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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.

The New Blue Review is a Jewish current affairs and culture magazine program.
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48 Episodes
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Israel@70 - The Founders of the IAF

Israel@70 - The Founders of the IAF With Israel's 70th Yom Hatzmahut this year it is appropriate to explore some of the people and intuition who made it possible. On the New Blue Review today we talk to Smoky Simon who had integral role in the creation of the Israel…
15 Apr 2018 48 min

New Trends in Jewish Travel

New Trends in Jewish Travel There has forever been the tale of the "wandering Jew" in this episode of the New Blue Review we chat to Hugh Raichlin who is a professional Jewish traveler taking groups around the world to explores the roots and routes and of Jewish communities around…
2 Apr 2018 40 min

Edtech - The next Frontier in Jewish Learning

Edtech - The next Frontier in Jewish Learning For anyone familiar with Jewish and Hebrew studies images of dusty texts and chalk boards are likely to be the dominant visual. This is changing with the introduction of Jewish Education Technology (Edtech) that are using new ways of engaging you people…
25 Mar 2018 44 min

The Afro-Jewish Relationship - Taking the Temperature

The Afro-Jewish Relationship - Taking the Temperature In some parts of the world this years "Apartheid Week" on campuses the theme is the "Afro- Palestinian Solidarity". With this in mind on this episode of the New Blue Review we talk to Chloe Valdarie an African - American activist that is…
1 Mar 2018 48 min

My Wife went to Israel & all I got was a Kosher Sex Toy

Making Kosher Sex Great Again In this episode of the New Blue Review we track the extraordinary story of Rabbi Nathan Alexander a former shaliach and educator who started his own kosher online sex shop. The show covers issues such as relationships, the limits of sex in halacha, the biblical…
20 Feb 2018 48 min

Israel, Cape Town, Water - What are the Solutions?

On this episode of the New Blue Review we talk about solutions for the water crisis in Cape Town. The city might be the world’s first major metro to run out of water. This comes after a long running drought that is now threatening to spread to the rest of…
13 Feb 2018 36 min

Jan Smuts

Interview about Jan Smuts and his history.
6 Feb 2018 46 min
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