Lag B’Omer Date: May 10
Lag B’Omer is celebrated by Israel and the Jewish people worldwide.
The party celebrations for Lag B’ Omer open with a traditional bonfire in commemoration of the passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai author of the Zohar.
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Israel Celebrates Independence
Independence Day: April 19
Independence Day is a public holiday in Israel’s.
Israel conducts its annual celebration of the establishment of the State of Israel and its independence from foreign rule in 1948. The date of Israel’s Independence Day celebration, locally known as Yom Ha-Atzmaut, may vary and fall between April 15 and May 15 as national holidays are based on Hebrew Calendar (5th day of Iyar, Hebrew Calendar).
Turkey Celebrates National Sovereignty & Children’s Day
National Sovereignty and Children’s Day: April 23
National Sovereignty and Children’s Day is a public holiday in Turkey.
Every year on April 23, Turkey commemorates the opening of the country’s National Assembly in 1920 when Turkey was in war and campaigning for its national independence and the abolition of the Treaty of Sèvres, an agreement between the Allied countries after the end of World War I partitioning the then Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey).
This day is a special day dedicated to the children and to remind every Turkish citizen that the children are the future of the Turkish Republic.
Yom Hashoa Memorial Day (Holocaust Day) in Israel
Yom Hashoa Memorial Day: April 19
Yom Hashoa Memorial Day is celebrated as a public holiday in Israel
Yom Hashoa Memorial Day is the Jewish observation of the Holocaust where almost 6 million Jews were killed in a systematic genocide by Germany which was under the government of Adolf Hitler.
The full name of the holiday is Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laGvura which means Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day and is celebrated every 27th day of the month of Nisan which falls after the seventh day of Passover.
Iraq Observes FAO Day on April 17
FAO Day: April 17
FAO Day is a public holiday in Iraq.
Food and Agriculture Organization Day (FAO) is celebrated in Iraq to mark the organization’s goal of assuring food security, disseminating effective farming methods and providing machineries and technologies for better farming and livestock-raising techniques. This holiday is celebrated every 17th of April yearly.
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