Resource America (REXI) 10-Q 2004 Q4 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Resource America, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Jonathan Z. Cohen, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition andresults of operations of the Company.

Date:  February 9, 2005
/s/ Jonathan Z. Cohen         
Jonathan Z. Cohen
Chief Executive Officer