SEASONAL - Spring Events Calendar

There are several holidays and memorial ceremonies this Spring

SPRING EVENTS CALENDAR

Date	English name	Hebrew name	Description
April 7, 2013	Holocaust Memorial Day Holocaust films Holocaust music	Yom ha-Shoah	Memorial Holocaust ceremonies held at synagogues and community centers
April 15, 2013	Israeli Soldiers' Memorial Day View listing	Yom ha-Zikaron	Memorial services held in Israel for soldiers lost in its wars
April 16, 2013 ( Begins on the 15th at sundown)	Israel Independence Day View listing	Yom Ha-Atzma'ut	Celebrations in Israel and U.S. Original date of independence - May 14, 1948
April 28 (bonfire after dark on April 27th), 2013	33rd day of the Omer View listing	Lag Ba'Omer	Memorial to Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai and end of Scholars' plague
May 8, 2013	Jerusalem Day View listing	Yom Yerushalayim	Celebrating 3000+ years of the city's history
May 15-16, 2013	Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) View listing	Shavuot	Receiving the Torah and First Fruits. Reading of Megillat Ruth. Eating blintzes.