About

I am the owner of Jaro Movies
I am also a Host on Shekel’s Extraordinary TV Show

To explain about the show
"The mission of the show is to shed new light on the reality of people with functioning difficulties: physical, emotional, mental and sensory. - We strive to positively highlight people coping with their difficulties. Emphasis is placed on films focusing on opportunities for self-fulfillment and inclusion in social and cultural life in Israel and around the world.
The show is produced and filmed etc by a group of residents of Shekel organization for People with special needs.  
To explain about Shekel

SHEKEL-Community Services for People with Special Needs is an NGO in Israel caring for 8000 people, Jews and Arabs, with physical, mental and emotional disabilities. SHEKEL develops and operates programs and services to enable people with disabilities to live, work and participate in activities in the community rather than be shut away in institutions. SHEKEL's main programs are group homes, vocational rehabilitation, clubs and extra-curricular activities, accessibility, rehabilitation of the homeless, trauma treatment for victims of violence and child development. At SHEKEL we believe that people with disabilities have the right to live with dignity and honor in the community and it is society's obligation to provide the programs and services for them to do so, and help them achieve self-fulfillment and self-determination."

I was born in 1986 in Sunderland, UK, the 7th child of 14 of an Orthodox Jewish family.  At the age of 3 his family moved to Manchester.  At the age of 10 I was diagnosed with Asperger’s, a syndrome on the autism spectrum.  Despite my disability, I went to regular schools and graduated with honors at the age of 16 from Manchester Mesivta School.  I then began working at restaurants as a cook.

At the age of 18, I moved to Israel for personal reasons.  After several traumatic experiences at private hostels, I found SHEKEL which I describe as the first place I’ve felt at home in Israel.

Around that time I found myself unexpectedly on Israeli’s popular TV show “Cash Cab” and had my “15 minutes of fame."  After the show was broadcast, I was told how well I did and how photogenic I was.  I saw this as an opportunity to “show the world that people with disabilities can succeed in the world of communications” and joined SHEKEL’s TV show.

Very quickly I learned the field and a year ago opened on the side my own production company called Jaro Movies and I am very active in the Asperger’s awareness and support groups worldwide.