Charlie Kirk, the outspoken conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, had long observed Shabbat from Friday evening to Saturday night — a discipline he openly encouraged others to adopt.

“Every Friday night, I keep a Jewish Sabbath,” Kirk said at a recent event. “I turn off my phone, Friday night to Saturday night. 

The world cannot reach me, and I get nothing from the world. It will bless you infinitely.” He stressed that a tech-free Sabbath would ease anxiety, combat depression, and restore health to American families.