jk: I read the book and have not read Slifkin’s responses. If I could spot obvious problems with the book I thought I had no need to (presumably) see Slifkin bash it. Let’s just say that I felt that R’ Meiselman’s reading of many of Rabbi Slifkin’s supports were, well, not Pshat. He glaringly ignores dealing with Slifkin’s most important Gemara (Pesachim 94b). I have to ask R’ Schachter about this in particular, but it is well-known amongst Talmidim of R’ Soloveitchik that R’ Meiselman has his own Shittos about what his Rebbe held and those other Talmidim do not agree with R’ Meiselman in the slightest. R’ Schachter, R’ Aharon (Lichtenstein), and R’ Ilsen, among others, have had harsh words about R’ Meiselman’s distortions (in their opinions) of the Rav’s Shittos.
Ben Levi: What else can I say? I read the book. I saw a poor, poor attempt at refuting Slifkin. I honestly thought I could have done a much better job.