Celebrating Silvester, AKA the secular New Year, in Israel - ISRAEL21c

Celebrating Silvester, AKA the secular New Year, in Israel - ISRAEL21c

Celebrating Silvester, AKA the secular New Year, in Israel

You can’t keep a good excuse for a party down. From the time the British introduced the Gregorian calendar, Israelis have celebrated New Year’s Eve.

By Rachel Neiman  DECEMBER 30, 2019, 12:10 PM

Rachel Neiman

Rachel Neiman is an experienced media professional whose journalism credits include ISRAEL21c, Globes Online, The Jerusalem Post and LINK magazine. She has served as marketing communications director at several Israeli innovation-based startups. Rachel attributes her vast knowledge of Israeli nostalgia to her Palmach-generation folk-singer mother and Jewish historian father, as well as her own lifelong obsession with all things pop culture.