WBAI's Jewish politics & culture show hosted by Shoshana Brown and Rafael Shimunov. Live and live streaming every Friday 9AM on 99.5FM after Democracy Now.
“Our American Israel is masterful and deserves a larger audience.” —Ta-Nehisi CoatesLive from Prime Produce (@PrimeProduce), Shoshana Brown (@shotimelive) moderates a discussion about Amy Kaplan's (z"l) book Our American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance with panelists:Social Activist and Professor Andrew Ross (andrewtross.com)IfNotNow (@ifnotnoworg) co-founder Simone Zimmerman (@simonerzim)Journalist and Professor Moustafa Bayoumi (@mousbay, moustafabayoumi.com)"In 1945, it was not inevitable that a global superpower emerging victorious from World War II would come to identify with a small state for Jewish refugees, refugees who at that time were still being turned away from the United States. How, then, did so many in America come to feel that the bond between it and Israel was historically inevitable, morally right, and a matter of common sense. Our American Israel reveals how Israel's identity has long been entangled with America's belief in its own exceptional nature. Beginning at the end of World War II with debates about the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine and continuing through both the rise of evangelical Christian Zionism and the war on terror, Amy Kaplan challenges the associations underlying this special alliance." - Harvard University PressShow SocialsX @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFMFB @BeyondThePaleFMHosts@RafaelShimunov on Twitter@rafaelshimunov.bsky.social on BlueSky@ShoB on Twitter@Rafternoon on IG@shob18 on IGSupport the ShowBecome a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.comLeave us a voicemail, we'll play it on airRecord a question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app.You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after @DemocracyNow at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY.Thank you to our radio engineer, Michael G Haskins, and our researcher Margo Flug.
Noam Shuster Eliassi is an activist-comedian who writes and performs in Arabic, English and Hebrew (with a touch of Farsi — her mom Iranian born, her dad a Jew in Palestine whose parents fled the Holocaust from Romania), frequently touching upon her experience growing up in “Oasis of Peace” (Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam), a mixed community where Palestinians and Jews live together by choice. Her satirical videos have gone viral throughout the Arab world. In 2019, Noam became the first Jewish performer to play the Palestine Comedy Festival. Noam's one-woman show “Coexistence, My Ass!” was developed at Harvard and received a four-star review at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was just honored at Sundance as the Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression.Shoshana (@shob) and Rafael (@rafternoon) also talk about the news, including the Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (@jfrejnyc) seder featuring their endorsed Mayoral candidates Zohran Mandani (@zohrankmamdani) and Brad Lander (@brad.lander) with intro by JFREJ staffer Leo Ferguson (@fergusonleo). See Noam LiveAfter a sold out debut, Noam Shuster-Eliassi (@noam_joon) and Fouad Dakwar (@notfouad) are bringing their show back to @theasylumnyc on SUNDAY, APRIL 27 at 2:00PM! Show SocialsX @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFMFB @BeyondThePaleFMHosts@RafaelShimunov on Twitter@rafaelshimunov.bsky.social on BlueSky@ShoB on Twitter@Rafternoon on IG@shob18 on IGSupport the ShowBecome a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.comLeave us a voicemail, we'll play it on airRecord a question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app.You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after @DemocracyNow at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY.Thank you to our radio engineer, Michael G Haskins, and our researcher Margo Flug.
Recorded Live from Foley Square, Manhattan by Beyond The Pale co-host, Rafael Shimunov.Speakers include:Peter Beinart, Journalist and CUNY Professor @peter_beinartRachel Mccullough, Columbia Nursing StudentRuth Messinger, Former American Jewish World Service (AJWS) CEO and former Manhattan Borough PresidentMurad Awawdeh, CEO of New York Immigrant Coalition President (NYIC) @heyitsmurad @thenyicRabbi Rachel Goldenberg, Malkhut Congregation in Queens @malkhutqueensRabbi Barat Ellman, Fordham Professor @BaratEllmanRabbi Ellen Lippmann, Rabbi Emerita, Kolot Chayeinu, JFREJ Boardmember, and member of Rabbis for Ceasefire @kolotchayeinu @jfrejnycMiriam Nunberg, Civil Rights Lawyer and Mother of College Gaza ActivistRachel Laforest, Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Chief Campaign Officer @bendthearcLily Greenberg Call, Biden Admin Gaza Resignee @lilygreenbergcallDana Schmerzler, Policy Analyst, JFREJ & Bend The Arc MemberEva Borgwardt, IfNotNow National Spokesperson @eva_bella_ @ifnotnoworgAnd performance by Aviva La Viv @avivalavivAs President Donald Trump ramps up his authoritarian takeover, crackdown on civil liberties, and mass deportations, American Jews rallied outside of ICE headquarters to denounce the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil under the guise of fighting antisemitism. Rabbis, community leaders, and advocates for immigrant justice spoke out against the targeting of Khalil — and others who have been abducted by ICE in recent weeks — as an authoritarian test case to see how far Trump's regime can extend its powers to curtail freedom of speech. Show SocialsX @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFMFB @BeyondThePaleFMHosts@RafaelShimunov on Twitter@rafaelshimunov.bsky.social on BlueSky@ShoB on Twitter@Rafternoon on IG@shob18 on IGSupport the ShowBecome a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.comPhotos by @GiliGetzLeave a voicemail question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app.You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after Democracy Now at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY.Thank you to our radio engineer, Michael G Haskins, and our researcher Margo Flug.
We speak with writer and artist Eli Valley about his new book, Museum of Degenerates: Portraits of the American Grotesque. “The Angriest Political Cartoonist in America.”—New York Magazine “The kind of political cartoons that get under your skin and stay there.”—PRINT Magazine The show opens with a clip by Todd @agiftfromtodd. We speak about the massive backlash to NYU Langone Hospital refusing to continue its care for its clients who are trans kids, including clips from trans activist Qween Jean, actor Cynthia Nixon and City Council member Tiffany Caban as reported by Shoshana Brown. We close with Baby Can I Come Home To You by Rachel Angel (@rachelangelmusic on IG) EliValley.com @EliValley on IG OR Books Store Show Socials X @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFM FB @BeyondThePaleFM Hosts @RafaelShimunov on Twitter @rafaelshimunov.bsky.social on BlueSky @ShoB on Twitter @Rafternoon on IG @shob18 on IG Support the Show Become a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.com Jews For Racial and Economic Justice Find JFREJ events in NY at jfrej.org/events Leave a voicemail question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app. You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after Democracy Now at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY. Thank you to our radio engineer, Michael G Haskins, and our researcher Margo Flug.
Last week, Black Jewish Liberation Collective (BJLC) and the Jewish Multiracial Network led a 25 member cohort to Hebrew Igbo community in Ogidi, Nigeria. Today we speak with organizers and participants Shoshana Brown, Rabbi Dr Koach Baruch and Shoshana Vogel on their reflections from the trip and what's ahead. Black Jewish Liberation Collective (BJLC) blackjewishliberation.org IG @blackjewishliberation Rabbi Dr Koach Baruch Frazier IG @drkbfrazier rabbikoach.com Shoshana Vogel IG @shoshanavox Show Socials X @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFM FB @BeyondThePaleFM Hosts @RafaelShimunov on Twitter @rafaelshimunov.bsky.social on BlueSky @ShoB on Twitter @Rafternoon on IG @shob18 on IG Support the Show Become a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.com Jews For Racial and Economic Justice Find JFREJ events in NY at jfrej.org/events Leave a voicemail question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app. You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after Democracy Now at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY.
Linda Sarsour is an author, award-winning racial justice and civil rights activist, an OG community organizer, and mom of three. She's a Palestinian Muslim American, one of our dearest friends, and likely the future President of an independent Republic of Brooklyn. We opened with audio from Palestinian Journalist Anas al-Sharif as he removed his helmet and vest after the ceasefire deal was announced. He spoke those words on the shoulders of revelers celebrating the news. Linda Sarsour LindaSarsour.com @lsarsour.bsky.social @lsarsour on IG Linda's Book, We Are Not Here To Be Bystanders Show Socials X @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFM FB @BeyondThePaleFM Hosts @RafaelShimunov on Twitter @rafaelshimunov.bsky.social on BlueSky @ShoB on Twitter @Rafternoon on IG @shob18 on IG Support the Show Become a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.com Jews For Racial and Economic Justice Find JFREJ events in NY at jfrej.org/events Leave a voicemail question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app. You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after Democracy Now at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY.
We're live with Dr. Suzanne Ross who was born in Antwerp, Belgium just a couple of years before the Nazis invaded and fled with her family on a five year journey across the world and to Palestine. She joins us a second time on the show to discuss her new book, Born Jewish in Nazi Europe: My Journey to Become Anti-Zionist. We opened with audio of Suzanne at a recent Raging Grannies event. Show Socials X @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFM FB @BeyondThePaleFM Hosts @RafaelShimunov on Twitter @rafaelshimunov.bsky.social on BlueSky @ShoB on Twitter @Rafternoon on IG @shob18 on IG Support the Show Become a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.com Jews For Racial and Economic Justice Find JFREJ events in NY at jfrej.org/events Leave a voicemail question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app. You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after Democracy Now at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY.
Beyond The Pale is live from São Paulo Brazil with Shoshana Brown and guests: Audrey Sasson, Em Hilton, Eva Borgwardt and Brandon Schorsch. Em Hilton is a Jewish organiser and writer based in London. She is the International Policy Director of Diaspora Alliance and a co-founder of Na'amod: UK Jews Against Israeli Occupation and Apartheid. Eva Borgwardt is a Jewish organizer based in Brooklyn. She is the National Spokesperson for IfNotNow, a movement of American Jews organizing to end U.S. support for Israel's system of apartheid and demand equality, justice, and a thriving future for all Palestinians and Israelis. Audrey Sasson is the Executive Director of Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), and the organization's first Mizrahi leader to serve in the position. She has nearly 30 years experience building the organized left, as a community organizer, social worker, and campaign director, on issues ranging from immigrant worker struggles and tenant rights to sustainable economies and racial justice. Brandon Schorsch joined Jewish Community Action in January 2020 after several years working in progressive issue advocacy and electoral politics in the Twin Cities. Having seen a childhood friend become radicalized online in the early 2010s, Brandon had been personally researching hate/extremism for many years before working on JCA's Combating Antisemitism and White Nationalism campaign. Over the last three years, he has developed/co-developed numerous trainings examining contemporary antisemitism's origins, mechanisms, motivations, and intersections with other forms of marginalization and oppression. Through JCA's programming, he has trained several thousand people and brought crucial analysis to dozens of community organizations, government offices, and religious congregations. Show Socials X @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFM FB @BeyondThePaleFM Guest Socials Em Hilton IG @emhilton91 Em Hilton X @emtravelodge Em Hilton BlueSky @emhilton.bsky.social Na'amod IG @naamoduk Na'amod BlueSky @naamoduk.bsky.social Audrey Sasson X @audrey_sasson Audrey Sasson BlueSky @audrey-sasson.bsky.social Eva Borgwardt X @EvaBorgwardt Eva Borgwardt IG @eva_bella_ Eva Borgwardt BlueSky @evaborgwardt.bsky.social Brandon Schorsch BlueSky @bschorshy.bsky.social Hosts @RafaelShimunov on Twitter @rafaelshimunov.bsky.social on BlueSky @ShoB on Twitter @Rafternoon on IG @shob18 on IG Support the Show Become a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.com Jews For Racial and Economic Justice Find JFREJ events in NY at jfrej.org/events Leave a voicemail question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app. You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after Democracy Now at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY.
We play and discuss listener messages about voting. We're joined for the first half by our guest Katie Unger, the co-founder The Jewish Vote (TJV) at Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ).We also talk about propositions on the ballot in New York, the Working Families Party ballot line, and the protest write in campaign in the NY10 Congressional district, where voters are writing in Palestinian child ‘Hind Rajab' in opposition to Rep. Daniel Goldman, a Republican Jewish ad featuring Hymie's, a famous Philadelphia deli, in an effort to flip Jewish Democrats for Trump in swing state Pennsylvania, and Elon Musk's duplicitous ads in swing state Michigan, attempting to pitt American Jews and Arabs against each other. Show X @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFM FB @BeyondThePaleFM Guest @KatieUngerNYC on Twitter Katie Unger Consulting Hosts @RafaelShimunov on Twitter @ShoB on Twitter @Rafternoon on IG @shob18 on IG Support the Show Become a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.com Jews For Racial and Economic Justice Find JFREJ events in NY at jfrej.org/events Leave a voicemail question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app. You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after Democracy Now at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY.
Shoshana and Raf play listener calls to the show, including a great questions about antisemitism and some advice about how to handle the year ahead. They talk about the high holy days events of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot and powerful events by Rabbis for Ceasefire (Yizkor) and Jewish Voice For Peace (Shutting down the New York Stock Exchange). They touch on the Mayor Adams corruption saga, and the expulsion of Shai Davidai from Columbia University, including clips from comedian John Johns and a song by Jonathan Mann. Show X @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFM FB @BeyondThePaleFM Hosts @RafaelShimunov on Twitter @ShoB on Twitter @Rafternoon on IG @shob18 on IG Music Ya Ghorbati by Laura Elkeslassy at LauraElkeslassy.com Support the Show Become a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.com Jews For Racial and Economic Justice Find JFREJ events in NY at jfrej.org/events Leave a voicemail question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app. You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after Democracy Now at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY.
After a disinformation campaign by Israel and Joe Biden's White House, can ordinary Americans save UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees? Yes. We're joined by Mara Kronenfeld, the Executive Director of UNRWA USA to talk about how, and to talk about her own Jewish left history beginning with her grandfather who survived the Holocaust, her dad's Appalachian roots, her time in Syria, Lebanon and Palestine and her work advocating for Palestinian refugees. Shoshana also talks about attending Ta-Nehisi Coates' "The Message" book event at Harlem's Apollo Theater, as well as some beautiful lessons from our Yom Kippur traditions and... a Palestinian's helicopter on Mars. Follow our Guest Website UnrwaUSA.org X @MaraKronenfeld IG @MaraKronenfeld LinkedIn @Mara-Kronenfeld Show X @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFM FB @BeyondThePaleFM Hosts @RafaelShimunov on Twitter @ShoB on Twitter @Rafternoon on IG @shob18 on IG Music Ya Ghorbati by Laura Elkeslassy at LauraElkeslassy.com Comedy Clip Paul Elia @pauleliacomedyon on IG Ahamed Weinberg @AhamedWeinberg on IG Support the Show Become a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.com Jews For Racial and Economic Justice Find JFREJ events in NY at jfrej.org/events Leave a voicemail question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app. You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after Democracy Now at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY. Show clips courtesy of Al-Jazeera, Channel 4 News, and Fox News with Trey Yingst. And additional production help by Rebecca Lynch.
For the Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and the high holy days between, we're joined by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg who discusses the Jewish process of restoration. We touch on Maimonides, restorative justice, abolition, and we take some phone calls. Note: This show originally aired on radio on 9/1/2023. Follow our Guest Newsletter danyaruttenberg.net X @TheRaDR IG @rabbidanyaruttenberg FB @RabbiDanyaRuttenberg Show X @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFM FB @BeyondThePaleFM Hosts @RafaelShimunov on Twitter @ShoB on Twitter @Rafternoon on IG @shob18 on IG Support the Show Become a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.com Jews For Racial and Economic Justice Find JFREJ events in NY at jfrej.org/events Leave a voicemail question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app. You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after Democracy Now at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY.
“I put my art where the emergency is” We speak with Sara Erenthal, the artist and activist who fled Neturei Karta as a teen. Neturei Karta has become a familiar presence at our rallies for Gaza and Palestine. Often depicted in a one dimensional way because of that advocacy, we'll learn from Sara'a experience about the not so liberatory practices of the group and why she had to escape. We talk about Sara's incredible artwork featured in The Jewish Week, Haaretz, Vice, The Village Voice, Radio Canada, Time Out, Gothamist, The Brooklyn Rail, and Artnet, among others.We also chat about the indictment of NYC's Mayor Adams and NYC rats... acting different. We end with a song, Bottom Seas by Rachel Angel. Follow our Guest IG @saraerenthalart FB @saraerenthal Show X @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFM FB @BeyondThePaleFM Hosts @RafaelShimunov on Twitter @ShoB on Twitter @Rafternoon on IG @shob18 on IG Support the Show Become a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.com Jews For Racial and Economic Justice Find JFREJ events in NY at jfrej.org/events Leave a voicemail question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app. You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after Democracy Now at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY.
Can Uncommitted Democrat delegates save Palestinian lives and US elections? We speak with June Rose, the Chief of Staff for the Providence City Council and Rhode Island's ‘uncommitted' delegate who's just returning from their #NotAnotherBomb and #LetPalestineSpeak actions at the Democratic National Convention. June Rose has a long history helping flip races to favor Democrats and joins us to talk about their role in the Uncommitted Movement as a former Orthodox Jew, who studied in Israel and took action into their own hands at religious school to make sure they meet Palestinians. They speak about how that changed their life, how they began in this movement, and what's next for getting Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and the Democrats to finally act on Gaza. Rose is also one of only two trans people in the country to have managed a statewide political campaign and is the highest ranking transgender staffer in Rhode Island history. We also talk about the return to campuses, and how universities like NYU have snuck in new regulations conflating Judaism with Zionism, and declaring people who hold Zionist ideology as a "protected class" along historically marginalized people, as well as hostile architecture instituted across schools to prevent college students from practicing free speech about Gaza and Palestinians. Follow our Guest IG @junesfinalrose X @junesfinalrose Support Uncommitted uncommittedmovement.com Show X @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFM FB @BeyondThePaleFM Hosts @RafaelShimunov on Twitter @ShoB on Twitter @Rafternoon on IG @shob18 on IG Support the Show Become a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.com Jews For Racial and Economic Justice Find JFREJ events in NY at jfrej.org/events RSVP for JFREJ's annual Mazals celebration YIVO's After Orthodoxy: Cultural Creativity and the Break with Tradition Event with former guests Elad Nehorai and Beatrice Weber. Leave a voicemail question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app. You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after Democracy Now at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY.
We speak with Rabbi David Mivasair and Rich Siegel, two Jewish activists who stood up against Palestinian land sales at their community synagogues in the Teaneck, New Jersey and Toronto, Canada. We also learn about how these land sales work, why're they're appearing in synagogues, and how we can stop them. And we touch on Kamala Harris' response to Palestine protestors and get play some calls from last week's episode about JFREJ's Atlas Air action. Follow Guests IG @mivasair IG @richsiegel1 X @mivasair Donate Rabbi Mivasair's fund for Palestinian families in Gaza at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-gaza-families-survive Show X @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFM FB @BeyondThePaleFM Hosts @RafaelShimunov on Twitter @ShoB on Twitter @Rafternoon on IG @shob18 on IG Support the Show Become a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.com. Jews For Racial and Economic Justice Find JFREJ events in NY at jfrej.org/events RSVP for JFREJ's annual Mazals celebration Leave a voicemail question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app. You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after Democracy Now at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY.
We speak with the group who just exposed a local corporation, Atlas Airlines, for their role in Gaza genocide with a dramatic HQ takeover where they blocked employees and held their own press conference. We were joined by Irene Siegel, a member of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) and Jake Levin, a staff organizer at JFREJ. Follow JFREJ at @jfrejnyc and Jake Levin at @JakeBLevin across all social media. And Irene Siegel on X at @Salaama and IG @ireeeite. Linda Sarsour at @lsarsour everywhere. And @BeyondThePaleFM across IG, X and Facebook. Add your name to the petitions against Atlas Air at http://atlasfliesforgenocide.com/ And help support our listener supported radio show and podcast by becoming a BAI buddy at wbai.allyrafundraising.com
We're joined by sports editor David Zirin live from opening day at the Paris 2024 Olympics. We talk Palestine, Israel, Hijab Ban, France's social expulsions, Black Lives Matter and sports, and David's own upbringing with a Zionist father an an anti-Zionist mother (Jane Zirin Z"L Yehi zichra mahapecha / May her memory be a revolution). We opened with David Zirin's opening remarks from 2019's “Not Backing Down: Israel, Free Speech & the Battle for Palestinian Rights” panel at UMass-Amherst alongside Linda Sarsour, Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, Professor Marc Lamont Hill and Vijay Prashad. We close with Jewish Voice for Peace's action against Netanyahu's speech and arming Israel this week at Congress and a song by friend of the show, Rachel Angel, called Baby Can I Come Home to You. Dave Zirin is the sports editor of the Nation Magazine. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports, including most recently, The Kaepernick Effect Taking A Knee, Saving the World. He's appeared on ESPN, NBC News, CNN, Democracy Now, and numerous other outlets. Follow David Zirin across all social media via @EdgeOfSports, at The Nation Magazine and on The Real News Network (TRNN). Let's keep this show going by becoming a buddy of the show at WBAI.org. Beyond The Pale airs live every Friday in NYC's 99.5 FM and the Tri-State Area after Democracy Now at 9AM. We release every show on your favorite podcast platform. Record your voicemails to (917) 740-8971 and we'll play your questions and statements on air.
Comedian Matt Lieb joins hosts Shoshana Brown and Rafael Shimunov to discuss his podcast, Bad Hasbara. The comedy podcast examining and ridiculing the failures of Israeli and US propaganda tactics during the siege and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. (This episode originally aired on radio in January 2024) We end the show with a clip from Palestinian comedian Sammy Obeid. Find Matt Lieb on Instagram at @mattliebjokes and on X at @mattlieb Find Sammy Obeid at @sammyobeid on IG Find us at @BeyondThePaleFM on IG, X and Facebook and @rafternoon on IG, @rafaelshimunov on X, and Shoshana Brown at @shob18 on IG. Donate to Palestinian Children's Relief Fund at Rafael's fundraiser and receive free stickers. Become a WBAI buddy of the show, so we can keep this show going at wbai.org
We're joined by NYC Council Member Tiffany Cabán and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) leader Carlyn Cowen to to talk about their fight against New York City Mayor Adams' austerity budget, and Tiffany being only one of three Council Members to vote NO on the budget. We touch on NY Governor Hochul's proposed Mask Ban, Cop City in Queens, SCOTUS, Biden and other uplifting topics. We end with what we should be doing now to prepare for what's coming (hint: mutual aid, get to know your neighbors). (917) 740-8971 for us to play on the show.
Daniel Delgado, a Qeuchua & Jewish writer & rabbinical student.Daniel Delgado (he/him) is a Quechua and Jewish writer, editor, game designer, rabbinic student, and rabble-rouser. He is a former editor of Earth First! Journal and the author of a chapter in The Sacred Earth: Jewish Perspectives on Our Planet. His short fiction has appeared in publications including Lamplight Magazine and Cossmass Infinities. He is also a designer on Koboa, a forthcoming South American TTRPG setting. You can follow him on Bluesky or his mostly inactive Twitter. Help the support this show by becoming a "buddy of the show" and the station that broadcasts it on the radio across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut at WBAI.org and we'll thank you on air. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondthepale/message
We talk Wikipedia's ban on ADL, New York's Cop City, Gaza, The People's Plan, Congressman Jamaal Bowman. And we learn about Shoshana Brown's grandmother, a revolutionary clown, and when Mayor Adams called her one. How did he know? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondthepale/message
Shoshana and Rafael speak on the news: Congressman Jamaal's Bowman's testimony on education, Brooklyn Museum being protested by Palestine groups, including using a controversial red triangle, as well as the New York Times failing (or succeeding?) at their job to falsely report all the protests' targets were Jewish. We touch on Florida politics, electoral worker abuse, and more. Jen Perelman, the Congressional candidate challenging Debbie Wasserman Schultz didn't show up for her show. We hope she's OK. This morning, we had also sent her campaign a question we would ask on the show about former staff accusing the campaign of labor violations. Help support the station by becoming a buddy of the show at wbai.org and we'll thank you on air. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondthepale/message
Shoshana and Rafael talk about Congressman Jamaal Bowman's race and his AIPAC recruited and funded Democratic primary opponent George Latimer. We talk about Bend The Arc's and NAACP's recent call to Biden to end weapons to Israel as they cross the so called "the red line". We touch on recurring topic of Congressman Ritchie Torres' grift, as he calls the campus movement for Gaza unAmerican. Rafael gets into it about his experiences with Mondaire Jones and him becoming a professional progressive election ruiner. Volunteer with #JewsForJamaal via Jews For Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) at https://www.jfrej.org/events Follow @JewsForJamaal on Twitter Support the show and station by becoming a WBAI buddy at https://wbai.allyrafundraising.com Find @BeyondThePaleFM on Instagram and Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondthepale/message
We're joined by Lily Greenberg Call, the first Jewish Biden appointee who resigned from the administration over its support of Israel's attacks on Gaza. Find Lily on X at @LGreenbergCall and on Instagram at @lilygreenbergcall Become a WBAI buddy of the show at https://wbai.org Find @BeyondThePale FM on X, IG and Facebook --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondthepale/message
We talk news, look back on Naming The Lost (the COVID memorial project) and the new memorial, Big Slow Majestic, at Brooklyn's Greenwood Cemetery with renowned NYC movement icon Jenny Romaine of Great Small Works. We also play some vintage clips of Jenny opening the original Beyond The Pale show in the 2000s, when she was its arts and culture host. romainejnyc and check out the work at GreatSmallWorks.org Support the station and the show by becoming a WBAI buddy of Beyond The Pale at WBAI.org Follow us on Twitter, IG and FB at @BeyondThePaleFM Check out Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) events at https://www.jfrej.org/events Leave a voicemail for the show for us to play on air (917) 740-8971 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondthepale/message
10 years ago, Palestinian Professor Refaat Alareer (z''l) appeared on the original version of Beyond The Pale with his student, Yousef Aljamal, while on US tour with their book, Gaza Writes Back. Shoshana Brown and Rafael Shimunov replay segments of that episode from the the Beyond The Pale archives, housed at The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at NYU. Rafael describes his relationship with Refaat, why it was so hard to edit these clips. Shoshana speaks on collective liberation, and healing after Refaat's and his family's murder by Israeli forces. And Yousef, now a scholar himself, opens archives with a tribute to Refaat. We hear the voices of past show hosts, including Alex Kane, Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark--and its original intro. We open the show with Brian Cox's reading of Refaat's final poem, "If I Must Die" and cover his impact around the world and across the campus protests by students across the United States and world. And we closed the show with a reading from the book itself, Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondthepale/message
We interview Jewish campus protestors. And talk current news. (This is also a fund drive episode, which means it's twice as long, and we find entertaining ways to ask you to support WBAI radio). We talk Gaza. We play NYPD's ridiculous fascist music video made from their raid on Columbia University. We explore the new Antisemitism Legislation (aka gag law), we talk bad ass Councilmember Tiffany Caban, the ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt being called out by another Jewish group, Bend The Arc. And the People's Plan. We open the show with Dartmouth professor Annelise Orleck who was thrown to the ground by police in New Hampshire for protecting her students from their raid, and how she, as a 65 year old Jewish faculty member, felt totally safe on campus until the militarized police showed up. And we open the show with a chant of other faculty standing for their students, recorded by Shoshana at CUNY City College, another site of police violence. We touch on why this episode was supposed to be all about our Refaat Alareer archives, and why it isn't. That'll be next week! Become a WBAI buddy of the show at wbai.org Follow us on social media @BeyondThePaleFM --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondthepale/message
"Everytime I go to Palestine, I update my will." Professor Wynd Kaufmyn speaks about how she and crews of other volunteers plan to reach Gaza with 5500 tons of aid and hundreds of human rights observers. We speak about security concerns, given Israel's history attacking and even killing volunteers on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. We also talk about Columbia University campus protests that have sparked a national campus movement, genocidal Columbia professor/toddler Shai Davidai, Shoshana debuts a new accent, antisemitic conspiracy theories by NYPOST, Shoshana's own aid travels for Cuba, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt defaming students with false claims they are terror "proxies" for Iran, a message from Cole Kravitz, another volunteer boarding the flotilla ships, all the new faces in the reemerging Palestine solidarity movement, our new Beyond The Pale mascot (we need your helping naming it), Shoshana's gonna speak in Kingston, New York and more. Closing Music 1-800-Genocide by Rebel Diaz. Sign up and follow to help the flotilla at: https://freedomflotilla.org https://twitter.com/GazaFFlotilla https://www.instagram.com/gazafreedomflotilla/ https://facebook.com/FreedomFlotillaCoalition Support the show https://wbai.allyrafundraising.com/ Follow Beyond The Pale https://twitter.com/BeyondThePaleFM https://www.instagram.com/beyondthepalefm https://facebook.com/beyondthepalefm Golem Mascot Art by https://devotaj.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondthepale/message
We touch on how the right wing tries to claim Passover, a revolutionary holiday opposing everything they stand for. All the progressive and left Haggadah supplements for you to choose from. Columbia University and Berkeley Law's attacks on their own anti-Zionist students, including genocidal cheerleader, assistant professor Shai Davidai, how to support the folks at Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Shoshana's advice about Negro Spirituals during Passover, Seder Plates, Rafael vents about Asian Jewish organizations and occasionally we're joined by the voice of G-d and Flo' Rida. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondthepale/message
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