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Committing High Reason

Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro

Join scholar, international speaker, and author Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro for cutting-edge discourse on important issues such as morals, free will, religion, politics, mathematics, critical think...

Episodes

20 of 39 episodes

“Most Jews Are Zionists”? Rabbi Shapiro Forces Grok to Concede

Join scholar, international speaker, and author Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro for cutting-edge discourse on important issues such as morals, free wil...

113:06Mar 5, 2026

Grok Debates Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro, Forced to Admit Zionism is Anti-Semitic

Join scholar, international speaker, and author Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro for cutting-edge discourse on important issues such as morals, free wil...

46:41Nov 13, 2025

Rabbi Shapiro Corners Grok in Debate Over Zionist Redefinition of Jew

Join scholar, international speaker, and author Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro for cutting-edge discourse on important issues such as morals, free wil...

50:13Aug 28, 2025

How the Israeli Army Shapes Jewish Identity

Imagine a national army that serves not just to defend a country but to shape its very identity—welcome to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)....

68:07Jul 30, 2024

Should the Supreme Court Display the Ten Commandments?

Join us on a thought-provoking journey through the 10 Commandments alongside esteemed guest, Bruce Fine, a distinguished Washington D.C. law...

61:42Sep 27, 2023

How Christian Evangelicals Created Jewish Zionism

Join scholar, international speaker, and author Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro for cutting-edge discourse on important issues such as morals, free wil...

51:04Jun 9, 2023

How Liberal Zionism Strengthens Fascist Zionism

Fighting Israel's actions without denying the driving ideology behind them is futile. That ideology is Zionism, which claims that Israe...

50:53May 21, 2023

Did Liberal Zionism ever stand a chance against Kahanism?

Israel: Jewish and democratic state 1953 Education law and etc. ADL "deeply disappointed" in John Kerry's statement

34:22Mar 27, 2023

What's really behind the current chaos in Israel and why I love it

Also important on this topic: https://www.committinghighreason.com/why-israel-has-so-many-elections/

49:19Mar 19, 2023

Ben Gvir and Smotrich: Religious Fanatics or Fascist Nationalists?

Join scholar, international speaker, and author Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro for cutting-edge discourse on important issues such as morals, free wil...

31:47Jan 6, 2023

Fascist Influences on Zionism

Join scholar, international speaker, and author Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro for cutting-edge discourse on important issues such as morals, free wil...

40:52Nov 8, 2022

Ben Gurion's Betrayal of American Jewry: The Jacob Blaustein Story

At this week's gala WZO 125th Anniversary soiree in Basel, Switzerland, Israel's "Minister of Diaspora Affairs" made mentioned a "...

30:29Sep 2, 2022

Why Israel Has So Many Elections

SInce 1996, Israel has had elections more often than any democratic country in the world, according to a report by the Israel Democracy Inst...

52:27Jul 29, 2022

Amb. Chas Freeman Talks About Hasbara and Zionist Propaganda

Join scholar, international speaker, and author Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro for cutting-edge discourse on important issues such as morals, free wil...

37:46May 20, 2022

Terror Attack in Israel: What the Zionists Need to Do

Why the terrorists will not win, and how Zionism prevents Israelis from stopping it. Links: Officials expect terror wave to last all year Ki...

52:50May 10, 2022

Ambassador Chas Freeman Discusses The Disinformation Wars

"It's worse than the McCarthy era". Veteran Ambassador Chas Freeman discusses the astounding and unprecedented level of disinformation...

42:43Apr 27, 2022

Jewish USAF Airman is asked: "Why Aren't You in the IDF?"

Boruch Mordechai was an Orthodox Jewish USAF airman who was constantly asked why he is serving in his own country's military and not Is...

55:28Mar 25, 2022

Is Israel a Pseudo-Theocracy?

Journalist Lee Stranahan posted this on Twitter: Dear @yaakov_shapiro Do you think it's fair to call the state of Israel a "Psuedo theo...

28:02Feb 16, 2022

How Herzl Lied About The Dreyfus Affair

Zionist lore says Herzl became a Zionist after witnessing the Dreyfus Affair and hearing the crowd chant "Kill the Jews." But historical evi...

25:29Jan 9, 2022

The Bias in Academic Judaic Studies

Many Judaic Studies instructors have been found to harbor a disdain for ultra-Orthodox Jews, which skews their academic portrayals of them a...

37:27Sep 9, 2021