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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December 14 2008 — With the shadow of the Great Depression hovering over discussions of the current economic crisis, a program of readings from Jewish writers of that era, from Mike Gold to S.J. Perelman to Anzia Yezierska.

December 7 2008 — Why did Mumbai terrorists target Chabad's Nariman House; can Obama's foreign policy appointments bring the change he promised; and a look at the movement behind Harvey Milk.

Nov 30 2008 — A remembrance of Studs Terkel by his longtime editor André Schiffrin, with audio from Studs' interviews about the Great Depression; plus "Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater, 1919-1949," at the Jewish Museum.

Nov 23 2008 — In the wake of anti-immigrant raids, the Agriprocessor plant in Postville shuts down and its CEO is indicted; a conversation with political scientist Neve Gordon about Israeli politics; plus why the movement against Prop 8 failed.

Nov 16 2008 — We talk with Maria Muentes, founder of Families for Freedom, and Mikey Weinstein, an activist against Christian proselytizing in the U.S. military, both recipients of Marshall T. Meyer Risk-Taker Awards; plus the New York Festival of Song.