Natey was Stags 25. The 25 was for 25 Crowell St where he lived. He graduated Boston English High School in 1952. Then he went to Boston University Junior College. After 6 months he transferred into the College of General Education of B.U. for one semester and then went into the Army Volunteer Draft. He served two years in the Army and was stationed in Korea (peacetime). When he got out of the Army, he returned to B.U. earning an Associate in Arts Degree from CGE and two years later received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Relations and Communications from BU's SPRC on Commonwealth Ave. At that time he was head of the news department of the B.U. college radio station WBUR. He auditioned for WCOP in Boston and became a street reporter. Later he joined WBZ as a street reporter. He met his wife, Yael, a New Yorker (whose parents met and married in Israel) at B.U.. Nate and "Ellie" married in 1961 and have been married 47 years.
While at WBZ in Boston, he wanted to cover the Eichmann trial in Israel and subsequently
got WINS in New York City to be his base station and to feed his reports from Israel to the seven other US radio stations Natey had brought together in a one-time network. He went to Israel and lived there 3 and a half years; first covering the Eichman Trial, and then spending 8 months on a Kibbutz. Following that he worked as English Articles Editor for the Israel Ministry of Tourism in Jerusalem and then for the Israel Technion in Haifa.
They have 3 children; a daughter and 2 sons. His two sons were born in Israel- Noam and Ilan. His daughter Talia was born in the US and lives in Albuquerque. Ilan is employed by the US Department of Homeland Security (US Customs) in New Jersey. They have one step grandchild. Nate and Ellie returned to the US in 1964 and has lived in N.Y. City ever since. In New York he worked for the United Press Radio as a news editor, an editor at ABC Radio Network and as a street reporter for WABC-TV. In later years he held jobs as Public Relations Director for the Israeli Tourist Dept ( 7 yrs); the Zionist Organization of America (4 Yrs); and the American Jewish Distribution Committee (7 Yrs).
At age 50 he retired from Public Relations and opened up a PIP Quick Printing Franchise in Manhattan and ultimately owned 2 stores, one in SOHO and one in Union Square. As small copiers began to erode the business of small printing shops, he came up with another venture, The New York Firefighter's Friend. Also located in SOHO the store was a favorite of friends of the New York Fire Department (FDNY) and became a city "institution" regularly visited by firefighters from around the country. Articles regarding the store appeared in the New York Times on four occasions as well as in other local and occasionally national publications.
Natey retired from business 6 months after the events of 9/11 at age 68. His son Noam has the business now.
Since retirement Natey has taken up painting.
His art website is
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile//53678.html
The firefighters Friend website is
http://www.nyfire.com/
While at WBZ in Boston, he wanted to cover the Eichmann trial in Israel and subsequently
got WINS in New York City to be his base station and to feed his reports from Israel to the seven other US radio stations Natey had brought together in a one-time network. He went to Israel and lived there 3 and a half years; first covering the Eichman Trial, and then spending 8 months on a Kibbutz. Following that he worked as English Articles Editor for the Israel Ministry of Tourism in Jerusalem and then for the Israel Technion in Haifa.
They have 3 children; a daughter and 2 sons. His two sons were born in Israel- Noam and Ilan. His daughter Talia was born in the US and lives in Albuquerque. Ilan is employed by the US Department of Homeland Security (US Customs) in New Jersey. They have one step grandchild. Nate and Ellie returned to the US in 1964 and has lived in N.Y. City ever since. In New York he worked for the United Press Radio as a news editor, an editor at ABC Radio Network and as a street reporter for WABC-TV. In later years he held jobs as Public Relations Director for the Israeli Tourist Dept ( 7 yrs); the Zionist Organization of America (4 Yrs); and the American Jewish Distribution Committee (7 Yrs).
At age 50 he retired from Public Relations and opened up a PIP Quick Printing Franchise in Manhattan and ultimately owned 2 stores, one in SOHO and one in Union Square. As small copiers began to erode the business of small printing shops, he came up with another venture, The New York Firefighter's Friend. Also located in SOHO the store was a favorite of friends of the New York Fire Department (FDNY) and became a city "institution" regularly visited by firefighters from around the country. Articles regarding the store appeared in the New York Times on four occasions as well as in other local and occasionally national publications.
Natey retired from business 6 months after the events of 9/11 at age 68. His son Noam has the business now.
Since retirement Natey has taken up painting.
His art website is
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile//53678.html
The firefighters Friend website is
http://www.nyfire.com/
2 comments:
Things I would change. I probably should have kept working at the Israel Tourist Office in New York instead of quiting and going to the ZOA. I loved that job most of all.
The time I spent at Kibbutz Maagan Michael in Israel was very special to me. Coming from a "me first" world to a world where the rule was "From each as he can give. To each as is his need" was a bit of a shock. I had trouble making friends at the kibbutz and it suprised me. Then I was told by a long time resident to just wait, they are seeing how hard you work. If they like what they see you will have many friends.
One of Israel's top army Generals was a son of the Kibbutz. His nick name was "Zarro." I never knew his real name. On his vacation days he would come home to the Kibbutz and put in a full day of work. This day he was driving a hay baler and my job was to stand on the back platform and pile the bales in stacks. When the pile was done we would stop the tractor and off load the stack. There was no question in my mind, Zarro was going for some kind of record.
In Israel the English speakers had reputations they had to live down. The Brits were considered arrogant and lazy. The Americans were rich and spoiled. The South Africans were hard working. So you can imagine my delight when Zarro turned to me at the end of the day (we hadn't spoken more than twenty words)when he asked me if I was South African.
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