Josh Hammer
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They literally named a town after him, Andrew, called Trump Heights in the Golan Heights. I know because I've been there, because I've literally, during Biden, took a photo of it just for the memories there. He's an extraordinarily popular figure there. Here in the United States, it's complicated for a few reasons. There is, I guess I'll explain it this way. The
The problem, Andrew, you're a Christian. Politics is very often downstream of religion. And when you have a strong biblically-based worldview, you're more likely than not going to end up with a conservative political worldview. That is why evangelical Christians, traditionalist Catholics, Orthodox Jews โ I mean Orthodox Jews โ But vote for Trump at like an 80-20, 85-15 rate.
The problem, Andrew, you're a Christian. Politics is very often downstream of religion. And when you have a strong biblically-based worldview, you're more likely than not going to end up with a conservative political worldview. That is why evangelical Christians, traditionalist Catholics, Orthodox Jews โ I mean Orthodox Jews โ But vote for Trump at like an 80-20, 85-15 rate.
I mean, so-called ultra-Orthodox Jews, a.k.a. Haredi Jews, it's really like 95 to 5. I mean, it's beyond overwhelming margins.
I mean, so-called ultra-Orthodox Jews, a.k.a. Haredi Jews, it's really like 95 to 5. I mean, it's beyond overwhelming margins.
I mean, I'm religious. I go to Orthodox services there. The notion that you would find essentially anyone here where I go to synagogue in South Florida, you'll be hard pressed to find virtually anyone who voted for Kamala Harris. It's totally not a thing, honestly.
I mean, I'm religious. I go to Orthodox services there. The notion that you would find essentially anyone here where I go to synagogue in South Florida, you'll be hard pressed to find virtually anyone who voted for Kamala Harris. It's totally not a thing, honestly.
The problem is that demographically across the United States there, tragically, most Jews, the statistical majority of them are not Orthodox, are not religious there, do not observe all the various commandments of Jewish law there. And it's because of the secularization of large swaths of American Jewry, of the American Jewish people. That is why so many of them vote for left.
The problem is that demographically across the United States there, tragically, most Jews, the statistical majority of them are not Orthodox, are not religious there, do not observe all the various commandments of Jewish law there. And it's because of the secularization of large swaths of American Jewry, of the American Jewish people. That is why so many of them vote for left.
So one of the audiences for my book, Andrew, I mean, I have a lot of audiences here. I really want to reach young Christians. I want Christians to fall in love with the Bible, with the Old Testament again, with everything from Genesis through Psalms and Proverbs and all that. All that's in there there.
So one of the audiences for my book, Andrew, I mean, I have a lot of audiences here. I really want to reach young Christians. I want Christians to fall in love with the Bible, with the Old Testament again, with everything from Genesis through Psalms and Proverbs and all that. All that's in there there.
But I also have a special message to my fellow Jews as well, because I actually grew up quite secular. I have not become religious until the past few years or so there. And part of my message is actually like I did it. You can do it too. I mean, you know, the Jews are called to be a light unto the nations in the book of Isaiah there.
But I also have a special message to my fellow Jews as well, because I actually grew up quite secular. I have not become religious until the past few years or so there. And part of my message is actually like I did it. You can do it too. I mean, you know, the Jews are called to be a light unto the nations in the book of Isaiah there.
And the way that we are called to be a light unto the nations is to actually lead by trying to be holy, by trying to be moral, by actually observing God's law, the law of Moses and so forth there. So we have a very unique role to play in the kind of the grand scheme of things there.
And the way that we are called to be a light unto the nations is to actually lead by trying to be holy, by trying to be moral, by actually observing God's law, the law of Moses and so forth there. So we have a very unique role to play in the kind of the grand scheme of things there.
And I really make an, and at times probably aggressive borderline acerbic argument to my more secular inclined Jewish brethren, basically saying like, you guys really ought to strongly consider doing this for real the same way that I made a conscientious decision at some point that I was going to start doing it for real as well here.
And I really make an, and at times probably aggressive borderline acerbic argument to my more secular inclined Jewish brethren, basically saying like, you guys really ought to strongly consider doing this for real the same way that I made a conscientious decision at some point that I was going to start doing it for real as well here.
So God willing, as the religious demographics here in the United States change, the political results will change too. The good news, Andrew, is that statistically the demographics are on the side of Orthodox Jews because Orthodox Jews are actually marrying fellow Jews. They're having a lot of children. They're having large families. Reform Jews are typically marrying out.
So God willing, as the religious demographics here in the United States change, the political results will change too. The good news, Andrew, is that statistically the demographics are on the side of Orthodox Jews because Orthodox Jews are actually marrying fellow Jews. They're having a lot of children. They're having large families. Reform Jews are typically marrying out.
They're not really having children because they're just secular like other secular.