Many Jewish calendars list the wrong day of observance for three Israeli holidays this year. Because of Shabbat, Israel has shifted its observance of Holocaust Memorial Day to begin on the evening of April 18, Memorial Day to the evening of April 24 and Israeli Independence Day to the evening of April 25.
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