule public and will not schedule collegewide events on the following major religious holidays: this includes, but is not limited to, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, the first night of Passover, Eid-al-Fitr, Eid-al-Adha, Good Friday, Diwali and Holi. The college calendar already excludes events on federal holidays of Christmas and Easter.
Students must make arrangements with faculty members in advance when an exam (including quizzes), papers, and other work are due on major religious holidays. A student will not be penalized for missing class or not handing in work on a holiday due to religious observance. However, students must notify faculty, in writing, at least two weeks in advance of the holiday if they will be absent from class for religious observance for full accommodations to be made. Exceptions may be made, on a case-by-case basis, with special consideration given to circumstances in which the holiday occurs within the first two weeks of the course. Likewise, students who observe these holidays must notify, in advance, their coaches should they have athletic practice or scheduled competition at a time of religious observance.
Faculty and staff are expected to be sensitive to the needs of observant students of all religious, secular, and spiritual traditions when planning for lectures, field trips, work, or other curricular activities. The institution commits to providing an inclusive and equitable religious holiday calendar with enough notice so as to provide faculty adequate information regarding their syllabus creation as a way to prepare adequately for these religious observances. Any course work or other Policy/Procedure obligation that is missed remains the student’s responsibility, in partnership with faculty, to complete. Faculty members are expected to consider reasonable arrangements for students to complete missed work and be sensitive about scheduling one-time events and activities which may severely affect the student’s educational experience. Students must make up the work that is missed.
For questions, please contact Rabbi Marley Weiner at weinerma@dickinson.edu.
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Rosh Hashanah
- Begins sundown on Wednesday, October 2, 2024
- Ends sundown on Friday, October 4, 2024
Yom Kippur
- Begins sundown on Friday, October 11, 2024
- Ends sundown on Saturday, October 12, 2024
Sukkot
- Begins sundown on Wednesday, October 16, 2024
- Ends sundown on Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Shmini Atzeret
- Begins sundown on Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- Ends sundown on Thursday, October 24, 2024
Simchat Torah
- Begins sundown on Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Ends sundown on Friday, October 25, 2024
Hannukah
- Begins sundown on Wednesday, December 25, 2024
- Ends sundown on Thursday, January 2, 2025
Purim
- Begins sundown on Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Ends sundown on Friday, March 14, 2025
Passover (Only the first night of Passover is observed by the college)
- Begins sundown on Saturday, April 12, 2025
- Ends sundown on Sunday, April 20, 2025
Yom ha-Shoah
- Begins sundown on Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Ends sundown on Thursday, April 24, 2025
Shavout
- Begins sundown on Sunday, June 1, 2025
- Ends sundown on Tuesday, June 3, 2025