Shalom "Shuli" Rand (also spelled Shuly; Hebrew: שולי ×¨× ×"‎)
(born 8 February 1962) is an Israeli film actor, writer, and singer.
He is a Breslover Hasid and is best known in the English-speaking
world for his role as the protagonist in Ushpizin (2005), for which he
wrote the screenplay.Shalom (Shuli) Rand was born to a Religious
Zionist family in Bnei Brak. His father, Professor Yaakov Rand, a
winner of the Israel Prize for his contribution to special education,
is a chazzan. He attended the Or Etzion yeshiva until age 18. After
compulsory army service, Rand attended the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio
in Tel Aviv and became an actor, abandoning Orthodox practice.In 1996,
he returned to observant Judaism. He later joined the Breslov Hasidic
movement and moved to Jerusalem. He is a student of Rabbi Shalom
Arush. Rand withdrew from acting to realize his religious aspirations,
but after a six-year hiatus he returned to the theater, performing in
one-man plays.
(born 8 February 1962) is an Israeli film actor, writer, and singer.
He is a Breslover Hasid and is best known in the English-speaking
world for his role as the protagonist in Ushpizin (2005), for which he
wrote the screenplay.Shalom (Shuli) Rand was born to a Religious
Zionist family in Bnei Brak. His father, Professor Yaakov Rand, a
winner of the Israel Prize for his contribution to special education,
is a chazzan. He attended the Or Etzion yeshiva until age 18. After
compulsory army service, Rand attended the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio
in Tel Aviv and became an actor, abandoning Orthodox practice.In 1996,
he returned to observant Judaism. He later joined the Breslov Hasidic
movement and moved to Jerusalem. He is a student of Rabbi Shalom
Arush. Rand withdrew from acting to realize his religious aspirations,
but after a six-year hiatus he returned to the theater, performing in
one-man plays.
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