Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro gives a definition of Zionism and reveals how it’s actually grounded in antisemitism. Rabbi Shapiro’s argument against the legitimacy of the Zionist project is analogous to that of orthodox Jewish community Neturei Karta. He argues that the Jews form a religious community, based on Moses’s Sinaitic Covenant with God, that “everything about Judaism is spiritual, […] and they want to take Judaism and change it into a political thing, a national identity. That’s Zionism.” If Rabbi Shapiro is right, the same goes for the American trend known as “Christian nationalism” (sic), a politico-ideological deviation of Christianity that has been growing in the United States in the last years. “My kingdom is not of this world”, claimed Yeshua of Nazareth (John 18:36).
- [00:00:00] Intro
- [00:00:49] Definition of Zionism
- [00:02:16] How the definition of “Jews” has changed
- [00:04:32] The Emancipation and Enlightenment
- [00:05:20] Jewish identity crisis
- [00:05:37] Antisemitic quotes from Zionists
- [00:06:50] Attempted assimilation
- [00:07:15] Theory Zionism: change the Jews from religion to nationality
- [00:09:56] Modern Hebrew
- [00:10:58] Why they chose Israel
- [00:12:00] Changing Jewish identity into political identity
- [00:13:00] Jewish pacifism
- [00:14:10] Is Katie a “bad Jew?”
- [00:14:20] Zionists claimed to represent all Jews
- [00:16:00] Jonathan Pollard, “Jewish” spy
Yaakov Shapiro is an international speaker, author, and pulpit rabbi for over 30 years, now emeritus. He has attained an enviable place in the arena of anti-Zionist public intellectuals, having constructed a unique oeuvre on the ideology of Zionism and its relationship to Judaism. After graduating high school at age 16, Rabbi Shapiro dedicated himself to full-time study of religion, becoming the protégé of some of the most well-regarded rabbinic scholars in Orthodoxy. Among his areas of research are religious philosophy, analytic theology, Talmud, Halachah, and Biblical exegesis. At age 19 he published his first book, משפטי הבירורים, a collection of original expositions on rabbinic principles of tort adjudication. His other books include חלקת השדה, a commentary on Judaic laws governing land disputes (2000); צדה לדרך, a commentary on Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato’s exposition of God as the Necessary Being (2009); and שופריה דיעקב, a compendium of original Biblical exegeses (2017).
His most recent work, The Empty Wagon: Zionism’s Journey from Identity Crisis to Identity Theft (2018), a 1381-page treatise on the differences between Judaism and Zionism, is the most comprehensive work written on the subject and considered by many to be definitive. Rabbi Shapiro’s videos on Zionism have been seen by millions of viewers worldwide and translated into several foreign languages. His 7-minute video (below) 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 of thousands.
Rabbi Shapiro is a recipient of the Community Leadership Award from Agudath Israel of America; the Keser Torah Award from Yeshiva Torah Vodaath; Harbotzas Torah award from Yeshiva Bais Yisroel; Parent of the Year Award from Bnos Yisroel; and a post-rabbinical scholarship award from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture.
Katie Halper is an American comedian, writer, filmmaker, podcaster, and political commentator. She is the host of the podcast The Katie Halper Show and co-host of the podcast Useful Idiots with Matt Taibbi. Halper was born in New York City. She grew up on Riverside Drive in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Katie Halper graduated from the Dalton School, and from Wesleyan University in 2003. She is of Jewish Eastern European ancestry and has described herself as a secular Jew. Her father is a psychiatrist and her mother is an English professor and novelist.
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