The Elliot Resnick Show

Is Christianity an enemy of Judaism or its "daughter religion"?   Rabbi Dr. Moshe Miller, a professor at Touro College, discusses his new book on the views of Rav Yaakov Emden, Rav Yaakov Ettlinger, Rav Esriel Hildesheimer, and Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch on non-Jews and Christianity. Rabbi Miller's book: Samson Raphael Hirsch's Universalism and the German-Jewish Quest for Emanci...

Is Candace Owens an anti-Semite?  Should we be joining the name-calling brigade?  Do we want to destroy a force for good over one issue?  Does calling people anti-Semitic accomplish anything, even when we're right? book mentioned in the episode:  America First: The Story of Sol Bloom, the Most Powerful Jew in Congress During the Holocaust

Avi Ciment – a proud Modern Orthodox Jew, inspirational speaker, and son of the first Shomer Shabbos mayor in America – diagnoses some of the problems in his own community.  Among the issues he addresses: texting on Shabbos, homosexuality, talking in shul, and the divine authorship of the Torah. Avi Ciment's book:  Real Questions, Real Answers

In wake of the horrific attacks of Oct. 7, more and more people regret not paying closer attention to the warnings of Rabbi Meir Kahane.  But not YU.  In a stunning display of intolerance and vindictiveness, its Seforim Sale is once again categorically refusing to sell Kahane on the Parsha .  Write to its CEO, Yosef Silver, to protest: ysilver@TheSeforimSale.com. Buy the banned book here: Kahane o...

Chazal advocate early marriage and frown upon divorce.  Yet, several so-called frum organizations and community leaders are now discouraging early marriage and encouraging divorce.  Rabbi Hillel Handler – a longtime activist who testified in Congress in support of the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court in 1987 – addresses this scandal.

A popular corporate speaker who once caught Bill Gates' attention when he refused to lecture on Shabbos, Kivi Bernhard is the son of a distinguished South African rabbi, a judo medalist, and the author of Leopardology: The Hunt for Profit in a Tough Global Economy .  He's also a proud Jew, which has helped him become a highly successful businessman.

Did frum Jews – and rabbanim – in America fail their brethren during the Holocaust?  Yes, according to Zalman Alpert, a longtime reference librarian at Yeshiva University and an expert on the topic.  In this wide-ranging interview, Alpert discusses the Holocaust, Lubavitch, unfortunate developments at YU, self-hating Jews, the rise of "sectarianism," and more. book mentioned in the inter...

Did frum Jews – and rabbanim – in America fail their brethren during the Holocaust?  Yes, according to Zalman Alpert, a longtime reference librarian at Yeshiva University and an expert on the topic.  In this wide-ranging interview, Alpert discusses the Holocaust, Lubavitch, unfortunate developments at YU, self-hating Jews, the rise of "sectarianism," and more.

It sounds too good to be true, but New College, a woke institution of higher learning in Florida, is in the process of becoming conservative/classically liberal thanks to Governor Ron DeSantis.  Can this be just the first of similar transformations around the country?  Bruce Abramson, PhD – the author of several books and New College's recently-hired dean of admissions – thinks so.  He also b...

What can we do about the recent rise in anti-Semitism?  Clearly the growth of America's Muslim population isn't helping matters (it's doubled since 9/11 thanks to our immigration policies), but no one seems interested in tackling this issue.  So will the problem get worse?  Do Jews even belong in America?  Dov Hikind, founder of Americans Against Antisemitism, addresses these questi...

Israel needs a Kach prime minister now more than ever.  So is there a movement to lift the ban of Kach?  Yekutiel Ben-Yaakov – who served as chief of operations for Rabbi Meir Kahane (and his son) – says no such movement currently exists, but he argues that it may be unnecessary.  Circumstances are pushing Israelis into seeking Kahane-like solutions almost against their will, he says. Revolution o...

What's the object of war?  Should America care about Israel's war against Hamas?  Do we want it involved?  Should Israel target Arab civilians?  How innocent are civilians after all?  Listen to an interesting array of arguments and quotes from such people as the Netziv, Rabbi Meir Kahane, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Winston Churchill. 

Should Israel reduce Gaza to rubble?  Reestablish Gush Katif?  Kick the Arabs out?  Rabbi Ben Packer – director of the Jerusalem Heritage House and co-director of Young Jewish Conservatives – discusses these questions and more. Rabbi Ben Packer's Facebook page Arutz 7 article by Elliot Resnick

Since Israel virtually worships America, why not learn from America how to win a war?  The U.S. last won a decisive military victory when Japan surrendered to it on September 2, 1945, leading to 80 years of peace between the two countries.  Not a bad outcome.  So how did America do it?  I explain in this episode. "How to Win a War" – by Elliot Resnick

Destroy Hamas?  Obliterate Gaza?  Kill civilians?  What would Rabbi Meir Kahane do if he were alive and prime minister today?  Shmuel Sackett and Lenny Goldberg – two students of Rabbi Kahane and prominent personalities in their own right – answer this question in two no-holds barred interviews.

Can mefarshim argue with Chazal ?  Was a manuscript from the Rambam's son really lying in a library unnoticed for 700 years?  Why does the Ralbag say Hashem doesn't know the future?  Rabbi Yonatan Kolatch – a longtime educator and author of three excellent books on the mefarshei HaChumash – discusses these fascinating questions and more. Masters of the Word, Vol. 1 – by Rabbi Yonatan Kol...

Moving to Israel is a Zionist ideal.  It's also a Torah imperative.  But black-hat (or "yeshivish") Jews often approach this imperative sans all the halachic zeal and stringency that they normally bring to Torah instructions.  Rabbi Yoel Berman – a member of the yeshiva world himself – is associated with several organizations devoted to making the Torah case for moving to Israel as...

Yes, you read that correctly.  An Orthodox dating website decided that I am not worthy of getting married due to my participation in the events of January 6.  People who subscribe to heresy and openly violate Torah laws can be set up by the matchmakers on SawYouAtSinai, but I cannot.  I was informed on Monday that I've been banned from the site. The frum world is beginning to embrace cancel c...

Almost every parenting expert tells you to give your child unconditional love.  They're wrong.  This advice, based on secular modern-day psychology, signals to a child that he can act improperly with impunity.  He never need fear of losing the love of those he holds most dear.  Why in the world would you want to give your child that message?  Why would you want to make acting errantly easier...

Are the "lost tribes" living in plain sight in Afghanistan?  Can the biblical plague of hail stones with fire inside be a rare but natural phenomenon?  Is our vision of the American dream a creation of Hollywood Jews?  Three-time Emmy winner filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici discusses all these fascinating questions and more. documentaries discussed in this interview: Quest for the Lost Tribes...

A radical idea only supported by Rabbi Meir Kahane and his followers?  Hardly.  In fact, Theodor Herzl, David Ben-Gurion, Chaim Weizmann, Herbert Hoover, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt all repeatedly expressed support for transferring the Arabs out of the Land of Israel. A Historical Survey of Proposals to Transfer Arabs From Palestine: 1895-1947 – by Rabbi Dr. Chaim Simons ( read the book online f...

Solid proof and comprehensive research should be prerequisites for calling someone one of the worst epithets in America.  And yet, so many of us are dispensing with these elementary steps in discussing perhaps the only Democrat in America to bravely defy the Covid consensus. The Real Anthony Fauci – by Bobby Kennedy Bobby Kennedy, Jr.'s opening statement at a congressional hearing last week

In 1999, Tamir Goodman was featured in Sports Illustrated and hailed as the "Jewish Jordan."  Amazingly, Tamir was an Orthodox Jew, playing for an Orthodox high-school, and seemed headed for the University of Maryland on a full scholarship with the understanding that he wouldn't play on Shabbos.  Unfortunately, Tamir's career did not unfold as he and so many others had hoped. ...

Everyone wants to know the answer.  What can we do?  What should we do?  How do we sell Judaism to teenagers?  But what if we're asking the wrong question?  What if the problem begins with the amount of free time and the aimless feeling our system gives so many teenagers?  What if we started challenging kids rather than coddling them?  What if we made school more rigorous?  What if we encoura...

We hear it all the time: China will soon overtake the U.S. as the world's greatest economy.  Okay, so what?  Gordon Chang, a premier expert on China, argues that China is not merely another great power.  It actually seeks to rule the world and believes it has a divine duty to do so.  It's ruthless and dangerous, and unless we wake up soon, a new Dark Age may soon be upon us, Chang warns....