U.S. President Donald Trump called on Americans to observe Shabbat from sundown on May 15 to nightfall on May 16 in a proclamation signed yesterday. Israel365News reports that Trump is the first American president to make such a declaration. In his statement, he referenced George Washington’s 1790 letter to the Touro Synagogue and highlighted how Jewish Americans help fulfill the founding promise of the nation as it marks its 250th year. “In special honor of 250 glorious years of American independence and on the weekend of Rededicate 250 — a national jubilee of prayer, praise, and thanksgiving — Jewish Americans...