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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January 29, 2012 — Seth Freed Wessler on AIPAC's outreach to historically black colleges; Baylor University professor Marc Ellis on being Kenneth Starr's latest target; and historian Dan Katz on his book All Together Different: Yiddish Socialists, Garment Workers, and the Labor Roots of Multiculturalism.

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January 22, 2012 — Profiting from post K-12 education: from student loans to student internships. We talk about trade schools with Herman DeJesus of NEDAP, student loans with Anya Kamenetz and student internships with Ross Perlin.

January 15, 2012 — The progressive love-affair with Ron Paul: a discussion with journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates and policy expert Phyllis Bennis about the Republican presidential candidate who is shaking up the Republican presidential campaign -- and the left.

The Legacy of Dennis Ross: a conversation with professor John Mearsheimer about the controversial career diplomat who helped define two decades of US policy toward Israel.

The myth of the Obama's "Jewish problem": an interview with journalist Greg Sargent about one of the media's favorite election-season stories.

January 08, 2012 — Three years after Operation Cast Lead: a conversation with Alternative Information Center founder Michel Warshawski in Jerusalem. Will City Council Speaker Christine Quinn support a modest living wage bill? We talk with City Council Progressive Caucus co-chair Brad Lander. Vivian Gornick on her biography Emma Goldman: Revolution as a Way of Life.

January 1, 2012 — It's is with great sorrow that Beyond the Pale notes the passing of Adrienne Cooper, a luminous vocal artist, interpreter of Yiddish song and social justice activist. The music on today's show will be from a few of her many recordings.

Also on today's show, a reading of Clare Coss's play, Sha Sha, with Lynn Cohen, Stephanie Fieger and Ronald Cohen.

And we'll re-broadcast a portion of Esther Kaplan's interview with Joe Sacco about Footnotes in Gaza, a graphic novel about the little known killings of hundreds of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers during the 1956 Suez crisis.