diff --git a/include/holidays/jewish.rem b/include/holidays/jewish.rem
index 5f8de300..2ea29db0 100644
--- a/include/holidays/jewish.rem
+++ b/include/holidays/jewish.rem
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 # you get the Diaspora versions of Jewish holidays
 SET InIsrael value("InIsrael", 0)
 
+# Set this if you want to include holidays that are not really
+# Jewish religious holidays, but simply Israeli holidays
+SET IncludeIsraeliHolidays 0
+
 # Set the variable Reform to 1 if you want the Reform version of the
 # Jewish calendar.  Otherwise, you get the traditional version
 SET Reform value("Reform", 0)
@@ -80,15 +84,18 @@ IF !InIsrael && !Reform
 ENDIF
 
 REM [hebdate(27, "Nisan")] INFO "Url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_HaShoah" MSG Yom HaShoah
-REM [_BackTwoFri(4,  "Iyar")] INFO "Url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_HaZikaron" MSG Yom HaZikaron
-REM [_BackTwoSat(5,  "Iyar")] INFO "Url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Israel)" MSG Yom Ha'atzmaut
+
+IF IncludeIsraeliHolidays
+    REM [_BackTwoFri(4,  "Iyar")] INFO "Url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_HaZikaron" MSG Yom HaZikaron
+    REM [_BackTwoSat(5,  "Iyar")] INFO "Url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Israel)" MSG Yom Ha'atzmaut
+    REM [hebdate(28, "Iyar")] INFO "Url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_Day" MSG Yom Yerushalayim
+ENDIF
 
 # Not sure about Reform's position on Lag B'Omer
 IF !Reform
    REM [hebdate(18, "Iyar")] INFO "Url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lag_BaOmer" MSG Lag B'Omer
 ENDIF
 
-REM [hebdate(28, "Iyar")] INFO "Url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_Day" MSG Yom Yerushalayim
 REM [hebdate(6,  "Sivan")] INFO "Url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavuot" MSG Shavuot
 
 IF !InIsrael && !Reform