Long-Term Program Dates

Long-Term Program Dates

View the upcoming semester calendars for all JUC Long-Term programs: application deadlines, scholarship deadlines, start and end dates of the semester, Christian and Jewish holidays, and more.

Spring 2025

November 2024
Application and Regular Scholarship Deadline for Spring 2025 November 01
Deposit Deadline for Spring 2025 November 15
January
Student Arrival Day January 31
February
Orientation Weekend February 01 - 02
Classes Begin February 03
Drop/Add Deadline February 07
March
Purim (begins the evening before) March 14
Purim (in Jerusalem) March 15
Course Withdrawal Pass/Fail Deadline March 28
April
Palm Sunday April 13
Pesach/Passover (begins the evening before) April 13
Priority Scholarship Deadline for Fall 2025 April 15
Easter April 20
Yom haShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) April 24
Yom haZicharon (Memorial Day) April 30
May
Yom haAtzmaut (Independence Day) May 01
Final Examinations May 05 - 09
Cultural Background Field Study May 10 - 15
Departure Day (non-Cultural Backgrounds students) May 11
Departure Day (Cultural Backgrounds students) May 16
June
Application and Regular Scholarship Deadline for Fall 2025 June 02
Deposit Deadline for Fall 2025 June 16

Fall 2025

June
Application and Regular Scholarship Deadline for Fall 2025 June 02
Deposit Deadline for Fall 2025 June 16
August
Student Arrival Day August 29
Orientation Weekend August 30 - 31
September
Classes Begin September 01
Drop/Add Deadline September 05
Priority Scholarship Deadline for Spring 2026 September 15
Rosh haShannah (begins the evening before) September 23
October
Yom Kippur (begins the evening before) October 02
Succot (begins the evening before) October 07 - 13
Simchat Torah (begins the evening before) October 14
Course Withdrawal Pass/Fail Deadline October 24
November
Application and Regular Scholarship Deadline for Spring 2026 November 03
Deposit Deadline for Spring 2026 November 17
December
Final Examinations December 01 - 05
Departure Day December 07
Hanukkah December 14 - 22

Spring 2026

November 2025
Application and Regular Scholarship Deadline for Spring 2026 November 03
Deposit Deadline for Spring 2026 November 17
January
Student Arrival Day January 30
Orientation Weekend January 31 - February 01
February
Classes Begin February 02
Drop/Add Deadline February 06
March
Purim (begins the evening before) March 03
Purim (in Jerusalem) March 04
Course Withdrawal Pass/Fail Deadline March 27
Palm Sunday March 29
April
Pesach/Passover (begins the evening before) April 02
Good Friday (no classes) April 03
Easter April 05
Yom haShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) April 14
Priority Scholarship Deadline for Fall 2026 April 15
Yom haZicharon (Memorial Day) April 21
Yom haAtzmaut (Independence Day) April 22
May
Final Examinations May 04 - 08
Cultural Backgrounds Field Study May 09 - 14
Departure Day (non-Cultural Backgrounds students) May 10
Departure Day (Cultural Backgrounds students) May 15
June
Application and Regular Scholarship Deadline for Fall 2026 June 01
Deposit Deadline for Fall 2026 June 15

Fall 2026

June
Application and Regular Scholarship Deadline for Fall 2026 June 01
Deposit Deadline for Fall 2026 June 15
August
Student Arrival Day August 28
Orientation Weekend August 29 - 30
Classes Begin August 31
September
Drop/Add Deadline September 04
Rosh haShannah (begins the evening before) September 12
Priority Scholarship Deadline for Spring 2027 September 15
Yom Kippur (begins the evening before) September 21
Succot (begins the evening before) September 26 - 02 October
October
Simchat Torah (begins the evening before) October 04
Course Withdrawal Pass/Fail Deadline October 23
November
Application and Regular Scholarship Deadline for Spring 2027 November 02
Deposit Deadline for Spring 2027 November 16
Final Examinations November 30 - December 04
December
Departure Day December 06
Hanukkah December 04-12