This list includes only holidays that affect The J’s operating hours. Note that Jewish holidays begin the previous evening at sundown (indicated here by the word “Erev”). Read more about Jewish holidays.
Note that this list includes only holidays that affect The J’s operating hours.
January
- January 1, 2025, New Year’s Day: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
April
- April 13, Pesach | Passover, celebrating freedom from slavery in Egypt: closed
- April 14, Pesach: 5-6 p.m. (admin closed)
- April 19, Pesach: closed
May
- May 26, Memorial Day: 5 a.m.-6 p.m. (admin closed)
June
- June 2, Shavuot | Giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai: closed
- June 3, Shavuot: 5 a.m.-6 p.m. (admin closed)
July
- July 4, Independence Day: 5 a.m.- p.m. (admin closed)
September
- September 1, Labor Day: 5 a.m.-6 p.m. (admin closed)
- September 22, Erev Rosh Hashanah | Jewish New Year: 5 a.m.-6 p.m.
- September 23-24, Rosh Hashanah: closed
October
- October 1, Erev Yom Kippur | Day of Atonement: 5 a.m.-6 p.m.
- October 2, Yom Kippur: closed
- October 6, Erev Sukkot | Feast of Booths: 5 a.m.-6 p.m.
- October 7, Sukkot: closed
- October 8, Sukkot: 5 a.m.-6 p.m. (admin closed)
- October 13, Erev Shemini Atzeret: 5 a.m.-6 p.m.
- October 14, Shemini Atzeret (concluding day of Sukkot): closed
- October 15, Simchat Torah | Rejoicing the Torah: 5 a.m.-6 p.m. (admin closed)
November
- November 28: Facility closed for Thanksgiving and Sam Lapidus Montclair Run in the morning
- November 29: 5 a.m.-5 p.m.
December
- December 14-21, Hanukkah | Festival of Lights (which includes lighting a new candle each night; business hours unchanged)
- December 24: 5 a.m.-6 p.m.
- December 25: 8 a.m.-noon (admin closed)
- December 31: 5 a.m.-4 p.m.
- January 1, 2026: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. (admin closed)