1.0Virtual Talmudhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmudmkresshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/author/mkressMark LeVine: Isn't Judaism About Righteousness? - Virtual Talmudrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jO6vCSEPDT"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2006/07/mark-levine-isnt-judaism-about.html">Mark LeVine: Isn’t Judaism About Righteousness?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2006/07/mark-levine-isnt-judaism-about.html/embed#?secret=jO6vCSEPDT" width="600" height="338" title="“Mark LeVine: Isn’t Judaism About Righteousness?” — Virtual Talmud" data-secret="jO6vCSEPDT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I appreciate the detailed statistics from the rabbi. However, they are not relevant to the question at hand. The question is not whether Islam or religion more broadly is not relevant to people’s lives or to the political process. Large numbers of Americans, and it would seem most evangelicals or at least those evangelicals who…