He was born in Camaguey in 1953 in a Jewish family that came from Poland. tudied art at the National School of Art in Havana, specializing in drawing and painting. He graduated with a Masters of Art degree from Instituto Superior Pedagogico (Higher Pedagogical Institute) Jose Marti. He spoke about the Jewish community there (I was the only Jewish person on this trip and had read about the Jews in Cuba before the trip.) He is an observant Jew. The 20 other Jews in Camaguey gather on Friday night to celebrate shabbat. I had read that in 1998, the Jewish community of 140 in Camaguey had obtained a building for the first new synagogue in Cuba since the 1959 revolution. He stated the Jews have either left (to Israel primarily) or died. He is married to a woman who is not Jewish and has an adopted son who is not Jewish. He has friends and Jewish supporters in the U.S. He and I both suspect in 10 years the number will be much smaller than 20. His art tends to nature as its theme. galleries and institutions of United States, Israel, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, England, Holland, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela. I bought the "tropical Hamsa" he is holding.