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The Long Path Podcast

The Long Path Podcast

Hosted by Rabbi Amitai Fraiman, The Long Path is a weekly podcast exploring how the Jewish people arrived at this moment and where we might be headed next. This is not a podcast about easy answers. It is about wrestling with hard questions and imagining a shared Jewish future.

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A Jewish boy throws water mixed with cement powder into a mixer in the Jewish Settlement of Adam, several kilometers from the West Bank city of Ramallah, as the Jewish residents symbolically resumed construction work on their settlement on September 1, 2010, in a defying move to protest the killing of four settlers by Palestinians near the West Bank town of Hebron the previous night. (MARCO LONGARI / AFP)

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What the Left can learn from settlers- Shannie Reichman

May 17, 2026

We discuss how the political center and left can rethink their approach, and what they can learn from the long-term vision and strategic persistence of the settler movement.

Theodor Herzl, center, shown on a boat in 1898. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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The Origins Of Zionism – David Matlow

May 7, 2026

We sit down with David Matlow, founder of The Herzl Project and the owner of the world’s largest private collection of Theodor Herzl memorabilia, to explore the origins of Zionism.

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Pluralizing the Jewish conversation with Amy Albertson

May 3, 2026

We sit with Amy Albertson to explore her journey navigating Jewish identity after growing up in an interfaith family, living in Israel, and shaping her own relationship with Judaism.

Leqaa Kordia, second from right, demonstrates with pro-Palestianian protesters as they gather near a main gate at Columbia University in New York, April 30, 2024, just before New York City police officers cleared the area after a building was taken over by protesters earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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Rebuilding Justice For Jews- Adela Cojab

Adela shares the story behind her landmark lawsuit against NYU and explains how it became a pivotal case in the fight to apply Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jews.

People holding Israeli flags pose for a photo at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, May 6, 2024 during the annual Holocaust remembrance event, the 'March of the Living' in memory of the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust victims. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

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How To Rebuild Jewish Systems

What does the future of Jewish thought look like? How should Jews around the world think about Zionism after October 7th? David Hazony, Director of the Z3 Institute, helps us ponder.

People holding Israeli flags gather for the annual Israel Day Parade on Fifth Avenue on June 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

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What is really happening with Zionism among Jews today?

We sit down with Mimi Kravetz, Chief Impact and Growth Officer at the Jewish Federations of North America, to break down the recent JFNA poll data showing a surge in Zionism