Beyond the Pale | Jewish Culture and Politics

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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October 24, 2010 — Beyond The Pale was pre-empted October 24 and 31 for WBAI's fundraising marathon. To support WBAI and Beyond the Pale during this fund drive, call 212-209-2950 or click on wbai.org/favoriteshow and select Beyond the Pale.

October 17, 2010 — Joe Sacco on Footnotes in Gaza, his graphic novel about the little known shooting in 1956 of hundreds of Palestinian refugees by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza towns of Rafah and Khan Yunis; plus Moustafa Bayoumi, editor of a new anthology, Midnight on the Mavi Marmara, joined by contributors Rashid Khalidi and Phil Weiss.

October 10, 2010 — The Tea Party reimagines American history; plus a conversation with the author of The Instructions, a new novel about a 10-year-old Jewish boy who thinks he is the messiah.

October 3, 2010 — Can school food programs be fixed?; "Panic! Euphoria! Blackout," a new production from Talking Band; the Sukkah City Design Competition takes over New York City's Union Square; plus, where are Israeli-Palestinian negotiations headed?

September 26, 2010 — Is "boycott" still a dirty word? and more from Muzzlewatch's Cecilie Surasky; the official U.S. government film of the World War II Nuremberg tribunal finally premieres at the Film Forum; plus Village Voice theater critic Jim Hoberman on Howl.