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

Recently Aired

July 13, 2008 — We were preempted on July 13 for live coverage of the Green Party National Convention.

July 6, 2008 — Author Sam Freedman, reporter Ari Berman, and scholar Jonathan Gray weigh in on Barack Obama, black-Jewish relations, and the '08 elections: excerpts from a May 28 discussion at the Jewish Student Journalism Conference

June 22 and 29, 2008 — We were 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.

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.