Trump calls for Jewish Americans to observe a 'national Sabbath'

(JNS) — U.S. President Donald Trump has called for Jewish Americans to observe a national Shabbat from sundown May 15 to nightfall May 16 in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month and the nation’s 250th anniversary.

Rabbi Steven Burg, CEO of Aish, told JNS that he was "very moved" by the president's message because it shifts the narrative from Jew-hatred to Jewish faith.

"One of the things people lose in all of this antisemitism is that we're a proud religion," he said.

Burg told JNS that the call for a national Shabbat observance is "more meaningful than anything else I could have ever seen...