The Elliot Resnick Show

Gush Katif, Rabbi Meir Kahane, Donald Trump, FDR and the Jews, Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch, the mussar movement – at the very least, you can say my books don't cover boring topics.  I've published 10 of them over the last 12 years.  Listen to learn more. Links to all my books: Dragged Out of Gush Katif Nuggets of Gold The Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch Dictionary In a World Gone Mad America Fir...

How influential was Rav Samson in the development of American Orthodoxy?  Zev Eleff, president of Gratz College, claims: Not much.  I disagree.

Walter Block – a professor of economics at Loyola University – is arguably the most prolific libertarian alive.  He also was recently kicked out of two libertarian organizations for the crime of supporting Israel.  In this episode, Block discusses his expulsion, the wisdom of ignoring a judge's instructions when serving on a jury, and the benefits of privatizing roads, sidewalks, and much els...

Today, Neal Newman – CEO of the Academy of Self-Defense – is a fiercely proud Jew and American.  But he wasn't always.  In the 1960s, he particpated in violent anti-Vietnam War protests, and in 1970, he trained with Palestinian Arab guerillas in Jordan.  In this episode, Newman shares his unusual story. Click here to sign up for Elliot Resnick's newsletter.

Former U.S. Army Captian Jesse Petrilla oversaw the interrogation of 400 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.  His conclusion?  Our enemies think very differently than we do, and we had better wisen up if we want to defeat them.   Jessy Petrilla's book: If It Takes a Thousand Years: From Al-Qaeda to Hamas, How the Jihadists Think & How to Defeat Them . Click here to sign up for Elliot Resnick...

Should America send aid to Israel?  Why were so many of the Founding Fathers philo-Semitic?  Is Muslim immigration to blame for the recent rise in American anti-Semitism?  Answering these questions and more is Josh Hammer, senior editor-at-large of Newsweek, host of " The Josh Hammer Show ," and author of a new book, Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and the Destiny...

On March 20, Yeshiva University caved and will now permit an LGBT club to operate on campus.  This is my response. Sign the petition: www.ipetitions.com/petition/drop-the-word-yeshiva

On Tuesday, March 25, Boro Park and Flatbush residents will head to the polls to vote in a special election for New York City Council.  Heshy Tischler – an engaging radio show host who made national headlines in October 2020 for his vociferous opposition to Covid lockdowns – is one of the leading candidates. Heshy Tischler's website: www.heshyfornyc.com To sign up for Elliot Resnick's ne...

Many people believe abortion is murder.  Maison Des Champs – aka the "Pro-Life Spiderman" – actually does something about it.  To waken people's conscience and raise money for mothers who wish to keep their babies, Des Champs, 25, scales skyscrapers.  And he does it without safety gear.  Des Champs' website: www. AntiAbortionFront.org Elliot Resnick weekly e-mail: www.brennbook...

Ever wonder what life is like in prison?  Wonder no longer.  Thank to my activities on January 6, 2021, I was sentenced to four months behind bars.  I reported to prison (in Danbury, CT) on Election Day and was pardoned by President Trump on Inauguration Day.  I tell you all about it in this episode. List of Books I Read In Prison: www.brennbooks.com/booksireadinprison

Rhodesia had a reputation of being "more British than Britain" — and that was its undoing.  Instead of giving up the proud aristocratic British tradition that reigned for centuries in England and the United States, Rhodesia held fast to it.  And so, in the 1960s, the USSR and America and England conspired to destroy it.  And they succeeded.  Prosperous free Rhodesia disappeared, and back...

On September 19, I was sentenced to four months in prison and fined $10,539 for participating in the January 6 election protest.  A week later, I was interviewed by Frank Morano, host of "The Other Side of Midnight" on WABC radio in New York.  We discussed my sentencing, my experience being kicked off yet another dating service, and Rabbi Meir Kahane's humane solution to the Arab-Is...

Are the Proud Boys bad people?  Did we really cause $2.5 million in damage?  Could the Right have played Jan. 6 differently?  Answering these questions and more is David Sumrall, founder of StopHate.com, the filmmaker of three documentaries on Jan. 6, a licensed investigator with access to all government videos of Jan. 6, and president of the board of the American Gulag Chronicles. David Sumrall&a...

I was sentenced in a DC court today for my role in the events of January 6, 2021.  This is my response.

Candace Owens claims that Israeli leaders and Israel supporters in the U.S. are "Jewish supremacists."  She also claims Israel harbors pedophiles.  Is there any truth to these claims?

His mother gave birth to him at 14, and his father tried killing him when he was five.  Marty Goodman, a highly successful businessman in West Bloomfield, MI, didn't have an easy childhood, and a rabbi's ill-chosen words turned him away from Judaism when he was a teenager.  But the birth of his son 20 years later changed everything.  Marty Goodman describes his journey back to Torah and...

How did I misjudge Candace Owens so badly?  I explain.

Moshe Feiglin has been working to become Israel's prime minister for 25 years now, but he believes Israel's current problems may finally propel him to power.  "Reality is making our campaign," he said.  If he is prime minister, Israel will conquer Gaza, rebuild Gush Katif, and expel the enemy population in it, he said.  And he would have secured the hostages' release if he...

When did people start making schlissel challah?  Why do women light multiple Shabbos candles when the Gemara says to light one?  Why do we say "Shalom Aleichem" at Kiddush Levanah when according to Shulchan Aruch we should say "Shalom Alecha"?  Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron, author of Jewish Customs: Exploring Common and Uncommon Minhagim , answers these fascinating questions and more.

Professor Bryan Caplan, a bestselling author and economist at George Mason University, discusses some of his most controversial books, Don't Be a Feminist , The Case Against Education , Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids , and Build, Baby, Build .  

Rabbi Ben Packer, director of the Jerusalem Heritage House, returns to give an update on the Israel-Gaza war.   Why is Israel giving free food to its enemy?  Should Israel establish Jewish settlements in Gaza?  Was giving the Sinai Desert to Egypt a mistake?  Why did Israel respond with a whimper after Arabs set Yehoshua's tomb on fire the other week?  Will a true Jewish leader ever take char...

Liberals (and a handful of conservatives) believe dropping the atom bombs on Japan in August 1945 was immoral.  But what was the alternative?  Could the U.S. have won the war in a less bloody fashion?  Could American and Japanese lives have been saved?  Mike Cote – a highly knowledgeable historian whose articles have been published by National Review and The Federalist – discusses these fascinatin...

Mrs. Sarah Karmely is a Mashhadi Jew who was born in India, grew up in England, married in Italy, and now lives in America.  An author, teacher, marriage counselor, and international lecturer, she started becoming frum after her husband suddenly became totally paralyzed and then just as suddenly – and inexplicably – started talking and walking only after hours after receiving a beracha from the Lu...

Yeshiva University has a long history of tolerating extreme left-wing views and activities on campus (while showing little tolerance for extreme right-wing views).  To cite just two examples: It employed a transgender professor for 15 years and continues to employ a Bible(!) professor who advocates ignoring the Torah's views on homosexuality.  Can YU therefore continue to call itself a Torah...

When you speak to young children, end your sentences with a period, not a question mark.  So advises Mrs. Rebecca Masinter, a mother of six and the author of a weekly parenting column based on the parsha .  (She's also a great-great niece of Reb Elyah Lopian.)  Among her other pieces of advice: Project confidence in front of your children, don't be afraid to be different, trust your intu...