- This list includes only holidays that affect The J’s operating hours.
- Note that Jewish holidays fall on different days of the Gregorian calendar from year to year.
- Jewish holidays begin the preceding evening at sundown.
January
- January 1, 2026, New Year’s Day: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
February
March
- March 3, Purim: Closing at 6 p.m.
April
- April 1, Erev Pesach | Passover (celebrating freedom from slavery in Egypt): Closing at 6 p.m.
- April 2, Pesach: facility closed
- April 8, Pesach: facility closed
- April 9, Pesach: Closing at 6 p.m.
- April 26: Facility closed for Jewish Food and Culture Fest
May
- May 21, Erev Shavuot (giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai): Closing at 6 p.m.
- May 22, Shavuot: facility closed
- May 25, Memorial Day: Closing at 6 p.m. (admin closed)
June
July
- July 4, Independence Day: Closing at 6 p.m.
September
- Sept. 7, Labor Day: Closing at 6 p.m. (admin closed)
- Sept. 12, Rosh Hashanah | Jewish New Year: facility closed
- Sept. 13, Rosh Hashanah: facility closed
- Sept. 21, Yom Kippur | Day of Atonement: facility closed
- Sept. 26, Sukkot | Feast of Booths: facility closed
October
- October 3, Shemini Atzeret (concluding day of Sukkot): facility closed
November
- November 26: Facility closed for Thanksgiving; Sam Lapidus Montclair Run in the morning
December
- December 4-11, Hanukkah | Festival of Lights (which includes lighting a new candle each night; business hours unchanged)
- December 24: Closing at 6 p.m.
- December 25: 8 a.m.-noon (admin closed)
- December 31: Closing at 4 p.m.
- January 1, 2027: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. (admin closed)