Born in Isfahan, he immigrated to Israel at the age of 14 and was absorbed into a transit camp in Kiryat Motzkin and from there moved to Ben Shemen, Kibbutz Galil Yam and finally to Kibbutz Beit Oren to receive more youths who immigrated to Israel, children from Iran and Iraq.

Married to Nava (nee Yosefian), the father is proud of five, two daughters and three sons, and the grandfather is even more proud of 12 granddaughters.

A youth guide, an educator, a retiree of the art department of the Jerusalem Municipality, a social activist and an art collector in general, but menorahs are his greatest love.

I was born in Isfahan (Iran) on November 2, 1934. Following my father’s role in the Jewish Agency, I immigrated to Israel on April 5, 1949 with my brother Albert and a native of Iraq on my first flight from Tehran on a small plane over the name of Baghdad – a dream come true. I wrote about this in detail in my first book, “The Fruit of the Orchard,” which was translated into Persian and English – Introduction by President Mr. Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin, attached.

Opponents claimed against my father (the aliyah activist) how he allowed himself to send me alone to Israel (I have not yet turned 15), and he replied: “I wanted to set an example for you.” My father used his good relations with the authorities in favor of immigration from Iraq through Iran, and later the immigration of Iranian Jews (see the book “Ruach Kadim” by Shlomo Hillel).

From an airport near Haifa, I arrived at a transit camp (transit) in Kiryat Motzkin. After about two months, I was transferred to the Ben-Shemen institution. Two weeks later I moved to Kibbutz Galil-Yam: I worked half a day on the kibbutz, and studied for half a day. In the meantime, the Hebrew in my mouth has improved and I have been well absorbed in the country. Those in charge transferred me to Kibbutz Beit Oren to receive teenage boys and girls from Iran who had just arrived in Israel. Very quickly I became a receiver and a receiver. I was at Kibbutz Beit Oren for about a year and a half.

I wanted to continue my studies, prepare for the matriculation exams and not burden the kibbutz. I joined my parents who came to Israel and lived in Jerusalem. I initially worked at the Central Bureau of Statistics, at the State Department, and at the Katzenelson School on a part-time basis. Four times a week I went to Tel Aviv and worked as a youth instructor – in the Sapir playground (close to the Habima Theater). In the evenings I taught a game at a club in Hassan-Bek (Tel Aviv-Yafo border) so I financed the tuition. Twice a week I studied acting at the American Zionist House under the guidance of Mr. Moshe Halevi, director of the Ohel Theater. And other studies at various institutes until I was certified as a youth instructor and was able to contribute more and more.

I will mention part of my activities for youth and adults in Jerusalem, I set up a playground in the windmill on Yemin Moshe. There was no budget for the renovation of the youth center in two barracks in Kiryat Hayovel (Beit Mazmil), everything was repaired for free by professionals who are members of the youth center under my guidance. We used membership cards whose owners proudly carried. See: In my second book: “From the Stations of My Life.”

In 1963, at the request of the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Moshe Dayan, I received unpaid leave from the municipality and as a liaison officer attached to a delegation in the Luba Eliav Authority that left for Iran after the earthquake. All the doors were opened to me in the government offices in Tehran thanks to my brother Meir Ezri – Israel’s ambassador to Iran, among his retired activities: the establishment of the Miriam and Meir Ezri Center for the Study of the Persian Gulf in Haifa.

My wife Nava Ezri nee Yosefian, a native of Tehran, was a Hebrew teacher there. Since her aliyah in 1967, she has been involved in volunteering for new immigrants and vulnerable populations in Jerusalem.

Before the Six Day War, I was appointed director of the events department at the municipality, and after the war I handled the celebrations of Jerusalem Day and the unification of the city. “Youth Capital”: A day in the year Jerusalem was run by boys and girls. For the first time, a girl was elected mayor with two deputies: George A. From the old city and fresh dinosaur from the west of the city. Everything was organized with the approval of council members and mayor Mr. Teddy Kollek.

I produced an album of paintings: “Jerusalem in the Eyes of Painters” – a painting hanging in the Israel Museum. “Agrippa Street” – painted by the painter Arie Aroch. Other painters painted the united Jerusalem that is visible to them. The album was given as a gift by the mayor, Mr. Teddy Kollek, to city guests, and a copy in the City Archives.

Every year, advanced training courses were held for summer camp instructors, in addition to “talent” evenings in the fields of: writing, music, dance, singing, etc. Certificates were signed and given to the winners by Mrs. Miriam Eshkol and Mrs. Tamar Kollek. In various schools I held a acting class where the students performed at the end of the school year. The expenses of the record produced and other expenses were covered from the sale of the winners’ cards that appeared in the buildings of the nation. The song “Blooming Almonds” won first place and was sung by singer Ruhama Raz (Zargori).

The boy who won a song about Jerusalem met with the president, Mr. Zalman Shazar, as a prize.

I was one of the initiators of the “Creator’s Outdoor” in the Sultan’s Pool. I held celebrations for the eightieth anniversary of the birth of the state’s founder, Mr. David Ben-Gurion, throughout the city, and at the Jerusalem Theater I met the youth with him.

According to my application, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper sponsored some of the events for youth and adults, and the journalist Mr. Gideon Reicher covered everything in a proper and professional manner.

When I retired, I continued my activities for Jerusalem with the help of the mayor and the Jerusalem Foundation. I encouraged new artists and immigrants and held exhibitions for them. For those with the means in Iran, I proposed to establish throughout the country and especially in Jerusalem: synagogues, kindergartens, elementary schools and high schools. Among the neighborhoods: Tel Arza, Givat Hamivtar, and Gonenim (Katamonim). In the Givat Mordechai neighborhood, with the help of my older brother, the late Mr. Meir Ezri, a school and beit midrash named after Avi Zion Ezri (now “Noam-Zion”), a synagogue named after my mother Hannah (Hanum) Ezri, and Ezrat Nashim were established. Named after my sister Esther Ezri (Wiskind).

I was one of the initiators of the Rotary establishment of “Jerusalem Central”, and in the years 1996-97 I even served as president of the organization. I joined the organization at the request of the world chairman of Moroccans, Mr. Sam Ben Sheetrit, even though I was not born in North Africa. Among other things, I liked the establishment of a scholarship fund for all students from all communities

I was a partner in the establishment of the “ABA” organization from Iran, Bukhara, Afghanistan and other operations. Attached

In 2014, I established a small, family-owned winery for the benefit of producing wine for my own use in the traditional method in the Jerusalem mountains.

In recent years I have published two books, “From the Orchard Fruits”, “From the Stations of My Life”