Hillel Milwaukee offers programs and meals for the High Holidays, Passover, and other festivals and holidays. During Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Hillel hosts special holiday meals,and programs. During Sukkot, we build a Sukkah in front of our beautiful building, and offer a full range of holiday progamming. We also partner with local synagogues for Simchat Torah.  Hanukkah is a celebratory time for all of our students. We offer evening menorah lighting and Hanukkah celebrations. We also host a variety of holiday programs for Tu B'shevat and Purim. During Passover, we host a Seder, holiday programming, and kosher for Passover meals. We finish the school year out with our community Yamim holidays (Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, and Yom HaAtzmaut. If you have questions about Holidays at Hillel, please contact Dalilah at dalilah@hillelmke.org.

For a complete list of our Holiday programming,  please view our event calendar. For your reference, holiday observations dates are below. 
  • Rosh Hashanah - Friday, September 18 at sundown - Sunday, September 20, 2020
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  • Yom Kippur - Sunday, September 27 at sundown - Monday, September 28, 2020
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  • Sukkot - Friday, October 2 at sundown - Friday, October 9, 2020
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  • Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah  - Friday, October 9 at sundown - Sunday, October 11, 2020
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  • Hanukkah - Thursday, December 10 at sundown - Friday, December 18, 2020
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  • Tu B'Shevat - Wednesday, January 27 at sundown - Thursday, January 28, 2021
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  • Purim - Thursday, February 25 at sundown -  Thursday, February 27, 2021
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  • Passover - Sunday, March 28 at sundown - Sunday, April 4, 2021​
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  • Yom HaShoah - Wendesday, April 7 at sundown - Thursday, April 8, 2021
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  • Yom HaZikaron - Tuesday, April 13 at sundown - Wednesday, April 14, 2021
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  • Yom HaAtzmaut - Wednesday, April 14 at sundown - Thursday, April 15, 2021
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  • Lag B'Omer - Thursday, April 29 at sundown - Friday, April 30, 2021
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  • Shavuot - Sunday, May 16 at sundown - Tuesday, May 18, 2021
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  • Tisha B'Av - Saturday, July 17 at sundown - Sunday, July 18, 2021
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