1. Shalom "Shuli" Rand is an Israeli film actor, writer, and singer.
15 Facts About Shuli Rand
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Shuli Rand is a Breslover Hasid and is best known in the English-speaking world for his role as the protagonist in Ushpizin, for which he wrote the screenplay.
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Shalom Rand was born to a Religious Zionist family in Bnei Brak.
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Shuli Rand's father, Professor Yaakov Rand, a winner of the Israel Prize for his contribution to special education, is a chazzan.
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Shuli Rand attended the Or Etzion yeshiva until age 18.
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Shuli Rand later joined the Breslov Hasidic movement and moved to Jerusalem.
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Shuli 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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Shuli Rand wanted to divorce his first wife in 2016, but she refused to receive the get.
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Shuli Rand rose to stardom at age 26 after playing the lead role in Andrzej Wajda's play The Dybbuk at Habima theater.
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Shuli Rand was chosen Israel's Theater Actor of the Year several times.
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In 2004 Shuli Rand wrote, directed, and starred in the film Ushpizin.
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Shuli Rand cast his wife, Michal Batsheva Rand, a baalat teshuva, as the protagonist's wife.
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Shuli Rand has acted in Hameuad, Eddie King, Life According to Agfa, and New Land.
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Shuli Rand won the Ophir Award given by the Israel Film Academy twice.
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Shuli Rand was named Best Supporting Actor in 1993 for Life According to Agfa, and Best Actor in 2004 for Ushpizin.