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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Nov 9 2008 — A conversation with journalist Bob Moser and scholar Manning Marable about the road to the Obama victory and its historical significance; plus the chance for climate change legislation in the post-election world.

Nov 2 2008 — The New York Senate on the cusp of a Democratic majority; new Attorney General guidelines allow for wider FBI surveillance; Chabad rabbis play a key role in Israel's settler movement; and Israeli activists help with the Palestinian olive harvest in the face of settler violence.

October 26 2008 — As the financial crisis deepens, an upsurge in anti-Semitic comments on the Internet; Robert Meeropol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, reacts to the release of new information about the case; and a 1949 novella about the cleansing of a Palestinian village is finally published in English.

October 19 2008 — Violence erupts between Jewish and Palestinian communities in the ancient port city of Akko (Acre); Paul Shapiro's new CD, Essen, a tribute to Yiddish jazz; and likely Democratic supporters get purged from the voter rolls.

October 12 2008 — Whom do Jewish voters support for President and will it matter; and a look from the ground up at the mortgage crisis with housing advocate Sarah Ludwig.