BEYOND THE PALE explores cutting edge Jewish culture and offers local, national, and international political debate and analysis from a Jewish perspective.

Sundays, noon to 1 p.m., on WBAI/New York, 99.5 FM

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June 22 and 29, 2008 — We're preempted June 22 for a live broadcast from the Clearwater Festival and on June 29 for a special day of coverage marking Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride day.

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June 15, 2008 — Wikipedia becomes an ideological battleground for defenders and critics of Israel; the journey of an anti-Zionist Jew; a new documentary on women in the Israeli army serving in the Occupied Territories
 
June 8, 2008 — The presidential candidates address Washington's conservative pro-Israel lobby; Trita Parsi digs into the backstory of Iran-Israel-U.S. relations; plus meditations on a vanishing landscape with Raja Shehadeh, author of Palestinian Walks.
 
June 1, 2008 — Pastor John Hagee claims God sent Hitler, and John McCain finally rejects his endorsement; a major immigration raid at a kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa; plus a major Jewish charity in New York City tries to bust its union.
 
May 18, 2008 — An interview with journalist Jeff Sharlet on his new book about the Family, a Christian right ministry to some of the world's most powerful men--the most influential Christian right organization you've never heard of.
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