Tall, dark, handsome and, to start with, at odds with
                                himself and the world, Jared hails from a Jewish
                                family of high achievers who enjoy a lavish lifestyle.

                                He was a fish out of water when he arrived at All
                                Saints. It was his first job since graduating.

                                Jared's mother wanted him to be a doctor - 'my son
                                the nurse' does not sound half as good. But Jared
                                didn't get the marks to study medicine. He argued
                                that if he studied nursing it might get him halfway
                                there and that he could then qualify as a doctor by
                                studying at his own pace part-time. That's what he
                                has told his parents. But deep down he felt that
                                becoming a doctor was beyond him, and in the
                                course of his first year at All Saints he has
                                committed to a nursing career.

                                Still, there have been struggles with his mother and
                                his possessive, ambitious and now former fiancee
                                Amanda.

                                The most important person in his life is his
                                grandmother. When he was little and his mother
                                and father were out working and socialising, he
                                came home to his grandmother and the
                                housekeeper. His grandmother taught him
                                compassion and generosity in a household
                                otherwise devoid of those qualities. She is the one
                                who instilled in him a desire to be a helper, to be
                                truly useful in society rather than to sit back and
                                receive.

                                Jared's journey of self-discovery has taken him from
                                the conflicts of his home and being a permanent
                                outsider to a greater sense of belonging in a place
                                at the opposite end of the social world - both
                                geographically and culturally.

                                Jared has helpers along the way - Connor to break
                                down the barriers of his reserve and Terri to be an
                                unfailing friend when he is most in need.
 
 
 

Taken from the seven website