Recent Blog Posts

Welcome to our website!

Submitted by Marilyn on March 2, 2008 - 10:00am

At last!!! It's been a very long time in the making, but Beyond the Pale finally has its own website.  We'll be keeping you up-to-date on what we're planning for the radio show, letting you know about interesting events and opportunities for action, and giving you the chance to subscribe to a Podcast or listen to past programs. So check back with us from time to time and see what we've been adding to this site.

Sleepless in Gaza and Jerusalem: a new video diary

Submitted by Marilyn on March 1, 2010 - 3:10pm

Sleepless in Gaza and Jerusalem  is a video diary about four young
Palestinian women, Muslim and Christian, two living in Gaza and two in Arab Jerusalem/West Bank.  According to their promotional materials:

Green Zone: a documentary about Israeli Policy in East Jerusalem

Submitted by Marilyn on December 15, 2009 - 3:12pm

Click here to watch this short documentary about Israel's policies in occupied East Jerusalem.

A Chanukah Rant

Submitted by Marilyn on December 12, 2009 - 6:32pm

I've always found Chanukah troubling, and not just because of the way this minor holiday has been blown way out of proportion to provide an opportunity for Jewish Americans to partake in the orgy of Christmas shopping.  What bothers me even more is who and what it celebrates: a group of religious fanatics making war on their fellow Jews.  And yet who can resist candlelight and latkes?

Neve Gordon Supports an Israeli Boycott

Submitted by Esther on September 9, 2009 - 5:34pm

Check out the editorial the Israeli scholar Neve Gordon wrote in the Los Angeles Times supporting boycott and divestment campaigns targeting Israel. In our interview with Gordon, he discusses the deplorable backlash he's faced for speaking his mind.

WBAI premiums

Submitted by Esther on June 15, 2009 - 3:30pm

We're so grateful to all of our listeners who've ever made a financial pledge to support WBAI and the Pacifica network, and we know the station has been negligent in recent years in sending out the premiums (whether books or CDs) you requested when you made your pledge. Now, some good news on that front: the new premium manager, Yvonne Singh, is making her way through the backlog, shipping out long-overdue premiums and setting up a system to avoid this problem in the future.

Henry Siegman on Gaza Assault

Submitted by Marilyn on February 7, 2009 - 10:10pm

Henry Siegman, former head of the American Jewish Congress, has in recent years become a strong critic of Israeli Government policies and one of the most well-informed.  His views are often expressed in the London Review of Books. His most recent essay, Israel's Lies, takes on Israel's justiifications for their assault on Gaza.

American Jews for a Just Peace (AJJP)

Submitted by Marilyn on February 7, 2009 - 1:11pm

Check out this relatively new progressive organization, AJJIP.  Good principles and a very useful website.

Tel Aviv Artists Protest War

Submitted by Marilyn on January 9, 2009 - 8:02am

At a celebration in Tel Aviv of the national poet, Bialik-- from whom the phrase "cast lead" was cynically taken to name the assault on Gaza -- our friend, the filmmaker Udi Aloni, and other well-known cultural personalities, demonstrate outside -- with a powerful alternative poem of Bialik's. Watch Israeli President Shimon Peres try to ignore the truth, here.