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Academic schedule for year

First Day of Fall Semester

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Hannukah Break

Sunday, December 13, 2020 (On all other days of Hannukah, classes will end at 4pm)

Tenth of Tevet Fast

Friday, December 25, 2020 (No Classes)

Final Day of Fall Semester

Friday, January 22, 2021

Winter Break

Sunday, January 24 - Friday, March 5 (inclusive), 2021

Purim Break

Thursday, February 25 - Sunday, February 28 (inclusive), 2021

First Day of Spring Semester

Monday, March 7, 2021

Passover Break

Monday, March 22 - Sunday, April 4 (inclusive), 2021

Back to University

Monday, April 5, 2021

Yom HaZikaron (National Memorial Day) & Israeli Independence Day

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - Thursday, April 15, 2021

Jerusalem Day

Monday, May 10, 2021 (No Classes)

Shavuot (Pentecost) Holiday

Sunday, May 16 - Tuesday, May 18 (inclusive), 2021

Student Day

TBD (classes will end at 4:00pm)

Seventeenth of Tamuz Fast

Sunday, June 27, 2020 (No Classes)

Final Day of Spring Semester

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Final Exams

Thursday, July 1 2021 - Friday, August 6 2021

Summer Semester

Sunday, August 8 - Sunday, September 5, 2021 (inclusive)

First Day of Fall Semester, 2021-2022 Academic Year

Sunday, October 10, 2021

Notes:

During memorial services (National Memorial Day, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial) all BIU libraries will be closed.

On Thursday, October 29, 2020, from 12:00pm - 2:00pm, a memorial assembly will be held for the remembrance of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. There will be no studies at this time.

On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, classes will end at 6:00pm.

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Thursday, April 8, 2021, from 12:00pm - 2:00pm, a memorial assembly will be held. There will be no studies at this time.

On the eve of Israel’s National Memorial Day, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, there will be no studies between 12:00pm- 2:00pm, due to the holding of a memorial assembly. On that day, classes will end at 5:00pm.

On the eve of Jerusalem Day, Sunday, May 9, 2021, classes will end at 6:00pm.

Exams for mandatory Jewish courses will take place in the last week and a half of the semester break.

Exams will not be held on the fast day of the 17th of Tamuz, Sunday, June 27, 2021.

Exams will not be held on the fast day of the 9th of Av, Sunday, July 18, 2021.

Special dates for the fall semester exams will take place on Thursday, Friday and Sunday, May 6-9, 2021

Special dates for the spring semester exams will take place on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, October 3-5, 2021.

Afternoon prayer times in the synagogue: 12:30pm, 1:35pm, 2:30pm, 3:35pm

Evening prayer times in the synagogue: 5:35pm (winter), 7:35pm