The Karol Markowicz Show: Armed & Awake: Yehuda Remer on Jewish Self-Defense, the Second Amendment & Post–October 7 Reality

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Armed & Awake: Yehuda Remer on Jewish Self-Defense, the Second Amendment & Post–October 7 Reality"

Show: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show – The Karol Markowicz Show
Date: February 11, 2026
Host: Karol Markowicz
Guest: Yehuda Remer ("The Pew Pew Jew")

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Overview

This episode features Karol Markowicz in conversation with Yehuda Remer, a prominent advocate for Jewish gun ownership and self-defense, known as "The Pew Pew Jew." The discussion centers on the cultural and historical roots of Jewish attitudes toward firearms, the significance of the Second Amendment, the transformation of Jewish self-defense in a post–October 7th world, and Remer’s personal journey and mission. The dialogue is candid, witty, and passionate—blending historical reflection, personal anecdotes, and actionable advice for listeners.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Historical Roots of Jewish Attitudes Toward Guns

• Jewish Reticence and Historical Trauma

  • Remer traces current Jewish aversion to gun ownership to the pogroms of Eastern Europe, Holocaust trauma, and the post-war reliance on welfare (01:21).
  • He suggests a multigenerational transmission of both gratitude and political loyalty to the Democratic Party, and an ingrained anti-gun stance, despite historical victimhood and the warrior heritage within Jewish history (01:21–02:32, 05:16).

• Community and Immigration Differences

  • Markowicz notes that newly arrived Jewish communities (e.g., Syrian, Russian, Iraqi, Israeli) tend to vote conservative/republican, often based on firsthand experience of strife, while those long-settled and insulated from European atrocities skew left (02:28).

Education as the Road to Change

• Breaking the Stigma

  • Remer argues that proactive education is key: “It’s more than just buying a gun. You need to defend this 2A by joining these organizations.” (03:30)
  • He emphasizes how most Jewish gun owners are “closet gun owners” and must step up to defend the right rather than retreat in silence (03:30–04:29).

• From Operator to Advocate

  • Markowicz describes her own shift from theoretical 2A support to daily carrying—a post-October 7th transformation prompted by disillusionment in relying on others (04:29).

Warrior Heritage Versus Modern Reality

• Loss of Warrior Ethos
  • Remer laments, “Post-Holocaust we've become the sheep led to slaughter. ... People with ARs don't get in cattle cars.” (05:16, 05:51)
  • He invokes the biblical tradition of Jewish warriors, noting how history is being neglected to the community's detriment.

The Origin of “The Pew Pew Jew” and Advocacy Journey

• Personal Story
  • Remer shares how parental backlash over his first gun purchase sparked a long-term advocacy journey—culminating in children’s books on gun safety and the Second Amendment ("Safety On" and "27 Words") (06:11–07:28).
  • The “Pew Pew Jew” brand originated from a friend's nickname, evolving into a platform for education and witty, Jewish-themed pro-gun merchandise ("Gun control is not kosher") (07:32–08:24).

Changing Minds Post–October 7

• Impact of Threats and War
  • Remer went from “the crazy gun guy” to an in-demand advisor. Post-October 7th, community skeptics sought his counsel, asking for help in arming and training (08:30).
  • Memorable exchange convincing a reluctant father: "The fact that you asked me to convince you to carry a firearm shows that you're not willing to do whatever it takes" (09:22).

Struggles with Gun Stigma & Communal Fears

• Residual Trauma and Fear

  • Remer contextualizes Jewish gun reluctance as an “irrational fear” tied to Holocaust trauma, reinforced by postwar cultural memory (10:45).
  • Markowicz counters, “Not a single one of those 6 million people had a gun. That was the whole issue” (11:09).

• Israeli Gun Laws and Societal Outlook

  • Both note the sluggish Israeli response post-October 7: even survivors were hesitant to arm themselves despite draconian gun laws only being marginally relaxed (11:49).

The Second Amendment as the Great Equalizer

• Guns as Equalizers
  • "God made man, but Samuel Colt made them equal."—Remer (11:49).
  • They discuss the power of firearms to empower the vulnerable, particularly in the Jewish historical context.

Living with Loss, Learning from the Past

• Personal Holocaust Legacy
  • Remer relates losing more than 60 relatives in the Holocaust and a deep personal commitment to resistance: “I’d rather ... die fighting than live on your knees.” (12:42–13:23)

Family Life and Values

• Pride in Parenting
  • Remer, father of four, is most proud of raising respectful, empathetic, well-mannered children amid today's challenges (15:11).
  • Even firearm instruction is a family value, with children learning both gun safety and archery (16:17).

Future Predictions and Community Divisions

• Pessimism About Conservative Cohesion

  • Remer predicts more division in the conservative movement, worries about the rise of “alt-right psychos” and a slide toward socialism unless unity is achieved (17:16–17:54).
  • Critiques prominent conservatives for anti–Second Amendment stances, stressing the need for intellectual honesty (18:34).

• Optimism and Pushback

  • Markowicz counters with optimism: she sees a healthy, principled willingness among conservatives to call out bad actors and maintain focus on core values, such as the Second Amendment (20:19–21:03).
  • Remer admits to some pessimism but welcomes the balance between hope and realism (21:11).

Life Advice

• Relationship Wisdom
  • Remer offers a marital tip that reflects his home values—"Happy spouse, happy house"—as a replacement for the conventional “happy wife, happy life.” (22:52)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Historical Memory and Advocacy:
  • “We should be the most vocal proponents of the Second Amendment, yet our silence is deafening.” —Yehuda Remer (03:30)
• On Post-Holocaust Mentality:
  • “People with ARs don't get in cattle cars.” —Yehuda Remer (05:51)
• On Personal Transformation:
  • “I was always Pro2A. I just was never a gun owner. And I think that that was because I trusted security around me... October 7th was obviously a big eye opener.” —Carol Markowicz (04:29)
• Turning the Tables:
  • “The fact that you asked me to convince you to carry a firearm shows that you're not willing to do whatever it takes.” —Yehuda Remer (09:22)
• On Parenting:
  • “My wife and I live by ‘Happy spouse, happy house’. If you can keep you and your spouse happy, then your house will just be much more happy to live in.” —Yehuda Remer (22:52)
• On Gun Rights:
  • “God made man, but Samuel Colt made them equal.” —Yehuda Remer (11:49)

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Timestamps & Segment Highlights

• 00:55 Introduction; Karol welcomes Yehuda Remer.
• 01:21 Historical roots of Jewish gun aversion.
• 02:28 Contrast among Jewish immigrant communities’ politics.
• 03:30 The necessity of education and joining pro-2A organizations.
• 04:29 October 7th as a turning point for personal and communal armament.
• 05:16 Jewish warrior heritage versus modern passivity.
• 06:11 Yehuda’s journey: from family blowup to kids' gun safety books.
• 07:32 The launch of “The Pew Pew Jew” brand.
• 08:30 Post–October 7th shifts in Jewish attitudes; a personal anecdote.
• 11:09 Guns as equalizers, Holocaust memory reframed.
• 12:42 Remer’s personal family legacy and resolve against victimhood.
• 15:11 Parenting, values, and gun safety at home.
• 17:16 Predictions: conservative infighting, societal risks.
• 20:19 Debate: optimism vs. pessimism about the right's future and integrity.
• 22:52 Remer’s closing life advice: “Happy spouse, happy house.”

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Tone & Style

The conversation is forthright, humorous, and personal—punctuated by insightful historical reflection, emotional resonance, and practical advice. Remer and Markowicz blend cultural commentary with advocacy and family stories, aiming to shift mindsets and empower their audience.

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For more:

• Visit Yehuda Remer’s website: The Pew Pew Jew
• Find Karol Markowicz on iHeart and social media

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Transcript

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[Carol Markowitz]

Hi, and welcome back to the Carol Markowitz show on iheartradio. My guest today is Yehuda Reamer, also known as the Pew. Pew Jew. Hi, Yehud Buddha. So nice to have you on.

[Yehuda Reamer]

Thank you so much for having me.

[Carol Markowitz]

So I've been a longtime follower and I love that you are a major voice who encourages Jews to get armed. What is wrong with our people that were not armed to the teeth already?

[Yehuda Reamer]

I mean, that's a history lesson in itself. You know, you kind of have to go back, in short, to Eastern Europe in the 1800s where you had pogroms and you had all these anti Semitic attacks of Jews living in little shtetls in little, you know, communities. Fast forward to FDR with the New Deal. Then you have the Holocaust and you have a bunch of America, a bunch of Jewish refugees coming from Eastern Europe and unfortunately with nothing on their backs, following the Holocaust. So what you have is a bunch of refugees coming to America. And the only thing they have is all these social welfare programs. So Jews tend to become very devoted to the Democrats who passed, you know, FDO as a Democrat. So become very. Come. Become very devoted. Start. You know, if the Democratic Party says something, you know, they were the ones that helped us. So we're going to be, you know, loyal to them. And of course, as, as the 60s and everything has changed, Democratic Party became Liberal party and. And now, now you have all these Jews who are still passed down from parents.

[Carol Markowitz]

Yeah.

[Yehuda Reamer]

From generation to generation of, of anti Gunners.

[Carol Markowitz]

Right. So it's interesting because I am a lifelong conservative. The whole Jews being liberals is not true in immigrant communities. Like when you look at a map of like Brooklyn, for example, and how Brooklyn votes, you know, the Syrian Jews, the ex Soviet Jews, the Iraqi Jews, all the Israeli Jews, they're all Republicans. And it's the Jews that never had any strife in America, who maybe came here turn of the century in the early nights, who missed the pogroms and missed the Holocaust and missed, you know, the Soviet Union, they're the ones who seem to lean left. But what I want to say is I was always a conservative and I still wasn't armed. And I was always a big Second Amendment proponent, but I never actually shot a gun. I never owned a gun. And now I'm a daily carrier. I don't know actually how to move people the way I moved. I. I guess I want to ask you, what's our strategy here?

[Yehuda Reamer]

I mean, the strategy is just education. You need to explain to Jews as often as you can, especially when they ask, hey, look at our history. We should be the most vocal proponents of the Second Amendment, yet our silence is deafening. We should be out there locking arms with Gun Owners of America, Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation. Yet Jews have become a. If you are a gun owner, most Jews are closet gun owners. And even, even if you do go to the range and talk about the fact that you're a gun owner, there's a difference between being a gun owner and then getting involved in defense of the Second Amendment. And that's what I try so hard to push, is that it's more than just buying a gun. You need to defend this two way by joining these organizations. Otherwise, the minute we don't help them, our rights are under attack constantly from the left. If we don't help defend the 2A, yeah, it's just our rights will erode.

[Carol Markowitz]

It's interesting because I was always Pro2A. I just was never a gun owner. And I think that that was because I trusted security around me. I trusted the police to be there. I trusted, you know, if I went into a building, I trusted their security. And now it's like I realize that, you know, and October 7th was obviously a big eye opener for me. If Israel can't protect its citizens, like, I mean, who can really? And to me, that became something that motivated me to say, I protect myself. Not only that, I am going to be able to protect others. And the thing that I say is that Jews who want to be helpers, you can't be a helper if you are not armed. You can't be the person that steps in. You could only be the person who needs help. That's not us. Like we, we can't, we can't behave like that out in the world.

[Yehuda Reamer]

No, we can't. And, and it's unfortunate that we've lost the, the idea that Jews come from a warrior heritage. Right? From Abraham fighting against the kings to, to Jacob Prepar to Joshua conquering the lands and the Maccabees, Judaism. If you read the Torah, we are a warrior nation with war, with strong warrior heritage. Yet post holocaust we've become the sheep led to slaughter. I always say, and I have it on a bunch of merchandise on my website, that a saying that says people with ars don't get in cattle cars.

[Carol Markowitz]

Oh, I love that.

[Yehuda Reamer]

And it's true. Yeah. And it's 100% true. If you are not willing to pick up that firearm, defend the two, then like you said, you become not a helper, you become someone who needs help.

[Carol Markowitz]

Yeah, absolutely. So how did you get into this? What made you become the Pew Pew Jew.

[Yehuda Reamer]

So I bought my first gun. I was married with a little baby, living in Los Angeles where I'm originally from. Now I live in Texas. I was by my parents house and my younger brother kind of was like hey, hey man, when are we gonna go shoot your Glock? And my parents had like a full on Chernobyl meltdown. Right. I mean it was nuclear, it was crazy. They didn't to me for weeks. And during that time I got me thinking of if I'm going to be a gun owner, not only do I have to be responsible, but I have to ensure that my children are, you know, knowledgeable about firearms and firearm safety. So I went online, I was shocked to find that there were no books on the market. I wanted something that I can read to my children as bedtime book that there were no books on the market devoted solely to children regarding gun safety. I've always been a very big fan of creative writing. So I was like, hey, I'm gonna write a book. And took me five years to get my first book published. It's called Safety on to Introduction to the World of Firearms for Children. And then I realized, hey, I wrote one book, I can do this again. And I was writing a book called 27 Words, which is a breakdown of the 27 words of the Second Amendment for children. So really talking about what's well regulated, what's a militia.

[Carol Markowitz]

So these books are obvious. They all in public schools now, right?

[Yehuda Reamer]

I wish. Yeah, I've been, I've been trying to get them in Texas public schools. Even that's a uphill battle. But while I was writing 27 words, I was talking to a friend of mine who's a second amendment historian and he's like, hey man, you're like the Pew pew Jew. And something went off in my head and I hung up with him and I called my illustrator. I'm like, hey, I need a logo that has the words the Pew pew Jew, a star of David and a gun all wrapped in one. And he, he delivered three days later. And I launched a brand where I can sell my signed cop, you know, signed copies of my books, but then said, hey, I'm gonna also sell merchandise. So you know, one of my first shirts was a big picture of a pig that says gun control is not kosher. And then, you know, a lot of very fun self deprecating stuff. So my website. So that's kind of how the pupjoo launched, kind of as a nickname given to me, but I ran with it.

[Carol Markowitz]

I love that. Have you had people who told you that you've changed their minds on guns?

[Yehuda Reamer]

Yes. In my community I used to be known as the crazy gun guy, the resident conspiracy theorist. Post October 7th, all those people that called me every name under the book came crawling back and you know, hey, I think we're ready to get a gun. And of course you gotta, as a good firearms instructor, you know, you kind of have to check your ego at the door. So I didn't bring up the fact that all of them thought I was crazy. But yeah, a lot of people have come up to me, you know, thank you for everything you do for convincing us to buy a firearm. I had a guy at a range ask me, he said, can you convince me to carry a firearm? And I'm like, okay, well this is going to be fun. So I turned to the guy and I'm like, do you have a wife? He's like, yes. I'm like, you have kids? He's like, yes. Like, you love your wife and kids? He's like, yes. I'm like, are you willing to do whatever it takes to protect your kids? Your wife and kids? And he's like, yes. And I'm like, that's a lie. And he goes, how can you say that? I'm like, well, the fact that you asked me to convince you to carry a firearm shows that you're not willing to do whatever it takes. And right there and then the guy Looked at me straight in the face. He's like, damn it, you're right. And he started caring. And every time he sees me, he lifts up his shirt, hey, man, I'm caring. I've definitely see a big uptick in Jewish firearms ownership and Jewish carry.

[Carol Markowitz]

Yeah, absolutely. I mean, in Florida, I had been seeing it even before October 7th. I would. I wrote about it in a piece I wrote called the New Jew, where it was about actually guns and how somebody made an anti gun joke at a Jewish comedy festival. And the crowd booed and I was like, whoa, where am I? And this is, you know, pre October 7th. It was the January before, so I've seen that shift and I love to see it. I just think that there's the people who still, when I posted that I got myself a Sig and I carry now, the people who are like, you know, just be careful with it around your kids. Like, yeah, I know, I know. I am careful with it around my kids. I am, you know, as careful as I am around anybody. And it's that kind of leap that they need to make where guns are bad and they could be bad on their own and it doesn't matter who's carrying them. Yeah.

[Yehuda Reamer]

It comes down to. It's in the rational fear, unfortunately, like I said, Jews have. Post holocaust, they come to America and they just saw what guns did. Right. They basically annihilated 6 million of our people and they saw what guns did. So they were like, we don't want to have anything to do with guns ever again. So you kind of have to look at it at that perspective too, rather just, why are Jews anti gun?

[Carol Markowitz]

But to me, it's like you're the. The opposite is more true. Like, not a single one of those 6 million people had a gun. Like, that was the. That was the whole issue. If we were, if we were armed, that might have not have happened. I mean, the people who survived on October 7th were the ones who were armed. And you know, I went to. I went back to. I was in Israel, like the march after October 7th, and I saw people who had moved back into their kibbutzim. And I was like, but you're going to be armed now, right? And they were like, no. I was like, yeah, it's bananas crazy. Have to go get armed.

[Yehuda Reamer]

Israel's gun laws are draconian. And I'm easy.

[Carol Markowitz]

Like a little bit eased since then.

[Yehuda Reamer]

A little bit. I mean, now Instead of owning 50 rounds, you can own 100 rounds at any given time. And. And I joke, I'M like, I carry a hundred rounds on my person at any given time anyways when I go out, you know. Yeah, but yeah, it's unfortunate that Jews still don't see it, that guns are bad things, when in reality guns are. I mean, there's that famous line, right? God made man, but Samuel Colt made them equal. And that's really what it comes down to is you can have a 5 foot 1, 115 pound girl with, with a Sig on her, you know, on her side and take on the guy who's 250 and it's an equalizer. And unfortunately it just, it just, it's an uphill battle.

[Carol Markowitz]

It's uphill battle, but you're fighting it, you're doing it, you're not giving up.

[Yehuda Reamer]

I'm not it. To me it's really important. I lost over 60 relatives in the, during the Holocaust. Obviously I didn't know them, but I lost over 60 relatives during the Holocaust. I grew up with a grandfather who had numbers tattooed on his arm from Auschwitz. I grew up with a grandmother who escaped the Nazis. She went to Shanghai. My other grandfather was hid by farmers underground for 19 months. So I have a very rich history when it comes to Holocaust studies. And I'll be damned if, you know, my kids are ever gonna hide in the attic. It's just not gonna happen. I, I'd rather, you know, die fighting than, than, than live on your knees.

[Carol Markowitz]

Right?

[Yehuda Reamer]

Than live on my knees. Exactly.

[Carol Markowitz]

Saying in Yiddish, you know, die standing, then live on your knees. Definitely.

[Yehuda Reamer]

Exactly 100%.

[Carol Markowitz]

We're going to take a quick break and be right back on the Carol Markowitz Show.

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[Carol Markowitz]

What are you most proud of in your life?

[Yehuda Reamer]

I think one, one of the things that I'm most proud of is my kids. They, I have four kids and they are truly 16, 14, nine and four. And aside from the four year old being Satan reborn.

[Carol Markowitz]

Well, always the youngest.

[Yehuda Reamer]

It's always yeah, he, he, if he was our first, my wife and I would have had one and done. But my kids, despite everything going on in the world today, my kids are highly respectful to adults. There's always a please and thank you. We're always getting calls from our kids, friends that our kids are so polite. They're always helping clean up that table. And to me I think that's a massive win. Especially when you see so many kids talking back to parents and not having respect for elders or just people outside even having respect for friends their age. I think my wife and I have worked really hard to maintain a tough but very fair household and it shows in my kids and I'm, I'm incredibly thankful for that.

[Carol Markowitz]

Are they good shots?

[Yehuda Reamer]

My oldest one is, my daughter is more of an archery girl. Trying to get her more into guns. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She likes archery a little more.

[Carol Markowitz]

Somebody out with a bow and arrow. That, that's fine.

[Yehuda Reamer]

That, that works. That 100% works. And then there's, then there's my 9 year old who is a pretty scary shot for only nine years old. Now granted he's only shooting right now because he's, he's tiny. He weighs, I mean he's like 48 pounds and he's nine years old. I mean kids are skinny stick same.

[Carol Markowitz]

As my, my, my 10 year old is about the same. Yeah.

[Yehuda Reamer]

Yeah. So, but he, he's a great shy and I'm very proud of him.

[Carol Markowitz]

Yeah, those, those little ones, they have a lot of verve, you know.

[Yehuda Reamer]

Oh yeah. Oh yeah.

[Carol Markowitz]

Like, it's like they, they know that they have to and so they do.

[Yehuda Reamer]

Yeah. And he's, he's a fighter. So I'm, I'm proud of him.

[Carol Markowitz]

I love that. Give us a five year out prediction can be about anything at all.

[Yehuda Reamer]

Honestly, with the whole infighting in the conservative movement, and despite what we see on the left side, I don't think we're headed for a good place. I think that you have all these alt right psychos out there, you know, who are rallying up their troops.

[Carol Markowitz]

Yeah.

[Yehuda Reamer]

And whatever. What's the. They call it the, the horseshoe effect. Right.

[Carol Markowitz]

Yeah.

[Yehuda Reamer]

I think that if we cannot get our house in order, we are going to be seeing some very dark times in the next five years.

[Carol Markowitz]

Like, give me an example. What kind of dark times are we talking?

[Yehuda Reamer]

I think that it just. We're gonna be moving a lot towards socialism, a lot more than we have been, I think, with people.

[Carol Markowitz]

Because we're gonna be losing battles. Right.

[Yehuda Reamer]

Because we're gonna be losing battles left and right again. Right. A house divided can't stand by itself. And the conservative movement is incredibly divided. It's amazing how we cannot have a conversation in the conservative movement without splitting and hating the other person. Whereas Democrats, they might hate each other, but they, they all stick together when it comes to their, to their ideas. But us, I mean, just take, just take the whole. Pretty, pretty shooting, right?

[Carol Markowitz]

Yeah.

[Yehuda Reamer]

I mean, half these conservative commentators are coming out saying, no, what ICE did was fantastic. He shouldn't have brought a gun there. I mean, Cash Patel came out and said, you know, don't bring a guy. I'm like, I'm sorry. That literally goes against the Constitution.

[Carol Markowitz]

Isn't that good? Isn't it good that we don't just line up and say whatever our leadership is saying? Like, you know, my other show, normally, Mary Katharine Hamm and I got really into the conversation around the Second Amendment and how, no, we're going to be sticking up for the second Amendment and not taking the side of Kristi Noem, for example, like, sorry, you know.

[Yehuda Reamer]

Right. But the problem is someone like Cash Patel, who's in charge of the FBI comes out and says, if you're going to a protest, you're not allowed to carry a gun, but you are. Yeah, right, Right. But that's the, that's the problem. And then you have a bunch of people who are like, no, he's right. In the conservative movement, basically, there's a lot of people that fall upon party lines rather than think for themselves. And that's something that really bothers me because if you can't call balls and strikes on your team.

[Carol Markowitz]

Yeah.

[Yehuda Reamer]

Then you're not going to survive. And Trump says some dumb Things, and you got to call him out for it. He does some great things and you got to, you know, pat him on the back. But unfortunately it's, you know, our side can do no wrong no matter what. And that's why we're never going to grow. And that's why I think in five years from now, unless we get our house in order. Yeah, it's not going to be pretty.

[Carol Markowitz]

So you're pessimistic about the future or are you optimistic that we could turn this around?

[Yehuda Reamer]

I think. I think I'm more pessimistic at this point in my life. But look, I could be wrong. I hope I'm wrong. And I will admit if I'm wrong, if that comes down to it. But things need to change soon. Like, really soon.

[Carol Markowitz]

I have my moments, but I actually am feeling optimistic right now. I think that when something happens and like, for example, you know, Christine. Oh, I didn't hear Kash Patel's comment, but I imagine that's correct rendering of it. But when famous conservatives or big conservatives say, you know, anti second amendment things, the fact is most of the people I follow opposed it right away. It was like, no, this is incorrect. Even if we're all on the same side, this is incorrect. So I think that there's a lot of people who do stand up for truth on the right. And when this alt right thing started bubbling up, there were so many non Jews who said, no, I don't stand with this antisemitic nonsense. I'm not playing along with it. I'm not nodding along with Tucker. No.

[Yehuda Reamer]

Right.

[Carol Markowitz]

So I don't know. Listen, I have my dark, pessimistic. But right now I'm feeling pretty good about the future.

[Yehuda Reamer]

That's awesome. Good. I'm glad to hear that. We need more people like you and less people like me, but I don't know about that.

[Carol Markowitz]

I think we need a good balance.

[Yehuda Reamer]

Yeah.

[Carol Markowitz]

Again, I'm like you some days. Some days I'm very much like you. Maybe I caught you on the day that you're feeling not.

[Yehuda Reamer]

It's just, I guess you just see the writing on the wall and I guess you see so much anti Semitism and you see so much hatred in our movement. And again, you see our leaders. You see people like Kristi, Noem, Kash Patel. Even Trump said something yesterday about like, you shouldn't be bringing guns to protest. Something along those lines. I'm like, these are our leaders. These are the people who we voted into office. Yet here they are coming out with such an anti two way stance. When we're conservatives, we should have the most prone two way stance. And you see all the left coming out in defense of the two.

[Carol Markowitz]

A right that's a little bit like, oh, you guys like gun sound. Now you're for the Second Amendment, you know.

[Yehuda Reamer]

Exactly, exactly. But it is what it is. I. I try to live every day, you know, one at a time, try to. I try to wake up optimistic. So I just, you know, I think in the five year run, it's gonna. It's hard. Let's put it this way, it's very hard to see what the future holds because of what's going on today. It's very hard to really, you know, zero that in. So.

[Carol Markowitz]

All right. We won't hold you to it. We'll see what you said in five years. I've loved this conversation. Yehuda, I always think you're very smart and clever. Leave us here with your best tip from my listeners on how they can improve their lives.

[Yehuda Reamer]

Okay. This is one that my wife and I have been living for a almost 18 years now. We are very firm believers of this. If you are in a relationship, the term happy wife, happy life is absolutely a horrible term. Do not use it.

[Carol Markowitz]

I agree with that. Yeah.

[Yehuda Reamer]

My wife and I live by happy, happy spouse, happy house. And I think if it takes two to tango, and if you can keep you and your spouses happy, then your house itself will just be a much more happy house to live in.

[Carol Markowitz]

I love that. He is Yehuda Reamer. Check him out at the Pew Pew Jew. Thank you so much, Yehuda, for coming on.

[Yehuda Reamer]

Absolutely. Thank you so much for having me.

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