Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro debates Judaism, God, and Israel in this conversation. Rabbi Shapiro is a distinguished author, speaker, and former pulpit rabbi with over 30 years of experience. A leading anti-Zionist intellectual, his seminal work, The Empty Wagon: Zionism's Journey from Identity Crisis to Identity Theft (2018), argues that Zionism contradicts Judaism. His lectures have reached millions worldwide.
For the Sake of Argument podcast:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jakenewfield
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4k9DDGJz02ibpUpervM5EY
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-the-sake-of-argument/id1567749546
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeNewfield
Timeline:
00:00:54 - Is Judaism an ethnicity?
00:14:15 - Are you ACTUALLY Jewish?
00:22:12 - Infinity and God
00:56:33 - Zionism vs Judaism
01:05:38 - Do you get along with other Rabbis?