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Think and Act LocallyThe Tom Woods Show - Ep. 2709 Zionism Stole Jewish Identity, with Rabbi Yaakov ShapiroRabbi Yaakov Shapiro is the author of five books, most recently The Empty Wagon: Zionism's Journey from Identity Crisis to Identity Theft, a 1381-page treatise on the opposition of Zionism to Judaism. He serves on the Board of Directors of International Council for Middle East Studies, and has spoken around the world. Sponsors: Omaha Steaks: Use code WOODS for $35 off your order! CrowdHealth Monetary Metals Guest's YouTube Channel: Yaakov Shapiro Show notes for Ep. 2709 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% of...
2025-11-151h 15The Tom Woods ShowEp. 2709 Zionism Stole Jewish Identity, with Rabbi Yaakov ShapiroRabbi Yaakov Shapiro is the author of five books, most recently The Empty Wagon: Zionism's Journey from Identity Crisis to Identity Theft, a 1381-page treatise on the opposition of Zionism to Judaism. He serves on the Board of Directors of International Council for Middle East Studies, and has spoken around the world. Sponsors: Omaha Steaks: Use code WOODS for $35 off your order! CrowdHealth Monetary Metals Guest's YouTube Channel: Yaakov Shapiro Show notes for Ep. 2709 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% of...
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Fountainhead ForumFF-125: Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro on Zionism vs. JudaismFollow the channel on Twitter. Go to:https://x.com/FountainheadFmBuy my novel Escape from the Village from major booksellers online. Go to:http://escapevillage.comSubscribe to the Substack. Go to:https://fountainhworeadforum.substack.com/Support the forum. Go to:https://buymeacoffee.com/fountainheadforum------------------------------------------------------------This was originally recorded on 27 October 2023.Yaakov Shapiro is a retired rabbi with over 30 years of experience. He has a page here:https://www.icmes.net/board-of-directors/rabbi-yaakov-shapiroHe is on Linktree here:
2025-06-2654 min
Calmversationss07e75 | Judaism and Zionism, with Rabbi Yaakov ShapiroRabbi Yaakov Shapiro and I speak about the theological principles of Judaism, and the political dimensions of Zionism.https://www.youtube.com/@RabbiYaakovhttps://x.com/yaakov_shapirohttps://www.amazon.com/Empty-Wagon-Zionisms-journey-identity/dp/1642555541Support this channel:https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboycehttps://cash.app/$benjaminaboycehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/benjaminaboyce
2025-06-042h 04
Parallax Views w/ J.G. MichaelWhy Orthodox Jews Protested Itamar Ben-Gvir's U.S. Visit w/ Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro
On this edition of Parallax Views, Orthodox Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro — author of The Empty Wagon: Zionism’s Journey from Identity Crisis to Identity Theft — returns to unpack the theological foundations of Jewish anti-Zionism and non-Zionism. Fresh off his participation in a protest against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's recent U.S. visit, Rabbi Shapiro explains why he believes Zionism is not only a political nationalist ideology distinct from Judaism, but one that misrepresents the Jewish people on the global stage.
We explore the historical opposition of traditional Orthodox communities to Zionist projects, tracing the evolut...
2025-05-101h 09
The Katie Halper ShowRabbi Yaakov Shapiro DESTROYS Ben Gvir, Historian Greg Grandin DEBUNKS Imperialist HistoryFind the full interview with Yaakov Shapiro here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-full-127784040
Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro talks about his protest against Ben Gvir in front of the Israeli Consulate in New York and why he sees Zionism as the enemy of Judaism.
Jennifer Koonings shares what she observed attending a Ben Gvir protest where a woman was physically attacked and bloodied by Ben Gvir supporters.
But first historian Greg Grandin talks about the Pope, immigration, imperialism and his excellent new book America "America, América: A New History of the New World"
Greg Grandin is Professor of History at Y...
2025-05-022h 05
Savage Minds PodcastYaakov ShapiroRabbi Yaakov Shapiro, a pulpit rabbi, author of The Empty Wagon: Zionism's Journey From Identity Crisis to Identity Theft (2020), and host of the Committing High Reason podcast, discusses Zionism and its relationship to current conflicts the state of Israel. Covering the birth of Zionism that responded to European’s stereotype of the “the Jew as bad,” “disgusting” and “retrogade,” Zionism offered up “the opposite of a Jew…in personality and character” where this stereotype, attempting to remodel Jewish identity that was based, created quite paradoxically, an anti-Semitic Jewish identity. Noting the anti-Jewish notes of Zionism, Shapiro highlights how religious Jews—orthodox and no...
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Savage MindsYaakov ShapiroRabbi Yaakov Shapiro, a pulpit rabbi, author of The Empty Wagon: Zionism's Journey From Identity Crisis to Identity Theft (2020), and host of the Committing High Reason podcast, discusses Zionism and its relationship to current conflicts the state of Israel. Covering the birth of Zionism that responded to European’s stereotype of the “the Jew as bad,” “disgusting” and “retrogade,” Zionism offered up “the opposite of a Jew…in personality and character” where this stereotype, attempting to remodel Jewish identity that was based, created quite paradoxically, an anti-Semitic Jewish identity. Noting the anti-Jewish notes of Zionism, Shapiro highlights how religious Jews—orthodox and no...
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The Katie Halper ShowDebunking Zionist LIES With Noura Erakat & Rabbi Yaakov ShapiroTo hear the rest, join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-rabbi-96556126
Human rights lawyer Noura Erakat debunks the Biden Admin's claim Israel isn't engaging in genocide. Then Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro explains why Zionism is antisemitic.
Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney, Assoc. Professor of Africana Studies & the Program of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She recently completed a non-resident fellowship of the Religious Literacy Project at Harvard Divinity School & was a Mahmoud Darwish Visiting Professor in Palestinian Studies at Brown University.
Noura is the author of Justice for Some: Law & the Question...
2023-11-281h 29
Probably Cancelled PodcastZionist Onslaught on Judaism w/ Rabbi Yaakov ShapiroAnti-Zionist Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro joins to talk about the many myths regarding zionism and uncovering some of it's hidden history. Please check out Rabbi Shapiro's latest authored work, The Empty Wagon: Zionism's journey from identity crisis to identity theft Support Probably Cancelled on Patreon to get early access to episodes or submit your questions to the new PC Pod advice column! Subscribe to PC Pod on Rumble & Telegram Follow on IG @probably.cancelled.pod & Twitter @CancellledPod
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Parallax Views w/ J.G. MichaelThe Empty Wagon: Zionism’s Journey from Identity Crisis to Identity Theft w/ Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro
On this edition of Parallax Views, scholar, international speaker, and Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro, host of the Committing High Reason podcast, joins us to discuss his book The Empty Wagon: Zionism's Journey from Identity Crisis to Identity. Rabbi Shapiro is an opponent of Zionism from an Orthodox Jewish perspective. From his purview, Zionism represents a hijacking of Jewish identity or, as he puts it, a theft of the that identity that is not in line with his religion.
The conversation begins with Rabbi Shapiro explaining the Orthodox perspective on Judaism. In this regards he d...
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The Yaakov M ShowBen Shapiro says Trump will hurt GOP in November. Angry Biden calls MAGA followers violent extremists. Zeldin and Hochul dead-heat.Ben Shapiro says that Trump is a liability who can hurt the Republicans in Novmber. Angry Joe Biden the 'unifier' gave a fiery, divisive speech in which he blasted Trump supporters. Former Trump AG William Barr says that Trump either mishandled classified documents or did something worse. In New York, vicious antisemites carry out violent attacks, and they either get released without bail, or often do not get arrested.
2022-09-0738 min
Committing High ReasonBen Gurion's Betrayal of American Jewry: The Jacob Blaustein StoryAt this week's gala WZO 125th Anniversary soiree in Basel, Switzerland, Israel's "Minister of Diaspora Affairs" made mentioned a "deal" between Ben Gurion and Jacob Blaustein regarding the relationship between American Jewry and Israel. He called for a renewed such "agreement" to be made today. But the way the story was described is fiction. American Jews complained to Ben Gurion that Israel was putting American Jews in danger. Ben Gurion promised to change Israel's presentation of itself as the Jewish state, but he betrayed his promise, as did Zionist leaders, repeatedly. In this podcast, the real story of Israel's...
2022-09-0230 minDivrei TorahBen Gurion's Betrayal of American Jewry: The Jacob Blaustein StoryAt this week's gala WZO 125th Anniversary soiree in Basel, Switzerland, Israel's "Minister of Diaspora Affairs" made mentioned a "deal" between Ben Gurion and Jacob Blaustein regarding the relationship between American Jewry and Israel. He called for a renewed such "agreement" to be made today. But the way the story was described is fiction. American Jews complained to Ben Gurion that Israel was putting American Jews in danger. Ben Gurion promised to change Israel's presentation of itself as the Jewish state, but he betrayed his promise, as did Zionist leaders, repeatedly. In this podcast, the real story of Israel's...
2022-09-0230 min
Committing High ReasonWhy Israel Has So Many ElectionsSInce 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 ti about the state of Israel that makes its government so unstable?Episode Photo by Laliv g - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77887884
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Committing High ReasonTerror Attack in Israel: What the Zionists Need to DoWhy the terrorists will not win, and how Zionism prevents Israelis from stopping it.Links:Officials expect terror wave to last all yearKilling Sinwar is not a solution
2022-05-1152 min
Committing High ReasonAmbassador 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 and propaganda produced today by our politicians and the media, especially as it relates to what he learned in his many years as a US diplomat.
2022-04-2742 minDivrei TorahAnswer to a stirah: In What Zechus Yetzias Mitzrayim?מקשה ומתרץ סתירה באיזה זכות זכו כלל ישראל להגאל בו יבואר יסוד החילוק בין ישראל לאומות בהנהגת עוה"ז ב' בחינות ביציא"מ: יציאת מעבדות ויצירת כלל ישראל ולפי"ז יתורץ הסתירה
2022-04-1228 minDivrei TorahHow A Choson Loses His Aveiros Even Without Teshuva: דרוש לשבע ברכותקטע מדרוש לשבע ברכות של הרב יעקב אהרן קרנספעלד נר"ו, לבת ידידי מו"ר יונתן אוגעל נר"ובו יבואר מה שחתן מוחלין לו כל עוונותיו אפילו בלא תשובהלנעוץ סוף התורה לתחילתהישוב לקו' החת"ס על מימרא דר' יצחק למה התחיל התורה בבראשית וכו'ביאור בדברי הפחד יצחק בטעם דבמקום שבעלי תשובה עומדים אין צדיקים גמורים יכולים לעמודביאור בדברי חז"ל שאלו לתורה חוטא מה יעשה וכו' דלכאורה איך יתכן שהקב"ה יכחיש עצת התורה
2022-04-0314 min
Committing High ReasonJewish 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 Israel's. That is, until he served in Qatar.
2022-03-2555 minDivrei TorahPurim: Ad Delo Yada Fixes the Chet Eitz Hadaasליישב מה שמובא בספה"ק דמצות על דלא ידע היא תיקון לחטא עץ הדעתיבואר מש"כ בריש ס' מורה הנבוכים גבי החילוק בין ידיעת אמת ושקר וידיעת טוב ורע
2022-03-1815 min
Committing High ReasonIs 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 theocracy?"It seems to use The APPEARANCE of being a religious government, but in reality it only has all the authoritarian bigotry and none of the actual reverence of religion.Great question, Lee. The answer is no. Here's why.
2022-02-1728 minDivrei TorahBeshalach - Explaining 4 Medrashei Pliah al pi Derech HaPshatבו יבואר ע"פ דרך פשט:המדרש: הים ראה וינס מה ראה ברייתא דר' ישמעל ראההמדרש: הים ראה וינס מה ראה ארונו של יוסף ראההמדרש: הים ראה וינס מה ראה ישראל באים ורכוש מצרים בידםהמדרש: ה' ימלוך לעולם ועד למה כי בא סוס פרעה
2022-01-1415 min
Committing High ReasonHow Herzl Lied About The Dreyfus AffairZionist lore says Herzl became a Zionist after witnessing the Dreyfus Affair and hearing the crowd chant "Kill the Jews." But historical evidence shows that's not what made Herzl into a Zionist, (and also the crowd did not chant "Death to the Jews").Links to Sources CitedThe Jews' state, Theodor Herzl; translated, and with an introduction by Henk OverbergThe Diaries of Theodor Herzl, Edited by Marvin LowenthalHerzl's Vision: Theodor Herzl and the Foundation of the Jewish State by Shlomo AvineriCohn, Henry J. “Theodor Herzl’s Conversion to Zionism.” Jewish Social Studies 32, no. 2 (1970): 101–10. Photo o...
2022-01-0925 min2021-12-081h 08Divrei TorahChanukah: How Zmiros Create a Seudas Mitzvahבו יבואר מש"כ הרמ"א דע"י שירות ותשבחות נתהפך סעודת רשות לסעודת מצוהלבאר המח' לבוש וט"ז גבי גדול המחטיאו יותר מן ההורגו
2021-12-0222 minDivrei TorahThe Rambam on Yediah and Bechirah ליישב קושיית הראב"ד על הרמב"ם פ"ה מהל' תשובה בענין ידיעה ובחירה לבאר כוונת הרמב"ם במש"כ "רוב גולמי ישראל וטפשי אוה"ע" דמאי שנא טיפש מגולם ולמה בישראל שייך דוקא גולם ובאוה"ע טיפש לבאר מש"כ "אבל צריך אתה לידע ולהבין בדבר זה שאני אומר" שאין לו שום ביאור לכאורה
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Committing High ReasonThe Bias in Academic Judaic StudiesMany Judaic Studies instructors have been found to harbor a disdain for ultra-Orthodox Jews, which skews their academic portrayals of them and their ideology. Prof. Norton Mezvinsky explains.Episode photo: In the 18th century, as interest in the "curiosities" of the Jewish religion rose, some non-Jews had models of synagogues erected, furnished with a full array of Jewish books and ceremonial objects, and accessible to a broad public, constituting the world's first "Jewish museums." This title page is from a book by Moritz Wilhelm Christiani, which describes such a replica, owned by Georg Serpilius, a Christian Hebraist...
2021-09-0937 min
Committing High ReasonSamuel Heilman’s “Who Will Lead Us” is Fake News (I Should Know, It Was My Wedding)In denigrating the Rebitzen of the ultra-Orthodox Satmar chasidim, a professor writes of a story involving a wedding that took place 40 years ago. That was Rabbi Shapiro's wedding. In this podcast, he sets the record straight.https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-time-seem-to-speed-up-with-age/
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Committing High ReasonIs Israel Telling the Truth About the Iron Dome?One of the country's foremost experts on missile defense systems evaluates the Iron DOme's capabilities against the claims of the Israeli government. The results are surprising.
2021-06-1853 minDivrei TorahR. Yaakov Kamenetsky on the Myth of the Miracle of the 6-Day WarRabbi Binyamin Kaplan tells us a story involving a conversation between R. Yaakov Kamenetsky ZTL, and his grandfather, R. Yisroel Chaim Kaplan ZTL, who was the son-in-law of R. Yeruchem Levovitz of Mir and a Magid Shiur in Brisk in the days of the Brisker Rav, and later a Mashgiach in Bais Medrash Elyon, regarding the myth of the miracle of the 6-day war. Also, an explanation of why despite the facts, some people refuse to abandon the myth.
2021-06-1136 min
Committing High ReasonThe Imaginary Miracle and Other Delusions of the Six-Day WarIn 1967, in order to garner US support for their attack on Egypt, Israel falsely claimed to have been under existential threat by Egypt, who was planning on attacking Israel, perpetrating another Holocaust. The truth was quite different. Miko Peled, son of IDF General Matityahu Peled, is my guest.
2021-06-1126 minCommitting High ReasonTo Fight Anti-Semitism, Renounce Israel's ClaimPortraying Jews as if they are nationals of the state of Israel puts Jews in danger, as the enemies of Israel will automatically become the enemies of all Jews. The state of Israel itself has been doing this since its inception, and Zionists have been doing it for over a century. But history - and the data - shows that this anti-semitism can be reduced. And it is in our hands to do it. This podcast shows us how,
2021-06-041h 08
Committing High ReasonDoes Zionism Provoke Attacks on American Jews?During and after the Gaza war, Jews in America have been subject to anti-Semitic attacks by pro-Palestinian activists who think of all Jews as connected to the state of Israel. Astoundingly, Zionists are responding by flaunting their Zionism, which just provokes more anti-Semitism.
2021-05-2645 min
Committing High ReasonHow Anti-Zionist Protests Convinced This Man To Become A Religious JewOnce, Eli had no interest in Judaism because he thought it meant being a Zionist. Today he is a rabbi. This is his story.
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Committing High ReasonWhat Religion Does "National Religious" Zionism Come From?The students of Rabbi Abraham and Zvi Yehuda Kook incorporated into their Judaism large doses of organic nationalism, pagan land worship, militarism, and end-of-days Messianism, combining them into a new, autonomous philosophy that they call Dati Leumi ("National Religious") Judaism.Photo by SoWhAt249 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64048771
2021-05-1231 min
Committing High ReasonA Defense Against Hume's Objection to the Cosmological ArgumentHume claimed the fact we can conceive of something coming into existence without a cause shows it is possible. He's wrong not only about his conclusion but his premise as well. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43301996?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents (Note: Wolfson is incorrect about the argument from design not being used in Jewish philosophy as an independent proof to the existence of G-d. It certainly is.)https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cosmological-argument/Photo by Alex Andrews from Pexels
2021-05-0642 minDivrei TorahThe First Requirement of Judaism (you'll be surprised)בו יבואר מש"כ הטור בריש ספרו באל יתבייש מםני המלעיגים הוי "כלל גדול" בעבודת ה'יתורצו קושיות על המשנה באבות הוי עז כנמר וכו'
2021-04-2924 min
Committing High ReasonNo, It's Not Just the Timing: Why Orthodox Jews Oppose Zionism (Part 1 of 70,000)There are many reasos Orthodox Jews oppose Zionism: It is the antithesis of Judaism, and encourages anti-Semitism. Here are the 3 of many reasons to be anti-Zionist.
2021-04-2926 min
Committing High ReasonWith Ronnie Barkan: Left Wing Zionism and Jewish IdentityIsraeli human rights activist, Ronnie Barkan, explains how both right-wing and left-wing Zionists are both equally Zionist at bottom, the only difference being the right-wing is open about their policies. The left-wing profess to be liberal but are really anything but.
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Committing High ReasonHow Zionism Undefined JewishnessThere is no "new anti-Semitism." Anti-Semitism has not mutated to include anti-Zionism. Instead, accepting the unintelligible Zionist definition of Jewish identity has caused Zionists to be defined out of the protected classes of minorities that society has created laws to protect. The IHRA definition is a misguided and destructive attempt to rectify this. For further reading:The Empty Wagon: Zionism's Journey From Identity Crisis to Identity TheftThe UnJewish State: The Politics of Jewish Identity in Israel
2021-03-1255 min2021-02-2508 min
Committing High ReasonWhat They Don't Teach About Herzl in Israeli Day SchoolsTheodor Herzl (d. 1904) is a Zionist hero, described in Israel's Declaration of Independence as the "spiritual father" of Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu referred to him as the "Moses of our time." But Herzl was notorious for horrific anti-Semitism particularly against religious and Eastern European Jews (read this, for example) and his delusions about Zionism transforming the Jews into "normal" people, causing anti-Semitism to disappear off the face of the earth. In this episode, you will learn facts about the so-called חוֹזֵה הַמְדִינָה, ("Visionary of the State") that they don't teach in the Hebrew Academy.
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Committing High ReasonMiko Peled: From Elite Zionist Family to Anti-Zionist ActivistMiko Peled needs no introduction - he's a famous guy. But if you want, you can check out his website or podcast. If you really want to know what kind of guy he is, though, the most emblematic snippet I can think of offhand is this:Miko Peled followed his father’s footsteps at first, joining Israel’s Special Forces after high school and earning the red beret, but he soon grew to regret his decision. He surrendered his status as soon as he earned it, becoming a medic, and finally, disgusted by the 1982 Lebanon invasion, he burie...
2021-02-1754 min
Divrei TorahPurim: How could Achashverosh Rescind the Gezeirah?ליישב קושיית המפרשים איך החזיר אחשורוש את הגזירה
2021-02-1503 minDivrei TorahThe Derech haBaal Shem Tov and Opposition of th GRAבו יבואר דרך החסידות של הבעש"ט וטעם התנגדות הגר"א
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Committing High ReasonBetween Patriotism and Civic Religion: An Historical and Legal AnalysisThe January 6th insurrection at the nation's capital that resulted in the impeachment of Donald Trump depicted the characteristics of a religion more than a political position. Prof. Gloria Moran discusses American civic religion from a legal and historical perspective, tracing its roots to its the Roman Empire.
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Committing High ReasonPart 2 - How a former Breitbart reporter learned the truth about Judaism opposing Zionism
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Committing High ReasonPart 1 - How a former Breitbart reporter learned the truth about ZionismLee Stranahan, Republican radio host, journalist and former Breitbart reporter once thought that his peers at Breitbart - Joel Pollak and Ben Shapiro - are typical of observant Jews’ attitude toward Israel, and that anti-Zionism was “a leftist thing,” directly tied to one’s position in the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Then one day, Lee watched a video of Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro and close to 20,000 Orthodox Jews opposing Zionism as wholly un-Jewish and rooted in anti-Semitism. Judaism to these devout Jews is a religion, not a nationality, and there is no such thing as a “nation-state” of the Jews, or Jewish nationalism...
2021-01-2737 minCommitting High ReasonResisting Propaganda: When 1/10 is not the same as 10%Studies have discovered surprising weaknesses in our decision-making process that make us vulnerable to manipulators. We may think we are making rational decisions based on clear data when in reality we are looking at the numbers through the prism of our own biases. These biases are exploited by people who want us to make certain decisions. We do so, without knowing we are being manipulated. In this episode, Rabbi Shapiro explains how you can protect yourself from a particularly sly type of psychological manipulation used by politicians, advertisers, salesmen, and others who want to sway our decisions.
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Committing High ReasonRoyal Treatment in Egypt for Maimonides' Jewish DescendentReuven and Esther Guttman of Long Island arrived in Egypt for what they expected to be a routine vacation. But when the border guards ran Esther's passport, which had her maiden name, Maimon, on it, they discovered that she was a descendent of Maimonides (1135-1204), the revered rabbinic head of the Egyptian Jewish community in the 12th century, and personal physician of the first sultan of Egypt. In this podcast, they describe how they were given the royal treatment by the Egyptian government as, for the first time in centuries, a family member of the revered Rabbi Moshe ben Mai...
2020-12-3029 min
Committing High ReasonDual Loyalty in Zionist Schools: Meet the Anonymous Author of the Forward ArticleIn February 2020 an anonymous article appeared in the Forward by a teacher in several Zionist Hebrew Day Schools, claiming they teach dual loyalty to Israel and that they need to stop. The article was met with derision, condemnation, and even denial of the author's existence. Meet the author, who no longer teaches in such schools and is safe from reprisals, as he tells us his full story.SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODEI’ve taught at six Jewish day schools. They’re preaching dual loyalty to Israel | Forward Jonathan Greenblatt’s Respon...
2020-12-291h 102020-12-2411 min2020-12-2005 minDivrei TorahArchives: "Tools to Assist Parents"#4 of a 27-part parenting series, given 26 years ago in R. Feivel Cohen's Shul in FLatbush
2020-12-091h 26Divrei TorahArchives: "Understanding the Problem"#1 of a 27-part series on Parenting, given 26 years ago in R. Eliezer Ginsberg's Shul in Flatbush.
2020-12-091h 27Divrei TorahChanukah, Purim and the Portugal Rebellion - When do we go to war in golus?ליישב הלשון שהביא הר"א גאלאנטי שבועה שלא ימרדו בהקב"ה
2020-12-0423 minDivrei TorahAre you allowed to sue the state in Supreme Court in Golus?בו יבואר בקצרה הענינים דמרידה באומות והתגרות באומות גם יתיישב דברי הרמב"ן שנראין לכאורה סותרין אהדדי בפ' וישלח בפי' ענין המלחמה שהכין יאע"ה
2020-12-0428 min2020-11-1702 min2020-11-1009 minDivrei TorahAnger and Aristotleביאור במדרש מובא באורחות צדיקים כל שכועס עליו רבו ואינו משיב זוכה להבחין בין דיני ממונות לדיני נפשות
2020-10-1310 min2020-09-271h 45Divrei TorahVayera: No Tefilah is Left Unansweredלפרש נוסח התפילה ומלפניך מלכינו ריקם אל תשיבנו שלכאורה נראה כמיותר
2020-09-1810 min
Divrei TorahRosh Hashanah: Of Sons and Servantsליישב קושיית המפרשים על מה שאומרים אם כבנים אם כעבדים דלכאורה אין זה שני הפכיםלפרש מאמה"כ סלחתי כדבריך דמה פי' כדבריך
2020-09-1106 min
Divrei TorahNetzavim - Who can tell the difference between a Mitzvah and Aveirah?ליישב לשון הפסוק והתברך "בלבבו" שאח"כ כ' בשרירות "לבי" אלך, ול"כ בלבביליישב קושיית המפרשים למה יתענש שוגג כמזיד
2020-09-1004 min
Divrei TorahTeshuva Me'Ahava and the Tochachahליישב קושיית המפרשים למה נענשו בעונשי התוכחה תחת אשר לא עבדו ה' בשמחה
2020-09-0421 min
Divrei TorahParshas Ki Setzei - More on the spiritual danger of being a manhigליישב קושיית הריטב"א על רש"י יבמות דף ע"ז ע"ב לפרש הטעם דלא האמינו ליתר הישמעאלי אם לא מצד ששמואל ובית דינו קיים
2020-08-2708 min
Divrei TorahParshas Shoftim - The spiritual danger of being a manhigבו יבואר הטעם שלדבאוננו סובלים כ"כ הרבה ממנהיגים רעיםובתו"ד יתפרש מש"כ הדברי יואל (פר' שופטים) בביאור מה שאמרו ז"ל - אין אדם נעשה שוטר מלמטה אא"כ נעשה רשע מלמעלה
2020-08-2011 min
Divrei TorahWhy is the peroches missing on the Bais Hamikdash shel Maalah? לז"נ כ"ק מרן אדמו"ר מסאטמאר זצוק"ל לכבוד יומא דהילולא לפרש מה שהביא בהק' לויואל משה שביהמ"ק של מעלה - וממילא ביהמ"ק של מטה - כולו כבר נבנה חוץ מהפרוכת,
2020-08-1007 min
2020-07-2805 min
Divrei TorahParshas Vaeschanan - What Moshe really asked forלפרש מאמרז"ל בגמ' סוטה דפריך וכי לאכול פירותיה הוא צריך, דמה הוה אמינא בזהלפרש המדרש ילקוט ואתחנן - ולמה, כדי שיכנס לארץ, דמה מוסיף בזה
2020-07-2717 min
Divrei TorahParshas Vaeschanan - The Purpose of Eretz Yisroelלהקשות אמאי הוצרך מרע"ה להזהיר כלל ישראל לא להוסיף או לגרוע מן המצוות, הלא זה נכלל בשמירת המצוות שהזהירם בה אח"כליישב הנ"ל ע"פ מש"כ החת"ס בפר' שלח
2020-07-2707 min
The Miko Peled PodcastThree Perspectives on Anti-Zionism: Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro and Professor Norton MezvinskyA round table discussion among friends and colleagues, Miko Peled, Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro, and Professor Norton Mezvinsky on the topic of how they individually came to oppose Zionism. While all three are Jewish, each of them comes to the question of Zionism from unique perspectives, whether they be ultra-orthodox, secular, or somewhere in the middle.
This webinar was held on July 16, 2020 via Zoom.
Guest Panel:
Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro Rabbi Emeritus, Author of The Empty Wagon: Zionism’s Journey from Identity Crisis to Identity Theft
Prof. Norton Mezvinsky Professor Emeritus, President @ International Council for Midd...
2020-07-232h 00
Divrei TorahParshas Devarim: "Like the stars in the sky"ליישב קושיית הדברי יואל עה"כ ה' אלקי אבותיכם יסף עליכם ככם אלף פעמים לפרש משאה"כ ככוכבי השמים וכחול הים, דמאי איצטרך שני המשלים, ולמה דוקא הני
2020-07-1710 min
Divrei TorahEichah 3 - Alone and silent in sufferingספר איכה פרק ג כג) חֲדָשִׁים לַבְּקָרִים רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶךָכז) טוֹב לַגֶּבֶר כִּי יִשָּׂא עֹל בִּנְעוּרָיוכח) יֵשֵׁב בָּדָד וְיִדֹּם כִּי נָטַל עָלָיווליישב קושיית הדברי יואל דמה ענין לישב בדד למי שבא עליו יסורין
2020-07-1423 min2020-07-1401 min2020-07-1329 minDivrei TorahWho are talmidei chachamim and what is sholom? Part 1 of 2לשים העקוב למישור בביאור מאמרז"ל תלמידי חכמים מרבים שלום בעולם לפרש מהו שלום ומיהו תלמיד חכם
2020-07-1243 minDivrei TorahCan you rely on "eid echad" to eat in anyone's home?פשוט דע"א נאמן באיסורין לא שייך לעניני הוראהדברי הריטב"א ונימוקי יוסף ביבמות דף ע"ז ע"א דלא חיישינן ת"ח לשקר בשם רבו אבל חיישינן לומר בדדמימח' הרמב"ם וראב"ד - ומחבר ורמ"א בי' קיט - גבי אי סמכינן על חזקת כשרות דסתם איניש לגבי לפני עור
2020-07-1041 min2020-07-0748 min
2020-07-0613 min
Divrei TorahThe Real Sinas ChinamR. Yonason Eyebuschitz on what destroyed the Bais Hamikdash - and what prevents it from being rebuilt.
2020-07-0603 min
Divrei TorahWho is Korach today?ליישב קושיית ההפלאה, מנין דקרח פיקח היהב) ליישב קושיית המפרשים על המשנה כל מחלוקת שהיא לש"ש סופה להתקיים דמה מעלה היא שיתקיים המחלוקתג) בו יבואר איך להבחין בין המנהיגים אמיתיים ומנהיגים כמו קר
2020-07-0129 min
2020-07-0113 min
Divrei TorahAvos Ch.V: Az Kanomer, part 1/2ליישב קושיית הברון שאמר, למה נקט התנא נמר ולא כלב שהיא עז שבחיות"לפרש מה בין "עז" ל"עז פניםלפרש כוונת התנא במה ששם התפילה יה"ר בתוך המשנהלפרש מארז"ל בסוף סוטה פני הדור כפני הכלב
2020-06-3012 minThe Miko Peled PodcastRabbi Yaakov Shapiro from New York: Part Two w/ Audience Q&AWatch the video version on Miko Peled’s Youtube Page
Author, speaker, and human rights activist, Miko Peled, sat down with Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro for part two of an ongoing discussion about anti-Zionism in the context of Orthodox Judaism, the origins of this movement, how it plays out within Israel, anti-semitism, and nation state building in the name of Judaism. Miko weaves in questions submitted by his audience into this conversation to help drive the conversation.
Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro:
Rabbi Shapiro is a retired rabbi emeritus of a congregation in Queens, New York who...
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