Jubilee

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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 & the Commonwealth, 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, Wales, that has taken place for over 200 years
• Jubilee doctor

Architecture and 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, England, 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.

Arts and entertainment

Film

• Jubilee (1977 film) is a cult film directed by Derek Jarman

Literature

• Bring the Jubilee, by Ward Moore
• Jubilee (novel), by Margaret Walker
• Jubilee (comics), a character in the Marvel Universe

Music

• Jubilee (band), a rock and roll band from Los Angeles, California.
• "Cowboy Jubilee," a Western song by the band Riders in the Sky
• Fisk Jubilee Singers, a group of African American singers formed at Fisk University in 1871
• Jubilee (album), an album by Grant Lee Buffalo
• Jubilee, a singles collection by the Sex Pistols
• "Jubilee," the name given to the demo version of the Beatles song "Junk"
• "Jubilee," a song on the 10,000 Maniacs 1989 album Blind Man's Zoo
• Jubilee Records, a record label specializing in rhythm and blues
• "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, the name of a concert tour by Jane's Addiction in support of the Jubilee Organization
• "The Jubilee Song," a 2000 Christian song by Jamie Rivera for the 2nd Millenium Anniversary
• "Jubilee", a 2004 song by Patti Smith
• A Carolina Jubilee, a 2003 album the Avett Brothers
• "Jubilee" is a song off of Mary Chapin Carpenter's Stones in the Road album
• Jubilee (band) - A Christian-based Rock/Hip-Hop/Rap group hailing from South West Florida, known mostly by their aggressive female vocalist (Jubilee) and the on-stage antics of their portly, in-your-face guitarist (Slimtronic5000) and percussionist (Magic Mike). They are also known for the often extreme loyalty of their fans. Their official website is: http://www.jubilee-music.com
• Marshall Amplification model "Silver Jubilee" a point to point handwired guitar amplifer series produced in 1987 to comemorate Marshall Amplification's 25th anniversary. Because of its rarity and distinct tone, it has become a prized amplifier amongst collectors and guitarist.

Radio

• Jubilee (Doctor Who audio), audio drama based on the television series

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

Theatre

• Jubilee (musical), a 1935 stage musical by Cole Porter
• Jubilee!, a las 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.

Business

• Jubilee Foods, a Midwestern grocery store chain in the United States
• Jubilee Insurance of East Africa

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

Nature and 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

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

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

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
• The Jubilee Group was an organisation of British Anglo-Catholic socialists between 1974 and 2003, now known as the Society of Sacramental Socialists

Transportation

• Jubilee Line, a London Underground 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.

History

• Operation Jubilee, the code name for the Dieppe Raid by Allied forces onto German-occupied French soil in 1942

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