Shalom (Shuli) Joseph Rand was born February 6, 1962, he is an actor, director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist and singer. He won two Ophir Awards, the first in 1992 and the second in 2004. Rand is one of the most prominent Jewish culture of repentant Orthodox affect the general Israeli culture . He wrote the screenplay for the film "Ushpizin" a breakthrough of the Jewish religious Film mainstream. His music album "Nekudah Tova" became a platinum album having sold within a few months, more than 50,000 copies.

Rand was born and raised in Bnei Brak in a religious fa