The Public holidays in Israel are a mix of the secular and the religious, and as such, the dates can change from year to year and the following will be observed in 2004:
28 January New Year of Trees
01 February Space Shuttle Columbia Crash
07 March Purim
08 April Pessah (Start of Passover)
09 April Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day)
16 April Yom Hazikaron (Fallen Soldier's Memorial Day)
26 April Yom Ha Atzmaut (Independence Day)
09 May Lag B'Omer
26 May Shavuot (Giving of the Torah)
27 July Tisha B'av
16 September Rosh Hashana (New Year 5765)
25 September Yom Kippur (Atonement Day)
30 September Sukkot Hoshana Raba
07 October Simhat Torah (Rejoicing the Law)
08 December Hannukah (Festival of the Lights)
