President Donald Trump issued a proclamation Monday designating May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Month and called on Americans of all backgrounds to observe Shabbos from sundown May 15 to nightfall May 16 – Shabbos Parshas Bamidbar – in honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary.
The proclamation ties Jewish American contributions to American independence and frames Shabbos observance as part of the broader “Rededicate 250” national jubilee.
“Jewish Americans are encouraged to observe a national Sabbath,” Trump wrote in the proclamation. “From sundown on May 15 to nightfall on May 16, friends, families, and communities of all backgrounds may come together in gratitude for our great Nation.”
Trump cited President George Washington’s 1790 letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, in which Washington pledged that the United States “gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.” Trump invoked the historical language to frame his administration’s approach to combating antisemitism.
“Under my leadership, we are aggressively fighting the violence against Jewish Americans that increased under my predecessor, prosecuting hateful criminals to the fullest extent of the law, and working to end the scourge of anti-Semitism throughout our institutions, especially on college campuses,” Trump stated.
The proclamation highlighted Haym Salomon, an early American financier and Revolutionary War supporter, as emblematic of Jewish American contributions to the nation’s founding. Trump described Salomon as “instrumental in the success of our Continental Congress and Founding Fathers” and noted that he continued his work for independence even after being imprisoned by the British.
Trump framed religious freedom as central to American identity. “As President, I will never stop fighting to protect our birthright of religious freedom — a sacred right that continues to guide our Nation, drawing us closer to the Almighty each and every day,” he wrote.
The proclamation calls on Americans to “celebrate the heritage and contributions of Jewish Americans” throughout May and to “observe this month with appropriate programs, activities, and ceremonies.”
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The venerated President Donald Trump שליט”א is an unbelievable צדיק גמור & a ירא-שמים & a true אוהב-ישראל
אוי לנו אשר ערלים מעוררים אותנו לשוב אל ה׳, מה שלא שמענו אף פעם ממנהיגי מדינה הישראלית.
אבינו מלכנו, חוס ורחם עלינו והושיענו.
It would be a beautiful thing if yiden who didn’t keep shabbos decided to respond to this call. However yidden who don’t keep shabbos are also overwhelmingly liberals and hate Trump. In fact their hatred of Trump and even the fear of being viewed as not hating him is much stronger than any love of shabbos they may have. So sadly this call will not result in secular Jews coming together to take up Trump’s call.
It’s very sad that it has to come from a non Jew to recommend that Jews keep Shabbos.
Who’s idea was this? Certainly not his. Don’t need a degenerate adulterous lying dumbbell to tell Jews to keep Shabbos.
The famous video on YouTube of the Munkatch rabbi from hungry saying to Jews is America that they must keep shabbat etc…
And now it’s president Trump
Sad thing is in the Holocaust some secular kept mitzvos with tremendous sacrifice but in America everything is the kitchen table
You can see some secular Jews have big neshomos, but it’s not for the faint souls to deal with
1- never would have guessed Trump would have gone into kiruv, cool
2- now all the liberal Jews will davka be michalel Shabbos
Will his “orthodox” son-in-law and daughter keep that shabbos?
Coming as a proclamation from President Trump, I wonder whether this may serve as a tikkun for the Yevanim, who decreed that the Jews not observe Shabbos and Yom Tov.
May we merit to see the fulfillment of the Talmud Yerushalmi (Ta’anis 3a):
אִילּוּ הָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל מְשַׁמְּרִין שַׁבָּת אַחַת כְּתִיקֻּנָהּ, מִיַּד הָיָה בֶן דָּוִד בָּא
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”
Trump learnt about shabbos as he used to visit his daughter’s home in Washington. The Chabad shliach was there too as that was the shul his daughter belonged to. Rest assured he enjoyed the kugel and chicken soup.
I always believed that Maga Judaism was a religious movement and new branch of Yiddeshkeit. Now that the Hight Priest of FRUMAGA has declared a national shabbos that is being celebrated by its adherents my theory has been confirmed.
147 – and מלך המשיח you left that out. He is infallible and perfect.
Perhaps we can make a communal effort on the week of the “national shabbos” to host those who are interested in participating
a goy has to tell the jewish leaders to keep shabbos??!! perhaps he can also teach the jewish leaders the value of learning torah??!!