Benji Shulman, at The Blogs

Mar 30, 2021, 11:56 PM

Wicked Son Press is a publishing imprint for cultural and political commentary as well as other genres of Jewish interest. Based on the aggressive contrarian questioning of the Haggadah's Wicked Son, the focus of their published works is on...

Jan 12, 2021, 10:33 PM

A Wandaful Flight of Jewish Fantasy

Take Jewish history and mix in some ancient Greek, add a dash of groundhog day and a splash of the pythonesque, include some classic themes and some contemporary criticism and drive it all forward with a feisty, fabulous, female,...

Dec 21, 2020, 10:21 PM

Fighting Gender-based Violence with Krav Magra

Volunteers from Fight Back SA teach Krav Magra self defence - Source with permission Fight Back SA -

A South African NGO, Fight Back SA, is using the skills taught in the Israeli marshal art of Krav Magra to combat violence against women and children in the country. The organization recruits volunteers to give group self defense workshops...

Nov 4, 2020, 11:46 PM

Life Lessons from Netflix, The Ocean & an Octopus

When filmmaker Craig Foster begun feeling burnt out he decided to return to his childhood activity of freediving. His time was spent mostly in the frigid waters of the southern Atlantic kelp forests of Cape Town, South Africa. During...

Aug 26, 2020, 11:28 PM

Keeping Kosher – Emerati Style

When the new Israel-UAE Peace deal was announced the next question was...yes but what are we going to eat? The person to answer this question is Elli Kriel of Eli's Kosher Kitchen. Elli is a South African sociologist who moved...

Aug 19, 2020, 12:07 AM

Yiddish Goes Global

One day Phillip Todres was looking for a way to raise funds for institutions supporting the elderly in Cape Town, South Africa. His idea was to launch the Leah Todres Yiddish Song Festival. It was such a success that...

Aug 13, 2020, 12:24 AM

A Women’s Place is on the Front-lines

The 9th of August is traditionally celebrated in South Africa as Women's Day to mark the 1956 Women's March against apartheid. In this spirit of activism the South African Zionist Federation held a Women's Day Warriors Webinar highlighting the front-line...

Aug 6, 2020, 11:31 PM

Jerusalema Dance Challenge Reaches Jerusalem

Long time gospel tune Jerusalma has turned dance hit and gone global from the rural province of Limpopo in South Africa. This was after the #JerusalemaDanceChallenge started trending on social media showing groups of fans videoing themselves doing pre-set...

Jul 31, 2020, 1:39 PM

Caely’s, Cape Town, Xhosa, Klezmer

Caely-Jo Levy is a singer, songwriter, actress and choreographer based in Cape Town South Africa. She discovered a passion for Klezmer music after being asked to sing at the Yiddish Song Festival. This lead to her not only founding...

Jul 26, 2020, 2:22 AM

New Start- up takes the Oy! out of being an Oleh

Immigrants and travellers to Israel will attest to the fact that it can be the land of milk, honey and bureaucracy. For non-Hebrew speakers, navigating the admin of daily life in Israel is a series of contracts filled with...

About Me

Benji Shulman is from Johannesburg, South Africa, he has a masters degree in Geography and has worked in a range of fields in the Jewish community including education, advocacy, environment and outreach. He loves radio and has a hosted numerous shows on 101.9 ChaiFm in the last decade.