April 26, 2026
How Christian Evangelicals Created Jewish Zionism
Christian Zionism did not begin as a Jewish movement. In this episode, Rabbi Shapiro traces how Christian Evangelicals helped create the ideological framework that later became Jewish Zionism — importing Christian political theology into Jewish identity and recasting Judaism as a nationalist project.
Listen here: https://www.committinghighreason.com/how-christian-evangelicals-created-jewish-zionism/
Rabbi Shapiro argues that according to Zionism itself, Judaism does not even exist as Judaism
Incredibly engaging conversation between Rabbi Yaakov_shapiro and Jay Shapiro — no relation. Rabbi Shapiro argues that according to Zionism itself, Judaism does not even exist as Judaism, but is transformed into a political Frankenstein’…
Why Zionism Needed to Hijack Judaism—and Still Does
When most Orthodox Jews think of Zionism today, they tend to picture a political movement that supports Jewish safety, combats antisemitism, and enables a flourishing community in Eretz Yisroel. What many don’t realize is that Zionism was neve…