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 22, 2012 — Profiting from post K-12 education: from student loans to student internships. We talk about trade schools with Herman DeJesus of NEDAP, student loans with Anya Kamenetz and student internships with Ross Perlin.

January 15, 2012 — The progressive love-affair with Ron Paul: a discussion with journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates and policy expert Phyllis Bennis about the Republican presidential candidate who is shaking up the Republican presidential campaign -- and the left.

The Legacy of Dennis Ross: a conversation with professor John Mearsheimer about the controversial career diplomat who helped define two decades of US policy toward Israel.

The myth of the Obama's "Jewish problem": an interview with journalist Greg Sargent about one of the media's favorite election-season stories.

January 08, 2012 — Three years after Operation Cast Lead: a conversation with Alternative Information Center founder Michel Warshawski in Jerusalem. Will City Council Speaker Christine Quinn support a modest living wage bill? We talk with City Council Progressive Caucus co-chair Brad Lander. Vivian Gornick on her biography Emma Goldman: Revolution as a Way of Life.

January 1, 2012 — It's is with great sorrow that Beyond the Pale notes the passing of Adrienne Cooper, a luminous vocal artist, interpreter of Yiddish song and social justice activist. The music on today's show will be from a few of her many recordings.

Also on today's show, a reading of Clare Coss's play, Sha Sha, with Lynn Cohen, Stephanie Fieger and Ronald Cohen.

And we'll re-broadcast a portion of Esther Kaplan's interview with Joe Sacco about Footnotes in Gaza, a graphic novel about the little known killings of hundreds of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers during the 1956 Suez crisis.

December 25, 2011 — Today--Christmas and the fifth Day of Chanukah--we rebroadcast some our favorites from past holiday programs, including excerpts from Tess Slesinger's Jobs in the Sky, Clifford Odet's Waiting for Lefty, S. J. Perlman's Wainting for Santy, and The Day Santa Claus Fainted. And lots of music, including Yip Harburg singing Brother Can You Spare A Dime.