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[edit] Anniversaries and celebrations
A Jubilee is a time of celebration or rejoicing. It is defined in Leviticus 25:9 as "Yovel" in Hebrew, as the sabbatical year after seven cycles of seven years.
- Jubilee (Biblical), the Jubilee specified in Leviticus 25:9 that is the original concept behind most of the following Jubilees.
- Jubilee (Christian), the year of Jubilee is a special year for the remission of sins and universal pardon where debts are forgiven, slaves and prisoners freed, and the mercies of God would be particularly manifest. In the Old Testament book of Leviticus, a Jubilee year is to occur every fifty years.
- Silver Jubilee (25 years)
- Golden Jubilee (50 years)
- Diamond Jubilee (60 years in Britain, 75 years in the United States, 100 years in South Asia)
- Platinum Jubilee (70 years in Britain, 75 years in South Asia)
- Sed festival, a ritual celebration or Jubilee of an Egyptian king's reign
- The Buckley Jubilee is a yearly festival on the second Tuesday of July in Buckley that has taken place for over 200 years
[edit] Architecture & Landmarks
- Jubilee clock is a term used in reference to a number of clocks constructed in commemoration of Queen Victoria's Golden or Diamond Jubilee
- Jubilee College State Park is an Illinois state park located a few miles west of Peoria, Illinois
- Jubilee Street is a street in Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Jubilee Tower is a tower in Darwen completed in 1898 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
- Jubilee Walkway is one of the official walkways in London, England
- Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
- Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
- Jubilee Campus is a campus of the University of Nottingham, opened 75 years after it first received its royal charter.
[edit] Arts & Entertainment
[edit] Film
- Jubilee (1977 film) is a cult film directed by Derek Jarman
[edit] Literature
- Bring the Jubilee, by Ward Moore
- Jubilee (novel), by Margaret Walker
- Jubilee (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
[edit] Music
- Jubilee (Music Artist) is a recording artist based in Fort Myers, FL. Official site Jubilee-Music.com
- Jubilee (band) is a rock n’ roll band from Los Angeles, California.
- Jubilee (Seattle band) is a indie band based in Seattle, Washington
- Cowboy Jubilee is a Western song by the band Riders in the Sky
- Fisk Jubilee Singers, a group of African American singers in the 1870s
- Jubilee (album), by Grant Lee Buffalo
- Jubilee (Sex Pistols album), a singles collection by the Sex Pistols
- Jubilee was the name given to the demo version of the Beatles song Junk
- "Jubilee" was a song on the 10,000 Maniacs 1989 album Blind Man's Zoo
- Jubilee Records, a record label specializing the Rhythm & Blues musical genre
- Jubilee Songs, a term used by many African Americans for Pentecostal gospel music with lyrical content largely centered on the primacy of holy living, spiritual gifts and the imminent return of Jesus
- Jubilee Tour was the name of a concert tour by Jane's Addiction in support of the Jubilee Organization
- Jubilee (song), by Patti Smith, 2004.
- Jubilee[1] is a song on Mary Chapin Carpenter's 1994 Album Stone's in the Road
[edit] Radio
- Jubilee (Doctor Who audio), audio drama based on the television series
[edit] Television
- Ozark Jubilee, Country Music Jubilee, Jubilee USA and Five Star Jubilee, all ABC-TV progams
- Jubilee (Summer Wine episode), an episode of Last of the Summer Wine
- Jubilee (TV series) a 1959-1969 television program
- Jubilee's Fairytale Theater is an episode of X-Men: The Animated Series
- Jewbilee, an episode of South Park
[edit] Theatre
- Jubilee (musical), a 1935 stage musical by Cole Porter
- Jubilee! - Vegas Production Show, produced by Donn Arden and running in Las Vegas since 1981
- Jubilee (play), a play by Peter Barnes which premiered at the Swan Theatre in summer 2001.
[edit] Business
- Jubilee Foods, a Midwestern grocery store chain in the United States
- Jubilee Insurance of East Africa
[edit] Food
- Cherries jubilee is a flambéed dessert dish made with cherries and liqueur commonly served as a sauce over vanilla ice cream
- Jubilee chicken can refer to one of two chicken dishes created to celebrate the jubilees of different monarchs
[edit] Nature & Science
- The Golden Jubilee, the largest faceted diamond in the world (545.67ct/109.13g)
- Jubilee River is a hydraulic channel in southern England
- Mobile Bay jubilee, a natural phenomenon in the U.S. state of Alabama where sea fauna flock to the shores of Mobile Bay
[edit] Social Organizations
- Jubilee Action is a children's human rights charity based in Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Jubilee (movement), an international organization dedicated to debt cancellations and poverty reduction
- Jubilee USA, the USA based arm of the Jubilee movement for debt cancellation and poverty reduction
- Jubilee Partners, a Christian intentional community and refugee welcome center in Comer, Georgia
[edit] Sports
- Jubilee Arena was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Canada
- Oki Jubilee Stadium is the home stadium of the St George Illawarra Dragons, an NRL rugby league team
[edit] Theology
- A Jubilee (Biblical) is a yearlong celebration and time of forgiveness in Judaism and Christianity - held every 50 years (Leviticus 25), (or 49 years according to the Book of Jubilees), in the Jewish form and at somewhat more arbitrary intervals in the Christian form
- Book of Jubilees, an apocryphal Hebrew text
- Jubilee Synagogue is a synagogue in Prague, Czech Republic
[edit] Transportation
- Jubilee Line, a London Underground metro system route
- Jubilee Park MLR station, Sydney
- LMS Jubilee Class, a class of steam locomotive
- Silver Jubilee (train), a former LNER express service between London and Newcastle.
- The White Star Line commissioned five steamships called the "Jubilee Class" because they were built at the turn of the 20th Century, the largest of which was the SS Suevic.
- Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 carry the name "Jubilee" above the first section of windows.
[edit] History
- Operation Jubilee, the code name for the Dieppe Raid by Allied forces onto German-occupied French soil in 1942
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