Jewish Holidays 2024 Yom Kippur. The jewish year (5784, 5785, etc.) begins on rosh hashanah and ends just before the following rosh hashanah. A memorial service observed on yom kippur, the holiest day of the jewish year.

Yom kippur (the day of atonement) is the holiest day on the jewish calendar, when we fast, pray, seek forgiveness from god and our fellows, and come closer to god. Jewish holidays during the academic year at bard.