Description:
BEYOND THE PALE explores local, national and international political debate and analysis from a progressive Jewish perspective. We also bring listeners the voices and sounds of contemporary Jewish culture, from film critics to filmmakers, novelists, poets and musicians. BEYOND THE PALE is the only Jewish program on radio or television devoted to bringing a left Jewish perspective to political and cultural debates. In politically reactionary times like these, when the major Jewish organizations align themselves with the conservative forces that currently dominate local and national politics, BEYOND THE PALE brings audiences the critical perspectives and visions for social change that are the proud legacy of Jewish radicalism. BEYOND THE PALE is produced with the support of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), a New York City social justice organization. Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) is a membership-based organization founded in 1990. JFREJ was founded to fill the need for progressive Jewish leadership in confronting the growing racial and ethnic tension and economic disparity within New York City. Utilizing community organizing, political education and media advocacy, we educate ourselves and others in our effort to end all forms of hatred and oppression. Our work provides a unique opportunity for Jews in New York to build a Jewish identity with justice at its core. For more information, go to www.jfrej.org.

Credits:
Esther Kaplan: host Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark: host Contributors: Jeremy Burton, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Nan Rubin, L. Schere, Alisa Solomon, Shoshana Thomas Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark is a founder and board member of Jewish for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ). She is the author of The Hidden Dimensions of Annual Reports: Sixty Years of Social Conflict at General Motors (Markus Wiener, Publishers, 1992) and of numerous articles on higher education, business ethics and critical accounting. She is on the faculty of Baruch College-The City University of New York. She was the co-host of Econonews on WBAI during the early 1990s. Esther Kaplan is a journalist and a community activist. She is the producer of The Communique, on WNYE radio, which covers labor and public policy debates, and has worked as an editor and writer for The Nation, The Village Voice, and POZ magazine. She is cochair of the board of directors of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice and a member of the Workers Rights Board of New York Jobs with Justice and the advisory board of the Center for Immigrant Families.