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 - Sunday, September 9 at sundown - Tuesday, September 11, 2018 (Hillel closed 9.10 & 9.11 - service and meal information TBD)
  • Yom Kippur - Tuesday, September 18 at sundown - Wednesday, September 19, 2018 (Hillel closed 9.19 - service and meal information TBD)
  • Sukkot - Sunday, September 23 at sundown - Sunday, September 30, 2018 (Hillel closed 9.24 & 9.25 - program and meal information TBD)
  • Shemini Atzeret  - Sunday, September 30 at sundown - Tuesday, October 2, 2018 (Hillel closed 10.1 & 10.2 - program and meal information TBD)
  • Hanukkah - Sunday, December 2 at sundown - Monday, December 10, 2018
  • Tu B'Shevat - Sunday, January 20 at sundown - Monday, January 21, 2019
  • Purim - Wednesday, March 20 at sundown -  Thursday, March 22, 2019
  • Passover - Friday, April 19 at sundown - Saturday, April 27, 2019 (Hillel closed 4.26 - program and meal information TBD)
  • Yom HaShoah - Wednesday, May 1 at sundown - Thursday, May 2, 2019
  • Yom HaZikaron - Tuesday, May 7 at sundown - Wednesday, May 8, 2019
  • Yom HaAtzmaut - Wednesday, May 8 at sundown - Thursday, May 9, 2019
  • Lag B'Omer - Wednesday, May 22 at sundown - Thursday, May 23, 2019
  • Shavuot - Saturday, Jun 8 at sundown - Monday, June 10, 2019  (Hillel closed 6.10)
  • Tisha B'Av - Saturday, August 10 at sundown - Sunday, August 11 , 2019