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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January 18 2009 — A new database that tracks who profits from the Israeli Occupation, plus a conversation with the directors of films at the New York Jewish Film Festival, Our Disappeared and Waiting for Armageddon

January 11, 2009 — A report from Netivot, the target of Hamas rockets; a view of the war from inside Israel; American Jews protest Israel's war; a new book on the Civil Rights movement in the North; plus we remember anti-apartheid parliamentarian Helen Suzman.

January 4 2009 — Israelis protest the Gaza bombardment as the ground invasion begins; Fuel for Truth mobilizes clubgoers in the "war on terror"; and a new book that tells the story of American Jewish culture and assimilation through album covers.

December 28 2008 — What can we expect from Rahm Emanuel, Obama's pick for White House chief of staff; the budget crisis in Albany; and Israel's bombardment of Gaza.

December 21 2008 — The Free Gaza movement's ship Dignity completes its fifth voyage challenging Israel's blockade; Jewish philanthropies and schools hit hard by Madoff; and a childrens' vigil supporting domestic workers' rights.