The Elliot Resnick Show: Recent Episodes
Elliot Resnick
The controversial former chief editor of The Jewish Press interviews guests bravely bucking societal trends in the pursuit of truth.
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 else.
Some of Dr. Block's books:
The Privatization of Roads and Highways
Defending the Undefendable
The Classical Liberal Case for Israel
Water Capitalism: The Case for Privatizing Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, and Aquifers
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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.
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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.
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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 of the West.
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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
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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
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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 backwards murderous Zimbabwe took its place. It's a fascinating — and very disturbing — story.
Will Tanner, co-founder of The American Tribune, also offers his thoughts on Donald Trump, noblesse oblige, and no-fault divorce.
Will Tanner's Substack channel: www.theamericantribune.news.
Will Tanner on X: @Will_Tanner_1
Elliot Resnick's website: www.BrennBooks.com.
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-Israel conflict.
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's website: StopHate.com
Elliot Resnick's new book: In a World Gone MadElliot Resnick's new writing course: Ten Tips to Vastly Improve Your Writing
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 plays some of his original musical compositions.
His shiurim, lectures, and music are available on http://bais-mordechai.com.
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 were prime minister, he said, by starving the tunnels of energy and threatening every terrorist in it with death and burial in pigs' stomachs unless they bring the hostages out of the tunnels with them.
Books by Moshe Feiglin:
The War of DreamsWhere There Are No MenInterview books by Elliot Resnick
Movers & Shakers, Vol. 1Movers & Shakers, Vol. 2Movers & Shakers, Vol. 3
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 charge in Israel? If yes, how? Rabbi Packer answers these questions and more.
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 fascinating questions and more.
Mike Cote's website: https://rationalpolicy.com
Cote's articles discussed on this podcast:
"Dropping the Atomic Bombs Was Good, Actually"
"The Seafloor Is Now a Theater of War – and America Is Not Prepared"
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 Lubavitcher Rebbe.
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 institution? Jonathan Gross, formerly a rabbi in Omaha, Nebraska (who sold chametz to Warren Buffett), and today a civil rights attorney, joins the program to discuss this question.
Books by Rabbi Jonathan Gross:
AI Vey: Jewish Thoughts on Thinking MachinesValues Investing: An Omaha Rabbi Learns Torah From Warren BuffettOne of the books YU banned from its Seforim Sale:
Kahane on the Parsha: Over 100 Divrei Torah on War, Faith, and the Future of the Jewish StateThe subject of Elliot Resnick's canceled lecture:
America First: The Story of Sol Bloom, the Most Powerful Jew in Congress During the Holocaust
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 intuition, hold off on the cell phone, and don't rush to bring you kid to an "expert." You're the expert when it comes to your child, she argues.
Mrs. Masinter's website: www.mothersguidance.com
Book mentioned in the interview: Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
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 Emancipation
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 on the ParshaAlso banned: Revolution or Referendum
Uncomfortable Questions for Comfortable Jews
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 interview: America First: The Story of Sol Bloom, the Most Powerful Jew in Congress During the Holocaust– by Elliot Resnick
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 believes that the new New College is a perfect fit for motivated Jewish students looking for an intellectually curious pro-Israel campus.
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 questions and more.
guest's website: https://americansaa.org.
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 or Referendum – Rabbi Kahane's last book
Kahane on the Parsha
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 KolatchMasters of the Word, Vol. 2– by Rabbi Yonatan KolatchMasters of the Word, Vol. 3– by Rabbi Yonatan Kolatch
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 well as helping black-hat Jews find their place in the Holy Land. Rabbi Berman argues that many of the practical reasons black-hat Jews used to offer for not moving to Israel simply no longer apply.
Living in the Land: Firsthand Accounts From Bnei Torah and Their Families
lifeintheland.com
www.aviraderetzyisroel.org
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 culture and won't turn back unless we speak up now. To protest, e-mail:
support@sawyouatsinai.com and
marc@sawyouatsinai.com (Marc Goldmann is the company's CEO)
If you wish to protest Ami Magazine canceling me in 2021, e-mail rabbi@amimagazine.com and info@amimagazine.com.
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 rather than harder?
Can the Pashtuns in Afghanistan be one of the 10 "lost tribes"? Can the biblical plague of hail 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
The Exodus Decoded
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies, and the American Dream
Elliot Resnick's new book:
America First: The Story of Sol Bloom, the Most Powerful Jew in Congress During the Holocaust
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 supported 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 for free)
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. He explains why in this interview and also discusses his current projects, which include a book, a film, a basketball camp, and a popular basketball invention.
The Jewish Jordan's Triple Threatby Tamir Goodman
Sports Illustrated story on Tamir Goodman (see also here)
www.TamirGoodman.com
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 encouraged teenagers to get jobs and marry as soon as they finished high school?
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.
The Coming Collapse of China by Gordon Chang
The Great U.S.-China Tech Warby Gordon Chang
Gordon Chang on Twitter
Three decades ago, a small group of researchers and rabbis said they rediscovered the chilazon and the process of making techeles. Were they telling the truth? If yes, should we jumping at the opportunity to fulfill a mitzvah de'Oraisa for the first time in 1,500 years? Shmuel Sackett, founder of the Am Yisrael Chai foundation, discusses this topic as well as Arab terror, Jewish terror, and more.
Techeles booklet by Rabbi Meir Hellman
https://www.amyisroelchai.com
https://www.tekhelet.com
The Rarest Blue by Baruch Sterman
interview with Dr. Ari Greenspan
Mistranslations, unattributed interpretations that undermine the meaning of the mishnah. You would expect these in a Reform publication. But they actually appear in an ArtScroll publication. How did such problematic material slip by ArtScroll's editors? And what excuse does this sefer's compiler have for distorting Chazal's words so that they align with the tenets of the self-esteem movement?
Should we appoint a king in the State of Israel? Should we ascend Har Habayis? Are we pronouncing Hebrew correctly? Rabbi Avi Grossman – an associate at Machon Shilo and the former senior editor of the Koren Steinsaltz Tanakh in English – answers these controversial questions (as well as the one in the episode title). Be prepared to reexamine some of your most basic assumptions about G-d's expectations of us.
Haggadat Hapesah by Rabbi Avi Grossman
Entering the Temple Mount – in Halacha and Jewish History
Outlawed Visitors on al-Haram al-Sharif
Modern man likes to dress casually. Sometimes, the more holes a pair of jeans has, the better. But is it simply a matter of taste? "Necktie Salvage" – the name of an interesting Twitter account – doesn't think so. He believes modern clothing styles reflect, and reinforce, the moral deterioration of the West. He explains why in this interview.
https://twitter.com/NecktieSalvage
We've heard it countless times: Chassidic yeshivahs are failing their students by not providing them with a proper secular education. But are they? And if they are, is it the government's business to right this wrong? Frank Morano – host of "The Other Side of Midnight" on WABC Talk Radio in New York – interviewed me on this topic a few months ago. Here is how it went.
"Stay far away from a false matter," the Bible tells us. But how seriously do we take this prohibition?
Boruch Delman, director of the Sefas Tamim Foundation, explains why the Talmud calls truth "God's seal," why some people lie, why an AI is unlikely to destroy humanity if it pursues truth, and why a person may possibly sign a user agreement he hasn't read.
www.everydayemes.org
Is it "American" for the government to shut down schools, businesses and houses of worship during a pandemic? Is it "American" for the government to dictate to parents what they should teach their children? Are Republicans too nice to win the culture wars? Should Jews send their kids to Hilldale College? Should they take a second look at Pat Buchanan?
These are just some of the questions addressed by Professor David Azerrad, an idealistic and clear-eyed thinker who was recently featured on Tucker Carlson's hour-long interview program.
It's hard to see how moral claims can be made without reference to God. But can they be made without reference to divine revelation? Surprisingly, some of the greatest thinkers in Jewish history – the Rambam, Ramban, Ran, and others – say they can.
"It's a well-known law that Esav hates Yaakov." What does that mean? Did G-d create everyone to hate Jews? How should Jews regard Christians? How should they view secular atheists? These are just some of the questions Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein – director of Interfaith Affairs at the Simon Wiesenthal Center – answers in this interview.
Books by Rabbi Adlerstein:
Netivot Shalom
Be'er Hagolah
If a politician violates a statute, he might find himself in jail. But if he enacts a disastrous policy that kills thousands, he gets off scot-free. How does that work?
"Yes," says Sam Sorbo, an education reform advocate, radio show host, actress, and mother of three. She blasts modern schools for killing kids' individuality, teaching them liberal lies, and expelling G-d and G-dly wisdom from the classroom. She urges all parents to educate their children at home.
www.SamSorbo.com
by Sam Sorbo: Words for Warriors
Every year, LGBT activists take over Manhattan with a "pride parade" while we who believe in the Torah and its values remain silent. This year, Rabbi Nosson Leiter, a prominent moral activist, is organizing a protest of this parade -- the first such protest in many years.
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky is one of the few Modern Orthodox rabbis who isn't intimidated by "elite opinion." On moral depravity, Arab terror, and more, he has always fearlessly spoken his mind. In this interview, he addresses government forms that replace "mother" and father" with "parent 1" and "parent 2"; Israel's Law of Return (which sometimes benefits non-Jews more than Jews); Arab terror; and the future of Modern Orthodoxy.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Road to Redemption by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky
"Finding" yourself won't lead to happiness. Indeed, no pursuit with the self at the center will. If you want to be happy, focus on G-d and your obligations.
Isaac Breuer once wrote about the great medieval rabbis: “[They] have generally remained silent on the subject of their personal development, of their struggles and sufferings…. Precisely what would make them interesting to modern man they did not consider worth delineation.”
Should we perhaps take a lesson from them?
You've probably heard of Maharat, the women's "yeshiva" Rabbi Avi Weiss opened in 2009 that claims to give semicha to its graduates. But you've probably never spoken to anyone who actually attended this school. Meet Mrs. Mashi Gross, probably the only passionate Trump supporter to have ever studied there. (Indeed, it was her support for Trump that eventually inspired her to leave). She recalls her experience at Maharat and provides an insider's perspective on the institution.
"The Feminine Mystique" – published in 1963 by Betty Friedan – is probably the most famous feminist book ever written. Amazingly, though, it also includes some of the strongest arguments for women finding fulfillment in their roles as wives and mothers.
https://educateyourselfthroughelliot.supercast.com
The true, the good, and the beautiful. The Great Books. That's what education used to be about. No longer. Today, people disdain the writings of "dead white males" and think of education largely in terms of how much money it will yield them down the road. A growing movement, however, is rediscovering classical education, and Jeremy Tate, creator of the CLT (Classic Learning Test), is one of its leaders.
The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
www.cltexam.com
www.1vs450.com
Many people are hailing Biden – the very same Biden who hid in his basement for two years – as "brave" for visiting Ukraine as the one-year anniversary of the war approaches. Is he? Some more questions: Is Putin really targeting innocent civilians? Why exactly is the U.S. financing this war? Does the West share any blame for the destruction of Ukraine?
At a Torah Umesorah conference in December, Donald Trump delivered a speech in which – for 25 minutes – he quoted, commented, and elaborated on an article written by Rabbi Dov Fischer. A former law professor and head of the JDL, Rabbi Fischer currently heads the Young Israel of Orange County and serves as senior contributing editor at The American Spectator. He joins Elliot Resnick to discuss his relationship with Rabbi Meir Kahane, his views on Trump's controversial dinner with Kanye, and his prescription for living a principled life.
Ever wonder why the first tablet of the Ten Commandments begins with a mitzvah of the mind and ends with a mitzvah of action while the second tablet does the very opposite? Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888) offers an intriguing explanation.
Dr. Ron Paul (a former 24-year congressman from Texas and the father of Senator Ran Paul) is not your typical charismatic politician, yet he was wildly popular among young voters in the 2008 and 2012 presidential election seasons. He joins the show to discuss libertarianism, his opposition to sending government aid to Israel, and his criticism of the Federal Reserve.
The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul
End the Fed by Ron Paul
www.1vs450.com
One after another, traditional standards are being swept aside. What was considered inconceivable 10 years ago is regarded as normal by children today. And that doesn't bode well for the future...
Ann Coulter confronts some of the most controversial comments she's ever made: Does she support secession? Does she really want to bar women from voting? What does she have against psychology? Why did she say Christians are perfected Jews? Does she still believe the solution to Arab terror is to "invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity"?
www.1vs450.com
Some of the books mentioned in this episode:
Resistance is Futile by Ann Coulter
How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann Coulter
Adios America! by Ann Coulter
In Trump We Trust by Ann Coulter
The Bell Curve by Richard Hernnstein and Charles Murray
Nuggets of Gold edited by Elliot Resnick
Is the Arab terrorist alone to be blamed for the deaths of the seven Jews on Friday? If you let a child molester sleep in your home, should you be surprised if you wake up to discover that your child is molested? And if, after your child was molested, you're crazy enough to continue to let the molester sleep in your home, who's really to blame if your child is molested again – you or the molester?
Rabbi Ben Zion Shafier, author of The 10 Really Dumb Mistakes That Very Smart Couples Make, discusses the harms in trying to change your spouse, the very different emotional needs of men and women, and a piece of marriage advice once offered by Donald Trump.
Links to books mentioned in this episode:
The 10 Really Dumb Mistakes That Very Smart Couples Make
First, Kill All the Marriage Counselors by Laura Doyle
For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn
www.1vs450.com
Modern-day nations – Israel chief among them – avoid harming "innocent civilians." But do such people exist? If they did, why did G-d punish the Egyptians as a collective? After all, the plagues affected every Egyptian, not just the guilty. Indeed, the Plague of the Firstborn even affected foreign captives in Egyptian jails according to the Midrash!
We've heard it 1,000 times: Cops disproportionately shoot black Americans. But what if there's a simple – and benign – explanation for this fact? Heather Mac Donald, a crime expert and the bestselling author of such books as The War on Cops and The Burden of Bad Ideas, argues that such an explanation in fact exists and, in the process, reveals shocking crime statistics that the media never report.
"It's not our place to impose Torah values on American society." This often-voiced argument is based on ignorance of American history. America was built on Torah values (which explains why adultery is illegal in 16 U.S. states). All we're doing is trying to preserve it. It's the secular left – not the religious right – that imposes its values on the rest of America.
It's one thing when ordinary academics slam Israel. It's another when those academics are ostensibly experts on "Jewish Studies." Frustrated by these Israel haters, Prof. Adam Fuller, a professor at Youngstown State University, helped start the Jewish Studies Zionist Network this past summer.
"Progressive" Orthodox Jews hail self-esteem as a vital and necessary character trait that should be nurtured and developed. Unfortunately, the Torah disagrees.
To read the article I mention at the beginning of the episode, click here: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/357434.
Gavin Wax – president of the prestigious New York Young Republican Club – has had enough of right-wing fecklessness. He wants a fearless Republican party and argues that we won't have one if Kevin McCarthy becomes Speaker of the House. How will the ongoing congressional showdown play out? Wax offers his prediction.
Some frum Jews dismiss the transgender movement as not relevant to their lives. But, as Pericles said 2,500 years ago, "Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you." A scandal in a religious school in Givat Shmuel is proving Pericles right.
Lechi was an underground movement committed to expelling the British from the Promised Land in the 1940s. But it was also much more than that. It wanted a Jewish state from the Nile to the Euphrates and a Beis HaMikdash at its center. And it was unyielding. When Ben-Gurion shot at the Altalena, for example, Menachem Begin backed down; Lechi wanted to fight back. In this interview, Zev Golan, translator of the memoirs of one of Lechi's leaders, discusses this fascinating group.
Josh Hammer, 33, is a conservative – and somehow also the opinion editor of Newsweek, one of the most famous and venerable news magazines in the country. Why would a liberal publication hire a conservative for such a sensitive position? Hammer discusses this question and much more (e.g., his Jewish journey, the perniciousness of the ADL, getting G-d back in the public schools) in this interview.
We're often told that "extremism" is bad, but what if one of the main messages of Chanukah is that extremism is vital to Judaism?
Kevin McCarthy and the Republican establishment killed Rep. Steve King's career. His crime? Ostensibly making racist comments. But these allegations were obviously bogus. His real crime was defending Western civilization. In this interview, King recalls the series of events that led to his defeat in 2020 and discusses what we can do to save the West from internal decay.
"I'm depressed. I'm anxious. How do I overcome these feelings?" Al Pacino and the Lubavitcher Rebbe have some down-to-earth advice for you.
Perhaps no one has done more to show the utter futility of mask and lockdown policies than Ian Miller. Author of "Unmasked, The Gloal Failure of Covid Mask Mandates," Miller joins Elliot Resnick to discuss why the medical establishment told people to wear masks when years of pre-Covid research indicated that masks don't work; why surgeons wear masks; and what he learned from Florida and Sweden's response to the pandemic.
Why do so many otherwise intelligent people allow their behavior to be determined by the loathsome editors and producers of mainstream media?
Terry Schilling heads an organization that fights for perhaps the most disenfranchised group in this country: the American family. Hardly any normal American mother or father wants schools, for example, to promote transgenderism of for Internet pornography to be accessible to children. Yet, politicians -- both Democrat and Republican -- largely ignore these basic family issues. Schilling, a father of six, aims to change that.
In recent weeks, Jews have responded angrily to several instances of anti-Semitism. But is this reaction appropriate? Haven't frum Jews and Zionists – especially Zionists – always take it as a given that Jews don't really belong in foreign lands? Besides, is anti-Semitism really a Jewish problem? Or is it more of a non-Jewish problem?
A month after President Donald Trump recommended hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Covid-19, Tony Fauci touted a different -- and much more expensive -- drug: Remdesivir. The only problem is that Remdesivir has been known to kill people rather than cure them. Attorneys Dan Watkins and Michael Hamilton are now suing three California hospitals who, they say, killed 14 people by giving them Remdesivir without their consent.
Some people blame Trump. Others blame mail-in ballots. Both explanations lead to the same conclusion: We don't really have the numbers to win when everyone votes. Which means that if we don't learn one of the central lessons of George Orwell's "Animal Farm" and take (at least partial) control of the educational system, we're toast long term.
Rabbi Daniel Lapin – TV host, podcast host, bestselling author, and sought-after speaker – explains why he teaches Torah to Christians, why Hebrew has no word for "teenager," and why he views modern psychology with skepticism. He also shares a touching memory of his great-uncle, Reb Elyah Lopian, and recalls the full-page ad his organization (Toward Tradition) placed in The New York Times after Newt Gingrich led the Republicans to a sweeping midterm victory in 1994.
Why in the world does Israel continue to import an intermarriage problem? This travesty can be solved with a simple amendment, and, thank G-d, Israel's religious parties are finally speaking up.
Who was Rabbi Meir Kahane? Where would he be if he hadn't been assassinated in 1990? Would he have approved of Itamar Ben-Gvir? Is kicking out the Arabs possible today? Lenny Goldberg – an author, a settler, the father of eight (including two who sat in Israeli jail), and a baal teshuvah thanks to Rabbi Meir Kahane – weighs in on these questions and more.
The author of over 40 books, Theodore Dalrymple believes the welfare state harms the poor -- spiritually -- and that the the popularization of psychology has led to "cultural disaster" in the West. Dalrymple is a retired physician and psychiatrist who used to treat people in a prison and slum hospital in England.
Paul Pelosi was likely not attackd by a Trump supporter. But suppose he was. After six years of leftist beatings and killings of Trump supporters, are we supposed to wring our hands in horror when one Trump supporter gives the left a taste of its own medicine?
Rabbi Yaakov Dovid Homnick -- the author of 23 sefarim on Shas and a longtime writer for The American Spectator -- passionately believed in Agudath Israel's mission. But in 1980, he argues, the organization missed a historic opportunity to cut itself loose from government purse strings. In the process, it began violating a Gemara whose penalty is nothing less than a delay in Moshiach's arrival.
Let's suppose Kanye West is an anti-Semite. So what? Is that reason to cancel him? Exactly what good will that do? And why is it that secular Jews get so much more excited about anti-Semitism than religious Jews?
In 2017, New York City banned therapists from helping people overcome unwanted sexual attraction to members of the same gender. Everyone cowered in fear and moved on -- except Dr. David Schwartz. A Lubavitcher chassid, Schwartz sued the city and won a spectacular victory two years laters. This is his story.
People claim the Arab-Israeli conflict is complex. It's not. It's actually rather simple. The land is ours. Period. G-d gave it to us and we conquered it. We thus have a rock-solid biblical and historical claim to the land – which is more than any other nation on the planet has to the land it currently possesses. If the Arabs don't like these facts, they can jump in a lake.
Want to save the environment? Throw your recyclables in the trash and use plastic bags. This, according to John Tierney, who broke the New York Times Magazine's all-time record for hate mail with his 1996 article "Recycling Is Garbage." It sounds counter-intuitive, but Tierney – a former New York Times writer and current editor at City Journal – argues that the facts bear him out. Recycling does more harm than good.
Books by John Tierney:
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
The Power of Bad: How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It
In the last few years, people are increasingly opting to spell 'anti-Semitism' as 'antisemitism.' Does this new spelling make any sense? Is there something terribly wrong with the standard spelling that requires us to junk it?
Does Yeshiva University "deserve" its current legal troubles? Is voting for Lee Zeldin immoral? Should Jewish politicians care about moral legislation? Rabbi Yehuda Levin – founder of Jews for Morality, a former candidate for Congress, and a 45-year veteran of the culture wars – answers these questions and more in his usual uncompromising fashion.
Black-hat Jews founding an illegal settlement in the West Bank? Gathering to thank Hashem on Yom Yerushalayim? Both have occured thanks to a relatively new organization – Kedushat Tziyon – headed by Rabbi Yehuda Epstein who argues that charedim in the past gave their lives for Eretz Yisrael and should strive today to create a true Torah state in the Holy Land. In this interview, Rabbi Epstein also discusses two charedi visionaries: Isaac Breuer and Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger.
You can count on one hand how many people defended Trump on TV consistently during the 2016 presidential campaign. Scottie Nell Hughes was one of them. In this interview, she explains why she joined Team Trump so early and why leftists were so eager to shut down RT America (where Hughes hosted her own news show) when war broke out between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022.
Leftist ideologues who trash traditional Western education now want to dictate to yeshivas what they should teach their students. Why? What's their aim? And what's the state's interest in this affair? Even if you value a general education, is government force the way to go? Also addressed in this episode is corporal punishment, with surprising comments on this topic from Mishlei, the Gemara, Shulchan Aruch, and the Shela.
What if Martin Luther King Jr. isn't the hero we think he is? Author Vince Ellison, a "fearless truth teller" and a black man himself, argues that MLK encouraged blacks – to their detriment – to look to whites for their salvation rather than improve their own lives. If someone hates you, outperform him; don't stalk him, Ellison argues. He also excoriates the Democratic Party for what it's done to Black America. Be prepared to think about the civil rights movement in an entirely new fashion.
Are shidduch resumes helpful? Should you get married at 18? Should single men and women mingle? The ever provocative Rabbi Chananya Weissman – founder of EndTheMadness – answers these questions, plus more on the Covid-19 vaccine: Are they truly deadly? How do we know? And how should we treat rabbis who promote them?
In 2019, Denise McAllister was a rising star in the conservative movement. A writer for The Daily Wire and The Federalist, she had just co-authored a bestselling book called Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump. But then she fell victim to cancel culture – conservative cancel culture. Listen to her tale of being canceled by Ben Shapiro, her critique of the conservative movement, and her prognosis for the future.
We all know that saturated fat is bad for us. But do we, in fact? In her New York Times bestselling book, "The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet," Tina Teicholz demonstrates that the scientific "consensus" on fat was reached much the same way that the consensus on Covid 19 vaccines was reached -- by intellectual bullying and the demonization and silencing of critics. In this fascinating interview, Teicholz review some of the central arguments of her book, which Malcolm Gladwell said "blew [his] mind."
Laura Loomer, 29, is banned from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, PayPal, GoFundMe, Venmo, Uber, and Lyft -- the latter two due to her complaint about the prevalence of Muslim drivers in these companies. But soon she might be heading to Congress, representing Florida's 21st district. Listen to her discuss her upcoming primary race, the raid at Mar-a-Lago, Jan. 6, RINOs, and more,
Meet Inna Vernikov, 37, the only Republican from Brooklyn on New York's City Council. Representing such neighborhoods as Manhattan Beach and Brighton Beach, Vernikov refuses to let the left run roughshod over conservative values and conservative constituents. She fights back -- in the press and with the power of the purse.
A straight shooter. That's who Rav Avigdor Miller was, and 20 years after his death, he's more popular than ever, with tens of thousands reading his words every week thanks to an organization called Toras Avigdor. Rabbi Pinchas Wolhendler, co-founder of this organization, speaks to Elliot Resnick about Rav Avigdor Miller's life and some of his more controversial views on right-wing politics, psychology, marriage, and the Holocaust.
Elliot Resnick interviews Getzel Rubashkin, eldest son of the former CEO of Agriprocessors and author of the fascinating book, Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin: The Inside Story.
Elliot Resnick interviews John Rosemond, one of the most popular, sought-after, and controversial parenting experts in the country and the man who upset the psychological establishment so much that it sought to strip him of his license to practice psychology. If you're suspicious of the self-esteem movement, perscribing drugs for ADHD, or affirming children's feelings, you'll want to listen to this episode. Be prepared to hear an entirely new perspective on raising children.
Is Putin ill? Do Russians hate him? What does Putin mean by "deNazifying" Ukraine? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this interview with Dr. Gilbert Doctorow on the war in Ukraine. Warning: The views expressed in this episode have not been approved by elite opinion.
Elliot Resnick interviews Dr. Miriam Grossman, featured in Matt Walsh's new documentary, "What Is a Woman?" Learn the dangers of transgenderism, the story of John Money and the botched circumcision, and Dr. Grossman's view on whether transgenderism is a fight against God.