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

May 16, 23, 30 Pre-emptions — Beyond the Pale was preempted during WBAI's fundraising drive on Sundays May 16, May 23 and May 30.

May 9, 2010 — Palestinian road construction may be aiding settlement expansion; right-wing pushback intensifies among Jewish organizations in the U.S. and within Israel; plus, for Mother's Day and we rebroadcast our interview with Joyce Antler, author of You Never Call! You Never Write!

May 2, 2010 — Syed Fahad Hashmi pled guilty to providing material support to Al Qaeda, but many questions raised by his case remain; some Jewish organizations charge that the federal government treats campus anti-Semitism solely as religious bias, which isn't proscribed under the Civil Rights Act; plus blogger Max Ajl speaks with us from Gaza.

April 25, 2010 — Guest host Jenny Romaine speaks with award-winning composer, trumpet player, ensemble leader and producer David Buchbinder and plays cuts from his wide-ranging repertoire.

April 18, 2010 — Budrus, the story of how Palestinians and Israelis unite to oppose Israel's separation wall, screens at the Tribeca Film Festival; Part 1 of K. E. Feldman's Birthright Chronicles; plus Have You Heard From Johannesburg, a seven-part documentary on the international struggle against apartheid.