Erez Da Drezner

Da Drezner was born in Haifa, Israel, to a mother who has been a hairdresser and owns a jewelry business, and to a father who was a jeweler. He has two brothers.

Erez's great-grandfather, Yehoshua Dressner, was murdered in the Holocaust when he was in his 60's.{{cite web|url=https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/names/1358687|title=Yehoshua Dressner|access-date=2024-12-02|website=Yad Vashem}} Therefore Erez father's name was Yehoshua (born in 1951). Erez's grandfather, Oskar Dresner who was born in 1910, was a Holocaust survivor.{{cite web|url=https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/names/9115858|title=Oskar Dresner|access-date=2024-12-02|website=Yad Vashem}}

As a child, he attended a special education school in Haifa, and later studied jewelry in {{ill|WIZO school|he|רעות לאמנויות}}. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces in the Medical Corps. After his discharge from the army, he studied interior design, cooking and confectionery.{{cite web|url=https://bigbrotherisrael.wordpress.com/ארז-דה-דרזנר/|title=ארז דה דרזנר|trans-title=Erez Da Drezner|access-date=2021-02-06|language=He|website=Bigbrotherisrael.wordpress.com|date=January 10, 2010 }} He worked as a model at the Elite Modeling Agency,{{cite web|url=http://hamaguen.blogspot.com/2009/08/elite-models-israel.html|title=Elite Models Israel|date=2009-08-09|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Hamaguen.blogspot.com/2009/08/elite-models-israel}} in which he participated in photography for Elle magazine with the model Anya Martirosov.{{cite web|url=https://www.metromodels.com/metro/425-anya-martirosov/|title=Anya Martirosov|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Metromodels.com|archive-date=January 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123043330/https://www.metromodels.com/metro/425-anya-martirosov/|url-status=dead}} In 2005, he worked as an instructor in special education schools and was active in the "Shema"{{cite web|url=https://shema.org.il|title=מעגלי שמע|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Shema.org.il|language=He}} club.

On July 18, 2024 he married Oleksandra, a Ukrainian Deaf woman, at Lviv.{{cite web|author=Liora Goldenberg-Stern|url=https://tmi.maariv.co.il/celebs-news/article-1166649|title=יוצא "האח הגדול" נישא בחשאיות לזוגתו: "הודעתי לאמא שאני נשוי"|trans-title="Big Brother" alumnus secretly marries his partner: "I told my mother I was married"|access-date=2025-01-24|website=Maariv|date=2025-01-24|language=He}} They have a son.{{cite web|author=Liora Goldenberg-Stern|url=https://tmi.maariv.co.il/celebs-news/article-1186052|title=ארז דה דרזנר הפך לאב בגיל 44|trans-title="Erez de Drezner became a father at the age of 44"|access-date=2025-04-06|website=Maariv|date=2025-04-06|language=He}}

When he was 31 years old, Da Drezner became a contestant in the second season of Big Brother in Israel, with the aim of being a positive and inspiring model for the Deaf community. He stated that he wanted the watchers to learn to accept the Deaf and hard of hearing people as they were. Further, he stated that his motto was "Positive Energies" alongside "And whatever",{{cite web|author=Yuval Binder|url=https://www.facebook.com/yuvalbinder/posts/237613791021|title=Erez excite Da Drezner|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Facebook|quote=Positive Energies! (And whatever!)|date=2010-01-04|language=He}} and became one of the standout characters of this season. Da Drezner's participation in the program caused an echo in the Deaf community, which saw him as a groundbreaking figure. Da Drezner was also featured in several episodes of the television show Eretz Nehederet, played by Eli Finish.{{cite web|author=Eretz Nehederet|url=https://www.mako.co.il/tv-erez-nehederet/770e3d99ade16110-3dcd8020c3457110/season7&subChannelId=fe7fec8704cd5210VgnVCM2000002a0c10acRCRD&vcmid=19c3712d38be5210VgnVCM100000290c10acRCRD|title=ארז דה דרזנר ואלין לוי מציבים מטרות|trans-title=Erez Da Drezner and Alin Levy set goals|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Keshet Media Group|date=2010-01-01|language=He}}{{cite web|author=Eretz Nehederet|url=https://www.mako.co.il/tv-erez-nehederet/770e3d99ade16110?subChannelId=fe7fec8704cd5210VgnVCM2000002a0c10acRCRD&vcmid=e9c663557cf96210VgnVCM2000002a0c10acRCRD|title=ארז דה דרזנר מפרשן את קיציס|trans-title=Erez Da Drezner interprets Eyal Kitzis|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Keshet Media Group|date=2010-02-05|language=He}}

105 days after entering the Big Brother house, Da Drezner was expelled after reaching sixth place.{{cite web|author=Mako|url=https://www.mako.co.il/tv-bigbrother/season2-articles/Article-04c7f6d44a01721006.htm|title=האיש והאנרגיות החיוביות עוזב עם חיוך|trans-title=The man and the positive energies leave with a smile|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Keshet Media Group|date=2010-02-27|language=He}}

In 2010 and 2011, he wrote a weekly column on the Mako website about the tenants in the Big Brother show.{{cite web|author=Erez Da Drezner|url=https://www.mako.co.il/video-blogs-erez-de-drezner/Article-09626218909ac21004.htm|title=אני מזדהה עם האקסייט שהדיירים מרגישים|trans-title=I sympathize the excite which the tenants feel|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Keshet Media Group|date=2010-12-03|language=He}}{{cite web|author=Erez Da Drezner|url=https://www.mako.co.il/video-blogs-erez-de-drezner/Article-a966c3e9a92bd21006.htm|title=דנה אוהבת קונפליקטים|trans-title=Dana likes conflicts|access-date=2024-09-03|website=Keshet Media Group|date=2011-01-23|language=He}}{{cite web|author=Erez Da Drezner|url=https://www.mako.co.il/video-blogs-erez-de-drezner/Article-55f50cdedc6dd21006.htm|title=אבירם תפס לי את הלב|trans-title=Aviram caught my heart|access-date=2024-09-03|website=Keshet Media Group|date=2011-01-30|language=He}}

In 2012, he sued the production company and Keshet Media Group, after he allegedly received psychiatric pills during the show that caused him side effects, including depression and dysfunction.{{cite news|author=Ynet|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4205211,00.html|title=ארז דה דרזנר נחשף: 'הד"ר אמר שהכדור ייתן כוח'|trans-title=Erez Da Drezner revealed: 'The doctor said that the pill would give strength' |access-date=2021-02-07|website=Ynet|date=2012-03-20|language=He}}{{dead link|date=March 2025}}{{cite news|author=Yedioth Ahronoth|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNaPuwCnFQ4|title=פרשת האח הגדול מסתעפת. ארז דה דרזנר מדבר על הכל|trans-title=The Big Brother affair is branching out. Erez de Drezner talks about everything|access-date=2024-11-29|website=Youtube|date=2012-03-21|language=He}}{{cite web|author=Raz Shechnik|url=https://www.calcalist.co.il/marketing/articles/0,7340,L-3595006,00.html|title=פרשת הכדורים הפסיכיאטריים: "האח הגדול" יפצה את נפגעי התוכנית בכ-2 מיליון שקל|trans-title=The psychiatric pills affair: "Big Brother" will compensate the victims of the show by 2 million NIS|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Calcalist|date=2013-02-07|language=He}}

After completing the show, he led in 2010 a nationwide fundraising campaign for Nitzan and Shema Associations,{{cite web|url=https://www.nitzan-israel.org.il/home/אודות-ניצן/לקט-פעילויות-מפורט/לקט-פעילויות-2010/ראיון-עם-ארז-דה-דרזנר-לקראת-יום-ההתרמה.aspx|title=ראיון עם ארז דה דרזנר לקראת יום ההתרמה|trans-title=Interview with Erez Da Drezner ahead of fundraising day|access-date=2021-02-08|website=Nitzan-israel.org.il|date=2010|language=He}} and made lectures in schools across Israel.{{cite web|url=http://lectures-il.com/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%96-%D7%93%D7%94-%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%96%D7%A0%D7%A8/|title=ארז דה דרזנר|trans-title=Erez Da Drezner|access-date=2021-02-08|website=Lectures-il.com|language=He|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304055157/http://lectures-il.com/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%96-%D7%93%D7%94-%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%96%D7%A0%D7%A8/|url-status=dead}}

In 2011, he participated at a special fashion show in honor of the IGY organization, which ended the fashion week.{{cite web|url=https://www.mako.co.il/pride-lifestyle/fashion/Article-48b5e4b64c4d331006.htm|title=דנה אינטרנשיונל במחוך לוהט: כוכבי הביצה לא מתביישים לחשוף על המסלול|trans-title=Dana International in a fiery corset: The marsh stars are not ashamed to reveal on the runway|access-date=2021-02-09|website=Keshet Media Group|date=2011-11-24|language=He}} In 2012, he participated in the winter campaign at the Hutzot HaMifratz complex.{{cite web|url=https://blinker.co.il/קריות/מה-עשו-ארז-דה-דרזנר-ורועי-לולו-בחוצות-המ/20480|title=?מה עשו ארז דה דרזנר ורועי לולו בחוצות המפרץ|trans-title=What did Erez Da Drezner and Roi Lulu do at the Hutzot HaMifratz?|access-date=2021-02-09|website=Blinker.co.il|date=2012-10-23|language=He}}

At a demonstration of Deaf people, which was held in front of the government building in Tel Aviv on December 30, 2012, against the cancellation of the interpretation in culture and leisure sections, Da Drezner appeared alongside MK Dov Khenin and the nineteenth Knesset candidates Karine Elharrar, Shai Piron and Stav Shafir.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/equalityandaccessibility/posts/129101410591194|title=Erez Da Drezner speaks at a demonstration, on the right side holding the rail, his younger brother, Adv. Tomer Drezner|access-date=2021-02-10|website=Facebook|date=2013-01-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/equalityandaccessibility/posts/129101480591187|title=Erez Da Drezner speaks at a demonstration|access-date=2021-02-10|website=Facebook|date=2013-01-21}}

He also participated in television shows, including Wipeout Israel and Laughter from Work – Shalom Asaig's standup show on Channel 13.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-zpIA14XB8|title=צחוק מעבודה - באנרגיות חיוביות|trans-title=Laughter from work – with positive energies|access-date=2021-02-10|website=YouTube|date=October 4, 2011 |language=He}} He also contested and served on the jury in three beauty pageants for the Miss Deaf: in 2013, he contested in the Miss & Mister Deaf World pageant in Prague, the Czech Republic,{{YouTube|id=GFRAvhZRE6E|time=150|title=Miss & Mister Deaf World & Europe 2013 Day 4}}, Anamax s.r.o., July 11, 2013 and in the same year he contested in the Miss & Mister Deaf International pageant in Sofia, Bulgaria,{{cite web|author=Israel Hayom|url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/98517|title=Mister Deaf-ארז דה דרזנר ל|trans-title=Erez Da Drezner to Mister Deaf|access-date=2021-02-10|website=Israel Hayom|date=2013-07-02|language=He}}{{cite web|url=https://i1.wp.com/missmisterdeafinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/MMDI2013-EVENT-06.jpg|title=A group photo of contestants, including Da Drezner, fifth from the right|access-date=2021-02-10|website=MMDI|date=2013}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} where he won the title of "Mister Deaf Photogenic".{{cite web|author=Barosh|url=https://www.barosh.co.il/ארז-דה-דרנזר-זכה-בתואר-מיסטר-דייב-פוטוג/|title=ארז דה דרזנר זכה בתואר מיסטר דייב פוטוגני|trans-title=Erez Da Drezner won the title Mister Deaf Photogenic|access-date=2021-02-10|date=2013-08-08|website=Barosh.co.il|language=He}} Afterwards he went to Tokyo for lecturing about sports and a proper nutrition in the Miss Deaf Japan contest.{{cite web|author=Barosh|url=https://www.barosh.co.il/ארז-דה-דרזנר-כובש-את-העולם/|title=ארז דה דרזנר כובש את העולם|trans-title=Erez de Drezner conquers the world|access-date=2024-12-04|date=2013-11-17|website=Barosh.co.il|language=He}}{{cite web|author=House of Messiah|url=http://www.hom-japan.com/erez-san.html|title=Erez Da Drezner氏来たる！|trans-title=Erez Da Drezner is here!|access-date=2024-12-04|date=2014-03-08|website=Hom-japan.com|language=ja}}

In 2015, he assisted the "Miss and Mister Deaf Japan 2015" pageant, which was organized by MMDI, made a sponsorship of the Harley-Davidson motorcycles{{cite web|author=Erez Da Drezner|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CJIlFukjzel/|title=Never give up on the dream, the Iron Eagle|access-date=2021-02-10|website=Instagram|date=2020-12-23}} upon clothing and accessories, and served as a jury in the contest.{{cite web|author=Hirokazu Watanabe|url=https://www.makuake.com/project/missmisterdeafjapan/|title=Miss Mister Deaf Japan 2015|access-date=2021-02-10|website=Makuake.com|date=2015|language=Ja}} In February 2019, he served on the jury with his brother, Tomer Drezner, in the "Miss and Mister Deaf Israel 2019" contest, which was held at the Helen Keller House of the Association of the Deaf in Israel in Tel Aviv.{{cite web|author=The Association of the Deaf in Israel|url=https://www.facebook.com/DeafIsrael/posts/10156198861313036|title=Erez Da Drezner (on the right) and Tomer Drezner in the jury of "Miss and Mister Deaf Israel 2019" contest |access-date=2021-02-10|website=Facebook|date=2019-02-21}}, with Assia Uhanany, Miss Deaf World 2018

Da Drezner holds a professional certificate of fitness training from the Wingate Institute and serves as a fitness trainer in Israel and around the world,{{cite web|author=Shir Karpis|url=https://newshaifakrayot.net/?p=101651|title=?איך נראה בגד הים החדש בעיצובו של ארז דה דרזנר|trans-title=How does the new swimsuit designed by Erez Da Drezner look like?|access-date=2021-02-10|website=Newshaifakrayot.net|date=2018-06-05|language=He|quote=Erez Da Drezner is a personal fitness trainer at Holmes Place in the grand mall}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} after receiving a certificate from Holmes Place in 2012 for his degree as an outstanding employee in the fitness department.

In 2014, he participated in the group photography exhibition "Another Illusion" by the photographer Ilan Siman-Tov, together with celebrities of culture and entertainment.{{cite web|author=Ilan Siman-Tov|url=http://siman-tov-ilan.co.il/gallery/תערוכת-אילוזיה-אחרת/|title=תערוכת אילוזיה אחרת (אילו זה היה אחרת)|access-date=2021-02-10|trans-title=Another Illusion Exhibition (If it was different)|website=Siman-tov-ilan.co.il|language=He}} He played Samson.{{cite web|author=Ilan Siman-Tov|url=http://siman-tov-ilan.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/11-Large-8.jpg|title=Erez Da Drezner as Samson|access-date=2021-02-10|website=Siman-tov-ilan.co.il}}

In 2021, Da Drezner joined Grace Model Management in Tel Aviv.{{cite web|author=Grace Model Management|url=https://www.grace-mm.com/erez|title=Erez|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Grace-mm.com|archive-date=April 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416223016/https://www.grace-mm.com/erez|url-status=dead}} In the same year, Da Drezner said in an interview that he played a guitar in the Paris Métro between auditions, and earned euros.{{YouTube|id=pJTUNslQEG4|time=428|title=ארז דה דרזנר בראיון טלויזיוני בקונטנטו דה סמריק, בית הוצאה לאור בינלאומי}}, 2021-02-09

In February 2024, Da Drezner went to Ukraine as a representative of {{ill|The Association of the Deaf in Israel|he|אגודת החרשים בישראל}} (Acha), met Irina Chepchinathe, the chairwoman of the Ukrainian Society of the Deaf (UTOG), told his biography and the Israel–Hamas war in comparison to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and went on to Poland.{{cite web|url=https://tmi.maariv.co.il/celebs-news/Article-1094641|title=ארז דה דרזנר, אקס ״האח הגדול״, שב לארץ מאוקראינה, לשם נסע מטעם אגודת החירשים למסע הסברה על המלחמה|trans-title=Erez de Drezner, ex "Big Brother", returned to Israel from Ukraine, where he went on behalf of the Deaf Association for an awareness campaign about the war|access-date=2024-07-10|website=Maariv|date=2024-04-27|language=he|author=Leora Goldenberg-Stern}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/rivne.utog/posts/pfbid02FT2eiAxmweHR5Wh2qxqWfMqCkzaBvzbuzzJwtKoMiC1wn2RoTb77vvRGX3UBv1jGl|title=Рівненської обласної організації УТОГ з відомим представником спільноти глухих у Ізраїлі - Да Дрезнером|trans-title=On February 13, 2024, a meeting of members of the Rivne regional organization UTOG was held with a well-known representative of the Deaf community in Israel – Da Drezner|access-date=2024-07-10|website=Facebook|date=2024-02-13|author=Рівненська обласна організація УТОГ (Rivne regional organization UTOG)|language=uk|quote=Да Дрезнер – є людиною з активною життєвою позицією та має багато різноманітних досягнень (Da Drezner is a person with an active life position and has many different achievements).}}

In September 2024, Da Drezner volunteered at the oncology center of the regional hospital for children in Rivne, under the sponsorship of Olena Zelenska.{{cite web|author=Рівненська обласна дитяча лікарня (Rivne Regional Children's Hospital)|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C_3AnH8ojCa|title=Сьогодні у нас в гостях був особливий гість – Еріз з Ізраїлю|trans-title=Today we had a special guest – Erez from Israel|access-date=2024-09-14|website=Instagram|date=2024-09-13|language=uk}} He visited also the military hospital at Zdolbuniv and agreed to assist with raising funds for the hospital.{{cite web|author=КНП "Здолбунівська ЦМЛ"|url=https://www.facebook.com/zdolbcml/posts/pfbid05DC1Ayn644DZ9Ztt846WxYVuBbnFdkwseB753pwhAiKqzR3b3Sj3bUJKCXLHH8QRl|title=24 вересня 2024 року нашу лікарню відвідав гість з Ізраїлю – Ерез Да Дрезнер|trans-title=On September 24, 2024, a guest from Israel – Erez Da Drezner – visited our hospital|access-date=2024-09-27|website=Facebook|date=2024-09-26|language=uk}}{{cite web|author=Новини Рівного (Rivne news)|url=https://charivne.info/news/zdolbunivsku-likarnyu-vidvidav-vidomiy-v-izraili-lektor-erez-da-drezner|title=Здолбунівську лікарню відвідав відомий в Ізраїлі лектор Ерез Да Дрезнер|trans-title=Zdolbunivsk hospital was visited by the well-known Israeli speaker Erez Da Drezner|access-date=2024-09-29|website=Charivne.info|date=2024-09-27|language=uk}}{{cite web|author=Shimon Briman|url=https://www.9tv.co.il/item/83003|title=Слышать сердцем: взаимопомощь слабослышащих Израиля и Украины во время войны|trans-title=Listening with the heart: A mutual aid for the hearing-impaired in Israel and in Ukraine during the war|access-date=2024-12-17|website=9tv.co.il|date=2024-12-17|language=ru}}

In November 2024 at Tirat Carmel, Da Drezner met {{ill|Shimon Briman|uk|Шимон Бріман}}, a historian, the head of the Eastern Europe Desk at the University of Haifa and a former journalist in Vesty.{{cite web|author=Itamar Eichner|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/judaism/article/bk1ymndfa|title=רחוב בחרקוב נקרא על שם חייל שהציל עשרות ילדים בפיגוע בגוש קטיף|trans-title=A street in Kharkiv is named after a soldier who saved dozens of children in a terror attack at Gush Katif|access-date=2024-12-01|website=Ynet|date=2024-05-07|language=He|quote=The person who initiated the naming of the street after Naykov was the Israeli-Ukrainian historian and journalist Shimon Briman, also a native of Kharkiv, who wrote a letter to the city council. The Israeli ambassador in Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, joined the request.}} They talked about Da Drezner's journey to Ukraine,{{cite web|author=Shimon Briman|url=https://ukrainianjewishencounter.org/en/news/hearing-with-the-heart-hard-of-hearing-israelis-and-ukrainians-help-each-other-during-the-war/|title=Hearing with the heart: hard-of-hearing Israelis and Ukrainians help each other during the war|access-date=2024-12-11|website=Ukrainianjewishencounter.org|date=2024-12-10}} and about Da Drezner's future meeting with Yevhen Korniychuk, the ambassador of Ukraine in Israel, for an event of Deaf Ukrainian refugees in Israel.

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