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created: 2026-05-15
updated: 2026-05-17
title: Shimshon Shtrang
aliases:
  - Shimshon Shtrang
  - Shipi Shtrang
  - Shipi
category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
tags:
  - Person
  - PSI
  - UriGeller
  - SRI
  - CIA
  - 1970s
summary: "Shimshon 'Shipi' Shtrang is Uri Geller's long-time friend, assistant, and brother-in-law who accompanied Geller to Stanford Research Institute for CIA-funded testing in the early 1970s, where the CIA excluded him from experiments after magician James Randi raised questions about potential collusion."
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Shimshon "Shipi" Shtrang is best known as the long-time friend and assistant of the [[Israel|Israeli]] psychic [[Uri Geller]]. Their association began when Shtrang was a thirteen-year-old boy at a government-run summer camp, where Geller, recovering from [[Six-Day War]] injuries, performed [[Telepathy|telepathy]] demonstrations[^1].

Shtrang was mesmerized by Geller's abilities and asked if he had any other tricks. Geller insisted they were real and showed Shipi how he could bend a metal spoon by concentrating and saying, "Bend, bend, bend." This early exposure led to Geller's first paid appearance at Shipi's middle school, marking the beginning of Geller's public career[^1].

As Geller's career progressed, Shtrang became his assistant, often participating in his demonstrations. During Geller's testing at [[Stanford Research Institute]] (SRI) by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], Shtrang was part of Geller's entourage. However, when the magician [[James Randi]] speculated that Shtrang helped Geller cheat, the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] denied Shtrang access to Geller during the experiments to ensure stricter controls[^1].

Shtrang continues to live on the compound of Geller's home in Sonning-on-Thames, England, and later in Jaffa, Israel, along with Geller's wife, Hanna (who is Shipi's sister). He has been Geller's friend and assistant for forty-eight years[^1].

### Footnotes
[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.