לוד ישׂראל בּן יהוה (Lud Yisrael Ben Yahweh) was born on April 7, 1966, in Chicago (Cook County) Illinois at home. His undergraduate studies included Music Education with a double major to include Mass Communications/Video Productions at the University of Montevallo, Montevallo Al. He also studied Business Administration and Physics at Auburn University at Montgomery, (AUM) Montgomery Al. He received his Doctor of Theology in 1994 from the University of יהוה, Miami Fl.
Dr. Lud Yisrael was a chemical weapons officer while serving the United States of America in the Army. His tours of duty were done in Missouri, Kentucky and Alabama.
Dr. Lud Yisrael started his first business in 1987, a short-lived video production company. He was much more successful with his next business venture, a General Contracting Construction Co. founded in 1990 and is still contracting to this very day. In 1994 he expanded to include a retail business with three locations. In 2000 he dusted off his Saxophone and returned to his first love music. After performing with various bands, he started his own jazz band with little to no success.
Out of his frustration with the lack of dedication of the adult band members, Dr. Lud began teaching his 10yr old son to fill in on drums. He also started teaching his son friends music, thus the Neo Jazz Collective was born. After firing all but one of the adult band members and replacing them with pre-teen students the band exploded to become world renown.
Due to the success of the Neo Jazz Collective, Dr. Lud Founded the Neo Jazz School of Music in 2004. Four years later in 2008 He founded Yisrael Records Inc. In 2010 he co-founded Yisrael Edutainment and relocated his headquarters to New Orleans La.
In 2019 Dr. Lud Founded YAHWEHradio.com an internet radio station, and in 2020 he co-founded Yisrael Multimedia Production Company.