Pesach - is celebrated in memory of the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt also known as Passover. Hanukkah - this is also known as the Festival of Lights or Chanukah. Purim - this is the happiest of the Jewish Festivals is a reminder of How Persia saved them from Destruction. Shavuot - also known as the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost. Rosh Hashanah - is the Jewish New Year. Yom Kippur - also known as the Day of the Atonement. Sukkot - also known as The festival of the Tabernacles and Succot or Succoth. Yom Atzma'ut - Also called Yom Haatzmaut is Israel's Independence Day. Shabbat - most special day for all Jews. Simchat Torah - Rejoicing in the Torah. Tu B'Shevat - New Year for Trees. UPDATED Yom Hashoah - the Holocaust, the Shoah. UPDATED Tisha B'Av - fast day recalling the destruction of the temple. Other Jewish Occasions - such as Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs, Marriage, death and funeral services. Bikurim Festival - harvest of Spring. NEW Lag b'Omer - the thirty-third day after Passover. NEW Fast of Esther - the day before Purim. NEW Yom Hazikaron - Memorial Day. NEW Yom Yerushalayim - Jerusalem Day. NEW Fast of Sheva - Asar B'Tamuz. NEW Tzom Gedaliah - Fast of Gedaliah. NEW Fast of Asarah - B'Tevet. NEW
