Jerusalem Day
The Knesset states that the government chose 28 Iyar for Jerusalem Day in 1968 and that the 1998 Jerusalem Day Law declared 28 Iyar Jerusalem Day to be celebrated yearly as a national holiday.
Date and recurrence
28 Iyar annually under Israeli law; the Gregorian date changes each year
The date is source-dependent or variable. A target-year source is required before assigning it to a calendar.
Scope and status
The verified scope stored for this record is Israel national holiday / state commemoration. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
- Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
- Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
- Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
- Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
- Remembrance Civic Context Care.
Sources
- Knesset — Jerusalem DayGovernment
- Israel Government Data — Holidays in IsraelGovernment
Frequently asked questions
When is Jerusalem Day?
28 Iyar annually under Israeli law; the Gregorian date changes each year The stored recurrence guidance is: Resolve from the authoritative target-year/local calendar or organizer source; stored rule/context: 28 Iyar annually under Israeli law; the Gregorian date changes each year.
Does Jerusalem Day fall on the same date every year?
It is not safely predictable from a fixed rule; the target year needs a current source.
Is Jerusalem Day an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: Israel national holiday / state commemoration. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes Jerusalem Day?
The stored designation basis is: The Knesset states that the government chose 28 Iyar for Jerusalem Day in 1968 and that the 1998 Jerusalem Day Law declared 28 Iyar Jerusalem Day to be celebrated yearly as a national holiday.. Supporting provenance includes Knesset — Jerusalem Day. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.
Is Jerusalem Day international or country-specific?
No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Israel national holiday / state commemoration. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.
How is this page verified?
The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-07.