BATSHEVA SHULMAN
Batsheva Shulman is a copyeditor and writer at The Jerusalem Post. She moved to Israel in February 2022 from South Africa but grew up most of her life in London. She holds a B.Sc in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Cape Town and has almost completed her Masters in Communication Disorders at Hadassah Academic College in Jerusalem. She is passionate about languages, communication, writing and storytelling. In her spare time, she enjoys meeting up with her friends, reading, and travelling. She currently lives in Jerusalem.
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