Yossi Green

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Yossi Green (born in Tel Aviv, Israel) is a composer of Jewish music. His works includes some of the greatest hits and classics in Jewish music history. He entered the music industry in 1973, at the age of 18, when he wrote his first international hit song for Yigal Calek and the London School of Jewish Song.

Green lives in Sea Gate, N.Y., with his wife Brigitte and children.

Green composed Tanya, Aderaba, Daagah Minayin, Didoh Bei, Rotzoh Hakodosh Baruch Hu, and many other songs that have become all-time Jewish Music classics. He also composes songs that use contemporary sounds, like techno. He's specially talented in choosing meaningful lyrics from Torah, Midrash and sometimes even from biographies of famous Rabbis, like the Ramban.

Some of the singers that he has composed for include Avraham Fried, Dedi, Mordechai Ben David. He has composed close to 500 songs stretching over 120 CDs.