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 4, 2010 — Jewish supporters and opponents debate the wisdom of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement targeting Israel on June 15, 2010, at Advent Lutheran Church in Manhattan.

June 27, 2010 — Beyond the Pale is preempted June 27 by WBAI's all-day Gay Pride programming. But listen for our segments with Cecilie Surasky of Jewish Voice for Peace on Israel’s efforts to brand itself a gay haven and with filmmaker Elle Flanders, an activist with Queers Against Israeli Apartheid in Toronto.

June 20, 2010 — City Council member Brad Lander on how to preserve a progressive New York City; Alto Arizona organizes against SB 1070, Arizona's draconian anti-immigration law; plus, a rare U.S. Supreme Court decision that benefits immigrants.

June 13, 2010 — Efforts to muzzle critics of Israel intensify in North America and Israel; Middle East policy analyst Phyllis Bennis on the international fall-out from the flotilla attack; plus Part 2 of K. E. Feldman's Birthright Chronicles.

June 6, 2010 — A conversation with Sasha Polakow-Suransky, author of The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa; plus Free Gaza Movement's Huwaida Arraf on what happened when the Israeli Navy confronted the Free Gaza flotilla.