Committing High Reason
Join scholar, international speaker, and author Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro for cutting-edge discourse that will change your ideas about important issues such as morals, free will, religion, politics, logic, and science. Rabbi Shapiro is the author of five books and many articles on religion and theology. His most recent work, The Empty Wagon: Zionism’s Journey from Identity Crisis to Identity Theft, a 1381-page treatise on the opposition of Zionism to Judaism, is considered by many to be definitive. Rabbi Shapiro’s videos have been seen by millions of viewers worldwide and translated into several foreign languages. His 7-minute video on President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has been viewed over 1.8 million times. He has lectured for live audiences numbering in the tens of thousands. Rabbi Shapiro serves on the Board of Directors of International Council for Middle East Studies (ICMES.net), a Washington DC-based think tank working to advance understanding of states of mind in the Middle East.
Recent Episodes
What's really behind the current chaos in Israel and why I love it
March 19, 2023
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Ben Gvir and Smotrich: Religious Fanatics or Fascist Nationalists?
Jan. 6, 2023
The newly elected rulers of Israel have been widely criticized for their hijacking of a sovereign government for their own personal ideology. What people don't know is what exactly that ideology is. It's not Judaism. It's na…
Fascist Influences on Zionism
Nov. 8, 2022
After jettisoning their Jewish values, the founding fathers of Zionism used a potpourri of ideologies to recast their Jewishness in the image of 19th-century philosophical ideas. One of the ideologies ZIonists relied on heav…
Ben Gurion's Betrayal of American Jewry: The Jacob Blaustein Story
Sept. 2, 2022
At this week's gala WZO 125th Anniversary soiree in Basel, Switzerland, Israel's "Minister of Diaspora Affairs" mentioned a "deal" between Ben Gurion and Jacob Blaustein regarding the relationship between American Jewry and …
Why Israel Has So Many Elections
July 29, 2022
Since 1996, Israel has had elections more often than any democratic country in the world, according to a report by the Israel Democracy Institute. What is it about the state of Israel that makes its governments so unstable? …
Amb. Chas Freeman Talks About Hasbara and Zionist Propaganda
May 20, 2022
How Zionist propaganda and pressure impact American foreign policy and compromises Israel's security.
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8 Reasons Judaism opposes Zionism, Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro
Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro, noted expert on Zionism, explains in an interview how to combat Zionism, which was designed to deform Judaism, a religious belief s…