Beyond The Pale: Radio's Home For The Jewish Left

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.

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?