The song Bensonhurst Blues was written by Artie Kaplan and Artie Kornfeld and was originally released in 1972 on Hopi Records on an album titled Confessions Of A Male Chauvinist Pig featuring Artie Kaplan.
In 1948, The New York Times published a letter signed by Rabbi Cardozo and two dozen prominent Jewish figures including Hannah Arendt and Albert Einstein, which criticized the Herut party, described as an outgrowth of the Irgun which the letter called a "a terrorist, right-wing, chauvinist organization in Palestine" and criticized a visit to the United States by its leader, Menachem Begin.
Jufrie came to national prominence during this election campaign after Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong accused him of being a Malay chauvinist because of comments Jufrie made about the role of Malay community in Singapore and his use of the phrase "Insha'Allah" ("God willing") in a campaign speech.
Besides he sharply turned against all chauvinist and nationalist points of view (and against all that he regarded as such).