Ari Louis is the C.E.O. of IsraelSportsRadio.com.
Ari Louis was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. When Louis was 16, he hosted, starred, wrote and produced “The Ari Louis Show” for four years on a local Phoenix television channel.
When Louis was 19, he hosted a live call-in sports show our of Tucson, Arizona. Louis attended Arizona State University (ASU), where he studied broadcasting at the prestigious Walter Cronkite school. While on campus, Louis founded the Chabad of ASU and was Vice President of ASU for Israel.
After graduation, Louis ran his own business. During his free time, he was a popular caller to sports talk shows in Phoenix, in particular “The Jeff Dean Show” on Extra Sports 910, as well as the “Gambo and Ash Show” on Sports 620 KTAR.
In his free time, Ari enjoys playing chess and basketball and listening to books on tape.
His favorite sports team is the Phoenix Mercury, the 2009 world champions of the WNBA.
Raphael Gellar works as Israel Sports Radio’s promtions coordinator and has been an avid sports fan since his early childhood days. Raphael supports the Toronto Blue Jays, New England Patriots, Indiana Hoosiers sports, Arsenal FC and Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. After interning at the ‘Jerusalem Post’ sports desk Raphael joined Israel Sports Radio as the Promotions Coordinator and Co-host of Louis Live. Raphael has interviewed scores of sports figures including, ESPN’s Dan Shulman, Marc Stein, Doug Gottlieb, Curt Schilling, Butler Coach Brad Stevens, Boston Celtics President Richard Gotham and 7 time Emmy award winner Jim Williams among others. Since his time as promotions coordinator at I.S.R Raphael has booked guests from many media outlets including, ESPN, ESPN radio, FOX sports, CBS sports, BTN and many more.
David Pick works as Israel Sports Radio’s European Basketball Journalist.
David “Dubi” Pick was born in New Jersey. Came to Israel with his family in 1993 and has been here ever since. Moved from Jerusalem to the city of Ra’anana 6 years ago.
As a teenager, David was named one of 24 best basketball players of his age group throughout Jerusalem. He still plays basketball in a semi pro league. David is currently the main sports reporter for the Israeli sports website – sportline.co.il. In addition David is writing for the largest website focusing on European Basketball, Eurobasket.com. In April 2010, David joined The American Sports Talk Show on Rusty Mike Radio as a guest host, covering all Israeli sports, securing interviews with basketball stars such as: Omri Casspi (First Israeli Player in NBA), David Bluthenthal (Former USC, now plays for Maccabi T”A), Jeremy Pargo (Gonzaga Star & BSL Israeli Champion with Galil/Gilboa). David is enrolled at the IDC University in Herzeliya and will begin his B.A. program in communication, October 2010. DP is a huge basketball fan and follows the Israeli teams especially Maccabi T”A, Hapoel J”M, Maccabi Haifa and Bnei-Hasharon all over the country. If you must know, DP’s favorite food is pizza.
Andy Gershman
was born and raised as a sports fan in Richmond, Virginia. After many years as a Richmond/Atlanta Braves fan he moved to the Boston Area. The cold New England Air influenced his love for the Boston Celtics, Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots and Boston Bruins. Professionally he has sold advertising for both Israel Sports Radio and RustyMike Radio and helped to build and develop client relationships. In addition, he worked as a retail store manager for Old Navy, Sears, Foot Locker and Office Max. Before making Aliyah he worked in a Women’s Correctional Facility teaching courses on job transition.
In November of 2009, Andy, along with Ari Louis, co-hosted The American Sports Talk Show on Rusty Mike Radio. This show featured interviews and talk with some of the biggest starts in sports from Israel and beyond. Some of the great athletes interviewed were Jon Scheyer, Alan Veingrad, Jeremy Pargo, Darrryl Sittler, Dmitriy Salita and Paul Henderson. Israeli Athletes included, Omri Casspi, Shay Doron, Yuri Forman, Tamar Katz and Roman Zaretski.
During his time off from work, many hours were spent listening to and calling sports talk radio shows in Boston and Richmond. He was a frequent caller to The Big Show on WEEI in Boston and The Final Round on Sports Radio 910 in Richmond.
Andy holds a BS from Salem State College in Salem, Massachusetts, and a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Human Resource Management from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.
Jim Williams serves as the U.S. Sports Correspondent for Israel Sports Radio.
Jim Williams has seven Emmy’s and five Cable ACE Awards for his work as a television producer, director and writer. He has done over 2,000 live broadcasts including directing NFL and college football, NBA and college basketball, NHL hockey, tennis, soccer, polo, and other major sporting events. He now serves as a broadcast consultant and the Sports Media and Sports Business columnist for the Washington Examiner.
Ari Bluestein is currently the play-by-play commentator for Drexel University women’s basketball radio broadcasts, having started his career at Drexel in 2009. Prior to that, Ari hosted an online sports talk show called “The Other Side with Ari Bluestein” on the Sports Journey Broadcast Network from 2007-2008. Ari started his broadcast career while attending Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ as the Sports Director at the school’s radio station, WRRC 107.7 FM. On WRRC, Ari hosted two shows – a sports talk show and a student-athlete interview show entitled “The Bronc Breakdown.” In addition to making appearances on Israel Sports Radio, Ari also appears WBCB 1490 AM in Bucks County, PA as a college basketball and NBA analyst and he hosts a fantasy football podcast for RosterDoc.com during the fall. Born and raised in Northeast Philadelphia, Ari now resides in Warminster, PA with his wife, Joey Lena, and his daughter, Briana Eve.