WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews)-President Trump has called on American Jews to observe a national Shabbos from sundown May 15 to nightfall May 16 in recognition of the nation’s 250 years of independence and the community’s contributions to America.
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Trump made the suggestion Monday during his proclamation for Jewish American Heritage Month.
“Celebrating a national Sabbath would honor the countless contributions of Jewish Americans throughout our nation’s 250 glorious years of independence” as well as the Jewish tradition of setting aside time for rest, reflection and gratitude to God, he said.
Trump highlighted the role of Jewish Americans since the founding, citing Haym Salomon, the Polish-born financier who helped bankroll the American Revolution and co-founded Philadelphia’s first synagogue. Salomon died penniless at 44 and was buried in an unmarked grave.
“Like so many Jewish Americans who follow in his footsteps, Salomon’s legacy stands as a testament to the unshakable belief in the American promise,” Trump said.
He also referenced President George Washington’s 1790 letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, in which Washington wrote that the United States “gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.”
Trump said his administration is “aggressively fighting the violence against Jewish Americans that increased under my predecessor,” prosecuting criminals and working to combat antisemitism, particularly on college campuses.
“Under my leadership … we are working to end the scourge of antisemitism throughout our institutions,” he said.
Jewish American Heritage Month was first proclaimed by President George W. Bush in 2006 and has been observed annually since. A bipartisan House resolution recognizing the month was introduced recently. The resolution calls on officials and community leaders to counter antisemitism and highlights the contributions of Jewish Americans, including the more than 1 million who have served in the U.S. armed forces since the nation’s founding.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., who led the resolution, said the observance helps combat rising antisemitism by educating the public about Jewish contributions to America.
The Combat Antisemitism Movement has encouraged municipalities to recognize the month. More than 200 did so last year.
Hashem is speaking to us via The POTUS. Message heard loud & clear!
Moshiach zaiten!
Just one Shabbos and we’ll all be free….
Thank you, Jared’s Chabad Rabbi.
cue Mordechai Ben David…Just one Shabbos and we’ll all be free. Just one shabbos come and Join with me. We’ll sing and dance to the sky, with our spirits so high, (i forget the rest except “wont you come and join us tooooooo.”
Whereas it is a meaningless idea for frum Jews that already know the value and sanctity of Shabbos, it may be meaningful and a catalyst to keeping Shabbos for Jews that presently do not keep Shabbos
Halevai
Beautiful! And a very clever president, he got the best advice possible. This is not only a pure win situation for the USA but for the entire world! Let us not be concerned about non-believers or non-accepters, we must get rid of the רשעי הדור anyway, at least now they can not say ”we did not know”
He should take over minyan shelanu
Of interest: twice, in July 2024 and in April 2026, Trump’s life was saved from assassination attempts – on Shabbos.
Forget Isreal, AMERICA is at risk of becoming a halachic state!
Would love to, as long as we don’t have to honor the Chaya in Chief or expose ourselves to Tumas MAGA..
Let’s tell ICE to arrest all the Mechallels in the Senate and the House.
The proclamation was not addressed specifically to Jews. He asked ALL Americans to … Shabbos. Ask your own rabbi if asking non-Jews to do Shabbos is a good thing
this evil immoral man has absolutely no right to comment on religion or morality in any fashion
This pagan mocks The Pope and others w vulgarity. What a fake he is.
Ha, he does not even know how to hold his own Christian bible right side up, and he’s calling on Yidden to observe Shabbos? The man cannot get more phoney.