THE DEFINITIVE RAP

Today’s guest, Meriel Schindler, is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Lost Café Schindler: One Family, Two Wars, And The Search for Truth. Café Schindler was built by her uncles Hugo and Erich in the early 1900’s, and was considered the place to be in Innsbruck Austria - Where they served the best pastries and featured the most talented musicians for dance nights.
The café, though under a new  family ownership, is still operating
today. This book, however, is not about a café, but about family
history, Nazi plundering of Jewish businesses and property, attempts at reclamation, and a search for truth and closure years after the war. Our guest discovered her fathers’ papers in 2017 which served as a link to his family back in Austria going back to the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, including family members who served in the Austrian military during WW1. Meriel discovers that her great uncle Edward Bloch was an incredible medical doctor who took care of everyone - rich and poor, and any time of day or night. Meriel Schindler tells of her uncle Edward being given special “protection” during the Nazi onslaught of Austria, because during the early 1900’s Dr. Bloch treated Hitler’s mother for breast cancer, and treated young Adolf himself. 

There
were a lot of lessons from this book, which showed that even Jews who were fully assimilated with their non-Jewish neighbors were not spared from the Nuremburg Laws or Nazi-inspired antisemitism. And as the author wrote, there were so few Jews in this part of Austria for Nazis to blame their problems on. 

Today’s very special guests, from the group #Jexit,
are educating American Jews about the Democrats and their abandonment of Israel and the Jewish people. Democrats
thrive on division and polarization based on race, income, gender,
sexual orientation, people of faith, and now, in attacking police. On their website, Jexit states: For decades, American Jews have
consistently supported Democrat candidates. However, that party is undergoing a seismic and alarming change. Accepting, approving and failing to condemn anti-Semitism shows the new direction of the Party. Endorsing the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) Movement, threatening to block weapons sales to Israel, denying Israel's right to self-defense, indirectly funding Hamas by giving money to Iran, these are but some examples of how the radical left has abandoned the Jewish community. There are only 15 million Jews in the world, half of them ive in Israel. We must stand together! You can visit them at: WWW.JEXITUSA.ORG 

 Interview with former Montreal Councilman and
current Canadian Bnai Brith leader, Marvin Rotrand, to discuss
antisemitic Palestinianist activism at the University of Toronto and the Toronto school System. On the University of Toronto Campus, The Student Union of Toronto at Scarborough passed a resolution in support of BDS, calling on the University to sever all ties with ANY organization they deem supports the state of Israel. This included ending Kosher catering for the University’s Jewish students.

In May of 2021, Jewish students at the U of T Medical school filed a complaint alleging defamatory and libelous comments directed at them from fellow medical students and faculty. Adding insult to injury, the school’s “anti-discrimination” czar, Ritika Goel, is a BDS supporter who has called support for Israel, a “barbaric cultural practice.”Earlier this December, a Jewish Toronto District School Board Trustee named Alexandra Lulka, who raised the alarms over antisemitic material distributed by another trustee, was the target of a Censure for calling out the antisemitism, which was acknowledged by the  “Integrity Commissioner.”  

Last week, The Supreme Court heard the Mississippi
case of Dobbs V. Jackson where the state is looking to restrict
abortions after 15 weeks. Will their decision overturn Roe v Wade?

Were the Justices questions about advocacy, or the law? Is adoption a viable and reasonable alternative to abortion?

Professor Rosenbaum addressed the questions raised by the Justices including Justice Sotomayor who compared the “response to touch” by an unborn baby, to an adult in a vegetative state. During the conversation, He explained the relevance of Justice Comey-Barrett asking the lawyer representing the Jackson Women's Health Organization, if offering “adoption” was a viable solution to abortion since at the time of Roe V. Wade, it was not.

We also delved into the Rittenhouse trial and verdict as he was found NOT guilty in a court of law, but was found EXTREMELY GUILTY by the media and left-wing mobs, who, while decrying so-called “vigilante justice,” were demanding “social justice” which doesn’t require a trial. Their only criteria is race and if a firearm was used.

 Also discussed during the interview was the recent high-school shooting in Oxford Michigan by Ethan Crumbley, and why his parents could now be charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Are Soros-Funded DA's responsible for the new crime wave across big cities?Our
conversation discussed whether our justice system is still based on
what our Founding Father’s had hoped for or do we have a new system which takes into account factors NOT related to the evidence, such as 'racial equity.'  

This week, as Jews around the world celebrate
Chanukah – the festival of lights, and the triumph of good over evil, there are many troubling issues facing Israel and the Jewish people.

 Joining us today from Israel, is Barry Shaw from the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies, to tell us how the Israeli Government and people are viewing the incompetence of this Administration. In
the beginning of the interview, Barry observed and contrasted how US Administrations who have been hostile to Israel, have suffered economically and otherwise, back home, citing specifically, the Obama and Biden Administrations. Whereas under President Trump, who was very good to Israel and the Jewish people, Americans prospered. He also discussed the different approaches taken by Bibi Netanyahu and the current Israeli leaders, Bennett and Lapid, in conveying their positions on Iran with their American counterparts. During
the interview, issues were raised such as how the US Administration is stubbornly determined to re-enter nuclear talks with Iran, in spite of the violations uncovered by nuclear inspectors, and Iran vowing to launch a nuclear attack against Israel. Recently, An Iranian commander said, “We will not back off from the annihilation of Israel.” A recent report from the IAEA states that Iran has enough uranium enriched to nearly 20 and 60%, to produce a single nuclear weapon in as
little as 3 weeks. Barry told us that while the US and Europe continue to engage in appeasement diplomacy,
The IDF is in accelerated mode in preparing for the eventuality that military operations will be required to end Iran’s nuclear program.  

Today’s show is a little different than our previous shows. Instead of politics, we have a very special guest, Dr. Marc Straus to talk about his book, One-Legged Mongoose: Secrets, Legacies, and Coming of Age in 1950’s New York. And just in time for Chanukah.

When you first start reading this book,  it reads something like ‘The Goldberg’s’ meet ‘The Wonder Years’
Television shows, as the book starts off with Marc recalling about his chain-smoking mother who drives down the Belt Parkway like a speed demon, then, without slowing down, up the ramp off the Van Wyck Expressway, with total disregard that Marc is going to vomit all over himself if she doesn’t pull over quickly. While the book has its funny moments, there are many important lessons that discuss with Dr. Straus today.

 From getting into fist fights in public school in West Hempstead, Long Island – and always winning – not many Jews can say that, to
transferring to a Yeshiva Day school in Queens – traveling alone on the train with his younger brother, for 4 hours every day. Marc’s story is very unique in that he endured physical abuse at home, and never telling anyone, to helping his immigrant father on Sundays at his textile businesses, survived polio, recovered after being hit by a car – ALL BEFORE THE AGE OF 12- to always looking out for his younger brother and other defenseless victims of childhood bullying.  

Interview with Award-Winning Journalist, Senior
Editor-in Chief at the Jewish News Syndicate, Jonathan Tobin, to discuss his recent columns, including on the Biden Administration abandoning Israel on a crucial UN vote on the UNRWA support for the Palestinians, from a column titled: Biden’s neutrality on infrastructure of the war against Israel 

A U.S. abstention on a resolution supporting the UNRWA refugee agency that fuels Palestinian demands for a “right of return” demonstrates the administration’s misunderstanding of why the conflict continues. We also discussed the recent trip to Israel organized by the far left anti-Israel J Street - bringing Democrat members (only) of Congress to meet with Israeli leaders, while indoctrinating them even more in support of the Palestinian narrative. Congressional members on the trip included Barbara Lee CA-13, Mark Pocan WI-2, and Jamaal Bowman NY-16,
all of whom have horrific records on Israel. Jonathan
discussed the further lurch left by the ADL who has voiced support for Critical Race Theory, which would lead to further antisemitism from ideological progressives. Lastly,
we talked about AIPAC, and whether they can still be relevant as a
pro-Israel bipartisan group when bipartisanship is fading away in
Washington. 

Dr. Wollschlaeger, who grew up as a Catholic in Bamburg Germany, is the author of “A German Life: Against All Odds - Change is Possible,”which describes his struggle growing up in Germany in the shadow of his Father, a highly-decorated WWII tank commander and Nazi officer. His life took a big turn while watching the television coverage of the Munich Olympics in 1972.

He eventually converted to Judaism, emigrated to Israel, and served in the IDF as a Medical Officer.

Bernd Wollschlaeger, MD,FAAFP,FASAM is a board-certified family physician in private practice (Aventura, FL). He received his medical education in Germany and Israel and completed his residency training at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL.  

Dr. Wollschlaeger, who grew up as a Catholic in Bamburg Germany, is the author of “A German Life: Against All Odds - Change is Possible,”which describes his struggle growing up in Germany in the shadow of his Father, a highly-decorated WWII tank commander and Nazi officer. His life took a big turn while watching the television coverage of the Munich Olympics in 1972.

He eventually converted to Judaism, emigrated to Israel, and served in the IDF as a Medical Officer.

Bernd Wollschlaeger, MD,FAAFP,FASAM is a board-certified family physician in private practice (Aventura, FL). He received his medical education in Germany and Israel and completed his residency training at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL. 

Many people say that “politics is a blood sport.”
If you follow the news and politics, you wonder how opposing members of Congress can even stand to be in the same room with each other. It wasn’t always like this.

In the 90’s, during the Clinton years, even with all the attacks, both personal and political, Bill Clinton managed to work pretty effectively with Newt Gingrich and the GOP leadership. Back then, there were also a number of Senators on both sides of the aisle who were gentlemanly and actually worked hard for love of country. 

Today’s guest is one of these gentlemen - who was - and still remains well respected on both sides of the political aisle. 

Senator Joe Lieberman is the author of the new book, “The Centrist Solution:
How we Made Government Work and can make it work again.” And after the political earthquake that took place this past Tuesday, the launch of his book couldn’t have been more timely. Senator Lieberman was regarded as the “conscience of the Senate” because of his integrity, ability to work well with Republicans, and was widely regarded as someone whose word was his bond – a rare commodity in Washington these days. The book gives insight into Senator Lieberman’s political accomplishments, revealed his sense of humor, and he shares very important lessons for those seeking office who want to make a difference and get things done!