Ka cika wannan jumlar: An haifi Uri Shulevitz a Warsaw, Poland, a ranar 27 ga Fabrairu, 1935. A lokacin da
fashewar bam na Warsaw a 1939, bam ya fadi a cikin wani bene na ginin gidansa lokacin da yake gida. Iyalin sun gudu daga Poland kuma suka zauna a Paris a shekara ta 1947, sannan suka koma Isra'ila a shekara ta 1949. A lokacin Yakin Sinai a 1956, Mista Shulevitz ya shiga rundunar sojojin Isra'ila. Daga baya, ya shiga kibbutz na Ein Gedi.