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

January 17, 2010 — Muzzlewatch's Cecilie Surasky on the the suppression of dissent on the Israeli occupation; Ajami, a new film set in multiethnic Jaffa; plus Einstein on Israel and Zionism, a new history.

January 10, 2010 — It's WBAI's 50th Anniversary today. Beyond the Pale has been preempted, but tune in for WBAI's celebratory broadcast.

January 03, 2010 — One year later, a look back at Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. With Ha'aretz reporter Amira Haas, interviews with Israeli peace activists, and a look at Egypt's role in the Gaza closure.

December 27, 2009 — An update from Cairo on the Gaza Freedom March, whose participants are stymied by severe restrictions; plus, the legacy of Irving Kristol and the origins of neo-conservatism.

December 20, 2009 — What's a Jew to do at Christmas? Plus child sex abuse scandals roil Orthodox Jewish communities in Brooklyn. And Beyond the Pale asks: Why is Joe Lieberman such a schmuck?