Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish celebration that commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the 2nd century, where according to legend Jews had risen up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the Maccabean Revolt.

Sukkot is one of the most joyful festivals on the Jewish calendar. “Sukkot,” a Hebrew word meaning "booths" or "huts," refers to the Jewish festival of giving thanks for the fall harvest.

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, commemorates the creation of the world and marks the beginning of the Days of Awe, a 10-day period of introspection and repentance that ends with the Yom Kippur holiday.

Tisha B'Av, observed on the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, is one of the most solemn days in the Jewish calendar. It commemorates the destruction of both the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem, as well as other tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people throughout history.

Literally, "Day of the Destruction," also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, it memorializes those who died in the Holocaust. The observance was established by the state of Israel a few years after its foundation, in 1951. It was scheduled to be halfway between the start of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (the largest act of resistance by Jews during the Holocaust) and the establishment of the modern state of Israel.

Passover is a Jewish celebration of freedom – the freedom of our ancestors who escaped slavery in Egypt, and all the ways we’re free today to enjoy life and to work towards more freedom for ourselves and others.