After an year-long Israel sojourn in 1972, culminating in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, I later officially immigrated as an "Oleh Hadash" in 1983 to Yahel, a vibrant, young kibbutz in the Arava Rift Valley north of the Red Sea port of Eilat.

There, over a five-year period, I helped green our little bit of the desert, grew date palms and worked on a serious tan. I also completed a year-and-a-half stint in an Israel Defense Forces "Nahal" infantry unit. Almost twenty years of reserve duty in an artillery batallion came to a well-deserved conclusion in January 2003.

I got my start in radio at www.kpft.org in Houston just after high-school, producing, hosting, reporting, answering phones, and generally trying to learn the ropes of making listener-sponsored programming happen. There I produced and hosted "Embrace the Earth" (eco-affairs), and "What's Nu? (Jewish - Israeli affairs).

Moving into programming was a real leap of faith and skills - especially in trying to balance lefty "guerilla" eco-programming and Jewish - Israeli community affairs. Fond memories, though.

Here in Israel, I produced and hosted a swath of formats at Radio West; the nation's only all-English language, 24/6 radio station and an aural home-away-from-home for many Western-born immigrants. A true labor of love for many on both sides of the mike, in Jerusalem and the environs.

Next sound-stop was a www.jpostradio.com, where I prepared breaking written and audio news reports, interviews and features. I was later promoted to Executive Director, running daily operations and programming, doggedly covering much of the current local conflict.

Along the way, I managed to produce reports for a host of international radio and television networks, write extensively for Internet news and current affairs sites.

Past performing guitarist and band member, I occasionally "work over" blues and R&B classics in living room jam sessions, write songs and perform far too infrequently at local venues. Find out more on the Music, whine and song page.