Jewish holidays are very important in this world and with the growing population of Jews in the United States, we see certain holidays such as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and of course Hanukkah become much more popular then they ever were. Jewish holidays tend to be ''religious'', but that isn't always the case. Judaism is actually old enough that it is actually a combined method of religion, a system of ethics and a social ideology and I am not the only one that feels this way, many others do too. All Jewish holidays occur according to the Jewish calendar which is a lunar calendar that consists of all of the different holidays during the year; this also includes ones that aren't even mentioned on a regular calendar. A few of the different ones that we stated above will be explained below.

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and was set aside in history by the Mishna as the New Year for calculating calendar years. According to the Jewish religion, the creation of the world was completed on Tishrei which is the first month of the ecclesiastical year and the seventh month of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar. While all of this technical information is tough to follow, the history goes very far back. Rosh Hashanah is always observed as a two-day holiday.

Yom Kippur, also known as a day of atonement is considered by Jews to be the holiest day of the year. This day is so holy that any Jew that practices their religion must not eat, drink or bath during the whole day. Fasting begins at sundown and ends after nightfall of the next day. Services during that day are known as 'Kol Nidrei? and they must be recited before sunset, otherwise it doesn't count. Last but not least, Yom Kippur ends with the blowing of the shofar, which also marks the conclusion of fasting.

Hanukkah is also known as the Festival of Lights and can also be considered as the Jewish religion's Christmas. Hanukkah marks the defeat of Seleucid Empire forces that had tried to prevent Israel from practicing Judaism. Hanukkah last eight nights and gifts are given on every night. Since Christmas is so commercialized now days, this has become even larger then it used to be.

The Jewish community is increasing, so the holidays associated with them will also become more popular.