Eliminating daylight saving time would mean earlier sunrises and earlier sunsets. That translates into it being light outside when walking to services on a winter Saturday morning, summer Shabbats that don’t stretch past 9 p.m., and the ability to start the Passover Seder while young children are still wide awake.
But other Jews support making daylight saving time permanent. David Prerau, author of Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time, provided many reasons: “It lowers traffic accidents, it lowers crime, it lowers energy usage, it’s better for public health.”
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