Committing High Reason
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 thinking, and science. Learn to recognize propaganda, and make more logical and better-informed decisions.
Episodes
36 episodes
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). We promise to unravel the reasons behind the Haredim's refusal to serve in the IDF, exploring the army'...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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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. lawyer. As we navigate through the intricacies of interpreting the Torah and the law, I explai...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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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 Israel is not the country of its citizens but of all Jews. Thus, any association between Jews and Israel stren...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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50:53
Did Liberal Zionism ever stand a chance against Kahanism?
Israel: Jewish and democratic state 1953 Education law and etc.
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Episode 33
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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/
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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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 "deal" between Ben Gurion and Jacob Blaustein regarding the relationship between American Jewry and Israel. He call...
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Episode 29
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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 Institute. What is ti about the state of Israel that makes its governme...
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Episode 28
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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
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Episode 26
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52:50
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 and propaganda produced today by our politicians and the media, especially as it relates to what he le...
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Episode 25
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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 Israel's. That is, until he served in Qatar.
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Episode 24
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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 theocracy?"It seems to use The APPEARANCE of being a religious government, but in reality it...
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Episode 23
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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 evidence shows that's not what made Herzl into a Zionist, (and also the crowd did not chant "Death to the J...
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Episode 22
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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 and their ideology. Prof. Norton Mezvinsky explains.Episode photo: In the 18th century, as intere...
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Episode 21
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Samuel 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.
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Episode 20
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30:26
Is 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.
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Episode 19
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53:07
The Imaginary Miracle and Other Delusions of the Six-Day War
In 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 P...
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Episode 18
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To Fight Anti-Semitism, Renounce Israel's Claim
Portraying 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 ha...
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Episode 17
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Does 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 thei...
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Episode 16
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How Anti-Zionist Protests Convinced This Man To Become A Religious Jew
Once, 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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Episode 15
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What 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 Da...
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Episode 14
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