Sassy Keshet

Sassy Keshet was born in 1947 in Glil Yam

Sassy Keshet was born Sasson Kosovsky and grew up on Kibbutz Glil Yam. His parents came from Poland and Russia, and only Hebrew was spoken at home. As a youth he performed as a duo with his friend Reuven Pik.

In the mid 1960s he sang with the Nahal band in its 1966 and 1967 programs. During the Six-Day War, while the band stayed in El Arish, he saw Naomi Shemer write the last verse of "Jerusalem of Gold." His friend Reuven Pik was killed in the fighting in Sinai.

After the band he became a solo singer. His first album, "Sassy Keshet," came out in 1971 and reached gold status, and it included "Pinkas HaKatan." That year he took second place at the Israel Song Festival and was named singer of the year in the Kol Israel annual Hebrew song chart.

He won the 1974 children's song festival with "Shovav Im Lev Zahav" and also won the Hasidic song festival with "Sisu VeSimchu." In 1982 he competed in the Israeli Eurovision preselection. He released "Al Tamher" with Arik Rudich in 1986 and staged a film songs show in 1991.

He met actress Yona Elian in 1972 while filming "Nurit," and they married in 1973. They have two children, Ariel and Mai. He lives in Jaffa.