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. Shavuot programming is also offered to those students staying for the summer. 

For a complete list of our Holiday programming,  please view our event calendar. For your reference, holiday observations dates are below. 
  • Rosh Hashanah - Wednesday, September 20 at sundown - Friday, September 22, 2017 (Hillel closed 9.21 & 9.22 but will be open for dinner on 9.22)
  • Yom Kippur - Friday, September 29 at sundown - Saturday, September 30, 2017
  • Sukkot - Wednesday, October 4  at sundown - Wednesday, October 11, 2017 (Hillel closed 10.5 & 10.6)
  • Shemini Atzeret - Wednesday, October 11 at sundown - Thursday, October 12, 2017 (Hillel closed 10.12)
  • Simchat Torah - Thursday, October 12 at sundown - Friday, October 13, 2017 (Hillel closed 10.13)
  • Hanukkah - Tuesday, December 12 at sundown - Wednesday, December 20, 2017
  • Tu B'Shevat - Tuesday, January 30 at sundown - Wednesday, January 31, 2018
  • Purim - Wednesday, Feb 28 at sundown -  Thursday, March 1, 2018
  • Passover - Friday, March 30 at sundown - Saturday, April 7, 2018 (Hillel closed 4.6)
  • Yom HaShoah - Wednesday, April 11 at sundown - Thursday, April 12, 2018
  • Yom HaZikaron - Tuesday, April 17 at sundown - Wednesday, April 18, 2018
  • Yom HaAtzmaut - Wednesday, April 18 at sundown - Thursday, April 19, 2018
  • Lag B'Omer - Wednesday, May 2 at sundown - Thursday, May 3, 2018
  • Shavuot - Saturday, May 19 at sundown - Monday, May 21, 2018  (Hillel closed 5.21)
  • Tisha B'Av - Saturday, July 21 at sundown - Sunday, July 22 , 2018