Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff Members,

Religious practices can contribute significantly to multiple aspects of our identities and well-being, and such practices occasionally lead to requests for accommodations. For your convenience, we have provided a calendar of major religious holidays occurring during the spring semester below.

We ask all members of the Swarthmore College community to please:

• Be aware of these holidays when planning due dates and major events.
• Attempt to accommodate those who may need time off for religious observances on and around these dates.
• Be sensitive to those observing holidays who may be fasting (e.g., for Yom Kippur, Ramadan, Ash Wednesday, and Good Friday).

Please also keep in mind: 

• Members of our community may observe other holidays not included on this list, and we hope their observances will be accommodated as well.
• Due to the lunar calendar of some holidays and differences among cultures and sects within a single religion, there may be some variation in when observances take place.

Anyone with questions about requests for religious accommodations is encouraged to reach out to one of the religious advisors at the Interfaith Center, located in the Hormel-Nguyen Intercultural Center at Sproul Hall

• Umar Abdul Rahman, Swarthmore College Muslim advisor, co-director (interim) of the Interfaith Center, mrahman1@swarthmore.edu 
• Rabbi Michael Ramberg, Swarthmore College Jewish advisor, co-director (interim) of the Interfaith Center, mramber1@swarthmore.edu 
• Father John Ames, Catholic advisor, rev.johnames@gmail.com 
• Lizzie Chapman, Catholic advisor, lchapma1@swarthmore.edu 
• Holly Dressler, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship advisor,
  holly.dressler@intervarsity.org 
• Thomas Dressler, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship advisor, thomas.dressler@intervarsity.org 
• Asheq Fazlullah, Interfaith and Muslim advisor, afazlul1@swarthmore.edu 
• Sabrina LaBelle, Protestant advisor, slabell1@swarthmore.edu 
• Hojin Park, Buddhist advisor, hpark5@swarthmore.edu 
• Rabbi Mordi Wolf, Chabad co-director, mwolf2@swarthmore.edu
• Reizel Wolf, Chabad co-director, rwolf2@swarthmore.edu 

Thank you for your attention to this information,

Rich Wicentowski
Provost and Dean of the Faculty

 Spring 2026 Major Holidays
Please note: Only holidays that occur during the spring semester are listed below.

February
February 15: Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
February 17: Lunar New Year (Buddhist)
February 17-March 19 (sundown to sundown): Ramadan (Muslim)
February 18: Ash Wednesday (Christian)

March
March 4: Holi (Hindu)
March 19-20 (sundown to sundown): Eid al-Fitr (Muslim)
March 29: Palm Sunday (Christian)

April
April 1-9 (sundown to sundown): Passover (Jewish)
April 3: Good Friday (Christian)
April 5: Easter (Christian)

May
May 24: Buddha’s Birthday (Buddhist)