Moshe Datz

Moshe Datz was born in 1961 in Haifa

Moshe Datz was born in Haifa on 6 March 1961, the eldest son of immigrants from Poland. He attended high school at Ironi Alef in the city. As a child he sang in Effi Netzer's youth choir and performed at the Israeli Children Song Festival.

While volunteering in the youth movement Noar Le'noar, he wrote the song "Ha'olam Zakuk Le'ahava", which became its anthem. He served in the IDF choir during his military service. After his release, he took part in the Hasidic Song Festival in 1982.

He became known in 1984 with the song "Anshei Hageshem". In 1985 he married Orna Cohen, and the two performed as Duo Datz for many years. They won the 1991 Israeli preselection with "Kan" and placed third at Eurovision.

Datz composed and produced children's tapes, including "Ba Li Mesiba Li" with the song "Eyfo Ha'uga?". He composed the 1995 Israeli Eurovision entry "Amen" and took part in composing the 1999 entry "Yom Huledet".

From 2008 to 2010 he hosted the morning show "Lihyot Tov" on Channel 2, and later appeared on other television programs and panels. He was married to Orna Datz from 1985 to 2006, and they had 2 sons. Their son Omer died in March 2024.