Dani Neifeld is a seventh generation Israeli. He studied biology at Hebrew University, worked on a kibbutz, then came to Sydney for three years to run Jewish youth programs. He began writing poetry in Israel and continued while living in Australia. Since returning to Israel, Neifeld has launched a biotech company utilising tea tree oil to fight plant disease. (Sources:
Live at Don Bank, p. 181, and 'Harnessing tea tree oil for healthier agriculture,' by Allison Kaplan Sommer, retrieved from http://www.biomor.com/articles/Israel%2021C%20may%202005.doc)