Born and raised in Livingston, , Erez graduated Livingston High School in 2000 and Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2006 with a major in communications. He has been living in South Orange for the past seven years.

Erez was the son of Bruce Cohen and the late Margalite Cohen; brother to Yarden Cohen-Raven and her husband Scott; and uncle to Bonzai, nephew of Ephraim Lupu and Penina Leiter.

Contributions in Erez’s memory may be made to Jewish Vocational Services of MetroWest, For more information, go to jvsnj.org.