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July 17, 2026

The Case against Daylight Savings

Bad for observant Jews, bad for American families.

Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would make daylight savings time last the whole year. If it passes the Senate, the bill would eliminate the disruption caused by the biannual clock change, associated with medical errors, automotive accidents, and higher incidence of heart attacks and strokes. But solving this problem by moving to permanent daylight savings, rather than eliminating it, would disrupt the lives of observant Jews, as Yonat Shimron explains:

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